we get these in our local weekly market mainly for the garden birds, guy we buy them from says the sacks are marked "baking quality" so some of these are going into the bread and biscuits! Lidl sells for £1.29 for 200 grams...we just bought 2.5 KILOS for £2.99.
Excellent bait for "Stoggies" bro, nowt like a bit of pigeon pie washed down with a hearty Ale mmmmm
we have wood pigeons and collared doves coming to the bird table TH for those same sun flower hearts!!!
Wood Pigeon - Mmmmmmm. A much under rated meat IMHO.
For those who haven't yet tried it, imagine a meat somewhere between steak and liver. Simple is best, so take the breasts and pan fry them with a little butter and garlic until the juices run clear when you squash them with a fork. Cut through the middle, there should be a pink line in the middle about 3/8" thick.
Pigeon doesn't need to age, but you should allow it to rest off the heat in the juices for 10 - 15 minutes after frying, the meat relaxes and is tender. If you eat immediately after cooking it can be tough.
It also makes a fantastic terrine mixed with strips of chicken, pheasant and/or rabbit. Yum!
I'm in favour of a "game stew"...pigeon, rabbit maybe a bit of squirrel .
We grew sunzilla sunflowers this tear. Heads get as big as diner plates with large seeds. They were tasty
Thanks mate I've never heard of that