Squab

No one in America should go hungry, even in the inner cities. Let us eat squab. Squab is a delicacy and served in fine restaurants at at respectable prices. Well, you too can dine as fine as the more affluent do. They may not be doing it very often in the future, but you can, now and into the future, if you wish to.

Squab is nothing more that a young pigeon that roosts in and around church towers, tall buildings and struts about in yards, city parks and messes up sidewalks and park benches. A lot of municipalities will pay good $$$$ for someone to come and eradicate them from wherever they coo, congregate and leave their droppings.

A pigeon isn't all that hard to catch or raise. Find where they roost and quietly bag them at night. Don't forget to get permission to tread on private or city properties. They don't require a lot of exotic food if you decide to raise them, but you will need a roosting/pigeon cage to protect them from predators...like cats and people of poor repute.

What is termed as squab is really a young pigeon, 25 to 30 days old. That is when they are most tender. Most of the meat is the breast meat, but those little legs can go into stews and the rest to your dog if you have one. The feathers are quite lovely and can be used in fetching arrows or even crafts projects. And the little bird turds/ messes or calling cards they are famous for leaving behind...straight to the garden for fertilizer of the organic kind.

There are commercial vendors for squabs, supplies and also web sites for recipes. You can raise them for your own table or as a cash crop or even just raise them for fun. Raising squab or young pigeons would be a good project for young family members or Scouts. I think the hardest thing to do if you are raising squab for meat would be the act of dispatching them. If you are hungry or in need you can do it.

I don't try to give all the details for raising, catching or cooking squab. I think most people can look the information up on their computers or find it in the library.

Never go hungry.