• Etterra@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      People used to routinely eat just about every bird there was. The only reason nobody bothers with songbirds is that they’re too small to be worth a damn. Remember the passenger pigeon? The extinct one. Yeah we literally ate that into extinction.

      • Ilovemyirishtemper@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Fair enough. Although I don’t think you’d need to bother with the songbirds in this instance seeing as you’ve been gifted a years worth of geese, French hens, and milk. Unless you’re required to feed all the other various humans you’ve been gifted as well. I guess then it would be time to crack into the turtledoves.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve eaten partridge before. It’s not bad. Not sure I’d eat turtledove if I had other options.