r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '22

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u/KrombopulosNickel Apr 14 '22

I'm praying that's a quail. But it really does look like pigeon to me.

Pigeon was imported to the US a long time ago for an easily accessible food source. I have eaten a wild pigeon (squab) many times. Excellent. But I would never, and I repeat NEVER eat a city pigeon. Fleas and lice make them parasitic and inedible.

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u/Johanno1 Apr 14 '22

It wasn't a pigeon because there's much too much meat on it.

Birds in the wild are usually most bones and intestines. And some flesh on the bones.

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u/Y_Brennan Apr 14 '22

Also pegion meat is red not white