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Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Dove Breast
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> On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:20:06 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:33:10 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 06:51:13 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:08:13 -0300, wrote:
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>>>>>>>As I understand it squab are baby chickens of a few weeks old but I
>>>>>>>have seen pigeon offered on menus as squab, some don't care for the
>>>>>>>idea of eating pigeon 
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>>>>>>Pigeon is quite good, in a quail kinda way. I occasionally go after
>>>>>>the wild pigeons around here. Very flavoursome, not what I would
>>>>>>regard as 'gamey'... but that's just IMO probably.
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>>>>> Quail would seem similar.
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>>>>I always found pigeon to be very strong, but I was a child when we ate
>>>>it.
>>>>I haven't been tempted since.
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>>> I liked the pie but haven't had one in years I must admit. I wouldn't
>>> have said they were more fiddly to eat than rabbits, there are little
>>> bones in both. I think if we had pigeons I would have found it
>>> difficult to eat them
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>>> Friends raised a steer years ago and that first year he would hang
>>> around at BBQs etc. Two winters later on when I made the comment at
>>> dinner, nice steak, and he said to me, yes that's Moo, I couldn't eat
>>> it anymore 
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>>Why? If it had been raised for food, at least you were not wasting his
>>life
>>and death.
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> Granted but completely two faced in this, I don't want to know the
> animal I am eating I said to myself at least Moo had a wonderful
> life while it lasted, but I still couldn't. Yeah they all laughed at
> me and divided up my steak between them
No, I wouldn't have laughed at you, but I would have thought it at least
celebrated his life.
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