Ian wrote on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:59:26 +0200:

IH> le/on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:02:17 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

??>> Oh so gross!

IH> ???? A bird is a bird. Either it's good to eat or it isn't.

??>> I try to keep an open mind,

IH> Not hard enough, IMO.

??>> but in my Western mind pigeons are just the most
??>> disgusting creatures and I can't imagine ever eating them.

IH> Not to your western mind, I'm also a westerner and I find
IH> pigeons no more disgusting than any other bird, and their
IH> shit is considerably less stinky than ducks, geese and any
IH> number of seabirds.

I don't think I would be able to bring myself to eat any feral
bird living in a city but I have eaten pigeons (farmed) a good
deal of my life. I wonder if any of those expressing disgust
have ever had "squab chicken"? I admit that most preparations of
pigeon that I have encountered have been in French-style cusine.

James Silverton.