On 2015-09-20 21:52:57 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> On 2015-09-20 4:24 PM, gtr wrote:
>
>> That's what I heard, though it seems I head they were north Africans. In
>> any case pigeon cooked in several ways is a significant dish in Cairo.
>> We know have two Egyptian restaurants nearby that offer a stuffed pigeon
>> and stuffed duck; both must be ordered 24 hours in advance.
>
> They can only catch them when the park is empty.

Actually, just for grins I snooped around. My go-to Butcher can get
quail, rabbit, duck, goose and seemingly everything under the sun--but
it's frozen and from a California farm. I called and I'm surpised to
say they don't cary pigeon.

I snooped out two other places within 8 miles of the house, Dakao and
Baladi Halal Poultry. They have duck, turkey, quail, rabbits, and a
number of varieties of chicken (white, brown black). At Baladi the
pigeons cost $12 or $13 for "a bigger one". They apparently slaughter,
butcher and clean them on premises. I noted one Yelp review that
pointed out they have baby rabbits which are sold for $8 and encourages
readers to "help them find a home". Also another user mentions that
there are baby chicks and ducklings that are "so cute".

I'm not sure I could get with that. "I want that duck, no the other
one with the self-satified look on its bill--yeah that one!" And later
drop it in a crock pot. That would just be a bit much.

An old line of mine when eating really fresh food is "this
[trout/tomato/lamb] was planning its future this afternoon." Suddenly
that line has lost some of its humor.