James Silverton wrote:

> 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.

I've eaten wild pideons in Holland, that we shot ourselves. Tasty!!!
I've also eaten quail, Thai style or something.

--
Dan