Comments | arborvitae: I can has pigeon?

arborvitae

I can has pigeon?

Jan 28, 2009 22:46

Hey, did you know that pigeon is red meat? Well, it is. I found out when I ordered it for my tasty, tasty dinner tonight. And, I brought some home in a kitty bag so the cats could _also_ enjoy eating bird.

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vicious_wench January 29 2009, 07:23:57 UTC

raw bones are generally ok. Cooking is the problem -- it makes them brittle and prone to splintering.

(saw this cruising through RPS's friends page, and since it was something I knew the answer to...)

arborvitae January 29 2009, 16:08:21 UTC

Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation! No cooked bones for the kitties, then!

theaggregator January 29 2009, 19:01:56 UTC

Yup, the Wench is right per my understanding. Cooked or boiled chicken bones being the real problem.

birds blahblahblah uloixia January 29 2009, 19:21:21 UTC

Birds that fly have dark meat. The more a muscle is used, the darker it will be (hence the reason they don't let little calves run around if they're slated for veal).

Chickens are sort of an anomaly especially ones in the store because they're bred for white breasts and slaughtered pretty young. Farm raised chicken breasts aren't nearly as white (think old rooster, not "farm raised" as in organic hippy stuff. Those birds are killed just as young as any other eating chicken).

Though I bet penguin is really dark red meat- they don't fly, but they swim really well so their muscles have to be adapted for higher oxygen (hence more myoglobin) and also swimming is just flying with more resistance....

Re: birds blahblahblah arborvitae January 29 2009, 20:56:02 UTC

Ohhh.... that's VERY interesting - and makes perfect sense! Thank you for the explanation.

Now, how are we going to kill a penguin to test your theory? Who wants to go to the SF zoo?

uloixia January 29 2009, 19:22:02 UTC

Also. Eww grosss! Bird foot-in-mouth. Heheheh

incorpore January 31 2009, 01:59:10 UTC

when I was a wee youngster living on a small farm with lots of dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, and turkeys, I was told the dogs and cats couldn't chew on bird bones because they're hollow and break much more easily than other bones, causing possible puncture of the animal's esophagus by the sharp splintery broken ends of the bone. I think in my childhood we lost one cat and one dog to that.