The Chit Chat Thread: 2 (Electric Boogaloo?)

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Goose legs, swan legs, maybe even duck or chicken...but yes, Turkey not so much.  You are correct in that strangetude.

I mean, there were royal ranks for Keeper of the Swans and stuff like that.  I guess it's just an analog, we don't eat Swans nowadays, so we replace it with Turkey.

Kind of like how no one in their right mind would eat a Pigeon nowadays, but in the early 20th century they were considered a delicacy.  They were on the 1st Class menu on the Titanic: Roasted Pigeon.

Actually had some wood pigeon a few years back in London, very good meat.

I don't think they used to eat the inner-grey pigeons, probably just as unappetising as they are today !