Does anybody eat squab? What does it taste like?

[Mac in Wisco]

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Hmm, I've always thought the contrary as most of the references I've seen in the past about U.S. consumption were related the Great Depression or wartime rationing, as a cheap and plentiful alternative to other meats.

 

[magicpigeon]

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I hear you. I haven't eaten a single pigeon egg after receiving hundreds of infertile ones from my widowing pigeons. They all get donated to my very nice Turkish friend who has the stomach for it

 

[Larry Holman]

It does not taste like chicken. If you don't like to eat game birds you won't like it. There are many ways to fix it to taste different. I raise birds to fly and some to eat, I am the only one in the family that likes them. I was raised a bird hunter and if you cann't eat it don't kill it. The more its cooked the tougher it gets and taste like liver.

 

[sourland]

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What silkiechicken said. Pigeons and peppers-- what a treat!

 

[BenBrown]

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Liver, dark meat, duck-chicken.... Larry, are you eating young squab? Does young/old taste the same...? Wiki says once they stop feeding only the milk? their parents provide the flavor changes. It also mentions what they are fed affects their flavor.

Is there a book of recipes for squab?

 

[Larry Holman]

Once the bird is over cooked it gets a strong taste. I'm married to a woman that can burn a pan real fast , but I don't eat burnt pans and I'm picky about what was in that pan besides charred what ever. I keep trying to find different ways to cook them that everybody likes but it all comes down to DON'T OVER COOK THEM, they ain't chicken. These are squab hit the chopping block at 29 to 30 days old, they are easier to dress out if they were older by a week or so, less pen feathers.

 

[BenBrown]

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How have you cooked your squab? Is there more than one recipe you like?

 

[Larry Holman]

Yes, tell me how to cook them . It just so happens that I have a few ready. So before they hit the freezer I'll try something new. I'm ready, birds at hand and an unburnt pan standing by.

 

[Magic Birdie]

eeewww

 

[Larry Holman]

I enjoy my birds, I like to watch them fly, Those that are flying breed/ rollers. I like to watch them strut around, fan tails and others that are just pretty. Then there are those that were breed for dinning and I have yet eatten one alive SO it must be killed.