Thread: Pigeon Meat…Safe and Good Eating?

Is there anyone out there who’s given the old flying rats a nudge or know of any tales good or bad? I’m typing this out trying not to laugh but it’s a serious post.

I know squab is still a delicacy in many places and I’ve heard plenty of stories about people eating it back in the day. Even twenty-years ago it was consumed more than chicken in many Western countries I’m told. Can carry a high risk of E-coli apparently…Google tells me this is mostly for town pigeons though as rural ones eat cleaner and live cleaner and are therefore not as likely to be disease carriers.

I’m culling a bunch of pigeons for a large rural block in North Canterbury and as I picked one up today it felt particularly plump…got the cogs turning.

Anyone for some pigeon sausage or salami? Roast pigeon? Pigeon steak?

Or just dog meat?

Or worm food?

What do you reckon?