Pigeons..flying rats..or noble flying rats?

[Provost Harrison]

They are a bit too stringy in texture for my taste...

[Az]

"...hmmm, tastes like chicken..."

Isn't that one of the lines they say in american movies when they eat something really disgusting?

[Locutus]

Dunno, but I've noticed that people say that of any kind of meat they're not familiar with

[Provost Harrison]

Yes, it is strange...I have never come across anyone say 'hmmmm, tastes like venison'...

But yeah, I think the 'taste like chicken' thing applies to pigeon too, just stronger

[germanos]

Flying rats for sure.

And don't eat them Not the city dwellers that is!
They all have horrible deceases, and by the look of them leprosy is least horrendous.

I had the unfortune of living groundfloor in an appartmentbuilding, and all the **** from the buggers as they would fly up (that's when they do it folks, reduce their weight, clever little rats) would land in my garden.
Talking about chemical warfare

I got pretty good at shooting them out of the air. Took me a year though to get rid of the bastards .

[Provost Harrison]

You need the phalanx defence system germanos

[BustaMike]

There is at least one kind of bird that is worse than the pigeon. I don't know if other places have them, but here in Phoenix there's this bird called a grackel (spelig?). It's like a really small crow, but way way more diseased and nasty. I swear that something like 80% of them are missing an eye or all of their tail feathers. They look like zombie birds and they make really awful noises. They don't chirp, they don't coo like pigeons, instead they kind of make a coughing noise... like a cat coughing up a hairball. Aside from being so nasty in the first place, they also like to stick their heads straight up in the air, beak facing the sky, and look at you sideways. It's creepy. Anyone else have these things 'cause they're all over Phoenix.

[Provost Harrison]

I think they are just undead birds

[germanos]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
You need the phalanx defence system germanos

I moved to an appartment on the second floor. Worked pretty damn well .

[mindseye]

( yes I know you can eat pigeons as well, but that would be just disgusting, wouldn't it? brrrr )

Actually, they are delicious!

They are something of a delicacy here in China. No, they are not the urban rat-birds, these pidgeons are specially raised for eating. They are usually served roasted, wrapped in foil. They taste somewhere between duck and chicken, with very juicy, flavorful meat.

The only drawback is that the head is usually served as well, not for eating, but for ... decorative purposes.

[Ben Kenobi]

Locutus:

Everything tastes somewhat like chicken, so hence the usage for unfamiliar meat.