birds of a different feather

[barkingcat]

Yesterday for dinner I ate the cooked dark breast-meat from a baby pigeon. That statement sounds rather matter of fact, but before I opened my mouth, I had to play some serious mind games with myself in order to get psyched up to eat that stuff. Hubby and I were at the home of his dear old Aunt and Uncle who are for the most part farmers and grow

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[psychoengel909]

heheheh..I feel the same way about the pigeons. I can't see them by any other definition...
although it is cute to see how people here insist that they are "doves".
Still, no matter their name, I would have a difficult time trying to eat them too
:)

[barkingcat]

Hubby reminded me that of course the pigeons that we ate were all extremely healthy, not exposed to the diseases of city pigeons and cared for with the regular help of a veteranerian. They certainly aren't "dirty," especially the young ones who didn't get the chance to fly very far, if at all.

The best thing about it is knowing that I was partaking in the specialties of my new home land and that I'm still learning so much about people as a whole.

[jetspeaks]

Brave girl!
But it's good that you managed to get them down for the sake of family. And to think I had trouble (as a city kid) eating rabbits that were killed and cleaned in the back yard in Wavre!. :)

[barkingcat]

Oh, man, bunnies!?!?!?! Yikes that must have been traumatizing as a kid!

[novawildstar]

Blurg..... you did better than I would have

[barkingcat]

blurg is right...many restaurants in Belgium serve it as well...wouldn't find me paying for it!

[novawildstar]

You wouldn't find me even eating it, free or not

[ennazu]

I don't get it- what's the difference between a pigeon and say, a chicken, if they were raised in the same environment (ie, hopefully a healthy one)?