You ate pigeons? pigeons???? Did you try the rats too?
"You ate pigeons? pigeons???? Did you try the rats too?"
Pigeons are called squab. They used to sell them in the slaughterhouses in Brooklyn. Bunnies also. But no rats.
I keep hearing about squirrel. I guess those are RATS with bushy tails?
What exactly do you think a dove is?
You never heard of SQUAB?
Squab or young pigeon are processed at four weeks of age, and they are available all year round fresh although there are occasional shortages.
Squab - young pigeon with head on, feathers and feet off and gut out (sized in 50 grams increments) IW
200-500 grams
SQBF
Squab Supreme - double breast fillet skin on with first wing joint attached
100-200 grams
As Required
SQM
Squab Maryland - drumstick and thigh bone in
When I was home on leave from the service I dusted off the old 12 bore double barrel and got a bunch of pigeons from the harvested corn field acroos the road. Just plain roasted with salt & pepper, they tasted fine.
Years later, in about 1970, I was working (and had living quarters at) a night club on the East Side of Manhattan. I looked across the street one day and saw about fifty pigeons flocked on the sidewalk, eating who knows what. Suddenly a guy jumped out of an alley wilh a big net and scooped up a bunch of them. I assume he baited them
Friend of mine ate pigeon eggs once. Tasted like eggs.