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Default Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Dove Breast
On 9/21/2015 7:10 AM, wrote:

>>>
>>> Aren't pigeons also known as squab?
>>
>> Wow! I'm surprised that wiki says that's true. It has been used to
>> refer to all dove and pigeon species. It now generally implies
>> "domesticated pigeons". The "modern squab industry uses 'utility
>> pigeons'".
>
> What on earth is a 'utility' pigeon ? The 'squabs' I can buy in my
> supermarket are actually chickens.
>

Never saw squab at the supermarket, but the baby chicks are Cornish
hens. I wonder if it is the same thing, different side of the border.
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