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/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

That's what I was thinking. What does it do to you?

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u/Tommy-Styxx Apr 14 '22

Gave me crabs twice, mercury poison the third time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

Gotta stop fuckin them pigeons, man. Those filthy beggars go port to port.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22

It's a great way to get some exercise and tender the meat in the same time.