Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback.
Pigeons may be reviled in the United States today, but for most of human history, the plump nestlings, or squab, were relished for food.
Scott Schroeder, owner and chef of Hungry Pigeon, a restaurant in Philadelphia, was trained in French cooking. He started eating squab early in his career and really "fell deeply in love" with squab meat, claiming “The breast tastes like a mixture of duck and steak."
Pigeons were brought to the US as a domestic food animal, and it's time to get back to its original purpose instead of its current occupation soiling statues and sidewalks.
Squab are ready to eat at four weeks old, before they leave the nest, but are full size, and tender.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Was served pigeon and lava bread in Wales. The pigeon was good - like game hen. The lava bread was the confusing part. Not bread at all - it's gravy.
chalupacabre
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Mar 25, 2019
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I enjoy watching them at my bird feeders. I could never eat them, especially since I'm a vegetarian.
Redheadedgammy
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Mar 24, 2019
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As climate change continues to raise its ugly head and the USA remains outside the Paris Accord it will not be long before the science deniers among us will be eating crow.
Flyingsaucesir
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Mar 24, 2019
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The passenger pigeon, perhaps once the most numerous bird in the Americas was eaten to extinction. Rock doves, now our common pigeon would be okay. I've eaten mourning doves, they're pretty small and could only contribute a tiny bit to our food supply.
Buttercup
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Mar 24, 2019
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If Americans ate pigeon, horses, and wild pigs, we'd be much better off.
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