[Sca-cooks] Pigeons (was Magpie)

Olwen the Odd olwentheodd at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 5 09:36:01 PST 2008



>
> Linda Peterson wrote:
>>Once again the cooks list has echoed. In a post-apocolyptic moment last
>>weekend, closely following reading a bistilla recipe, I was wondering
>>about pigeons. Around here, at least, they are parasite ridden and unsafe
>>to eat. My question is, is there any way they can be preparred that will
>>destroy the parasites without removing all possible food value. At least
>>the bubonic plague pretty much sticks to the rodents here.
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>
> I would suggest staying away from the wild caught variety, the danger
> isn't so much in eating the cooked bird as the cooking will kill the
> pathogens, it is in handling the raw carcass.
>
> Do you have any Asian markets in your area? It is quite likely that
> they will have domestically raised pigeon for sale, some Middle
> Eastern markets may as well. I know it isn't quite authentic, but
> chicken or quail also work pretty well in a bistilla recipe if you
> really can't find a safe source of pigeon meat.
>
> Dragon
>

Dragon, I have been handling road kill wild birds for years and years, everything from turkey buzzards to dove with no ill effects.  I cut their wings off and if it is a big bird I also take the feet.  I have even hit wild birds with my truck and had a nice supper.  Granted, I do not collect anything from the carcass of flying rats (pigeons) in the city mostly because they are so imbred they are sickly or deformed or both.

Olwen
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