The history and virtues of eating pigeon meat (squab)

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Thanks to Andrew Blechman, author of "PIGEONS: The Fascinating Saga of the World’s Most Revered and Reviled Bird": http://www.andrewblechman.com/pigeons...

2001 study showing very low pathogen prevalence on squab farms: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11214...

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