Me being a vegetarian since the age of 12 and a enormous bird lover (&rescuer) now...I'm glad I don't have to look at the names of these "dishes" now on menus and whatever. The names of the dishes even made me nauseous right now. I thought today's menus were rough for me...🤢they didn't even try to make it sound any different to mask what was in the food or recipe back then. .. but I guess that what was what was inspiring to the sale...eew. Even in today's day and age, we are still at war trying to get other places of the world to stop using dogs as meat. So the terrible times still go on unfortunately. Thank you for the interesting read. Now go enjoy some birds (alive obviously)!
I feel fortunate that the American Robin was not hunted to extinction like the Passenger Pigeon. Now when I see Robins, I’ll have to resist thinking, “Them’s good eating!” Thank you for this eye-opening, thoughtful essay on a favorite creature.
This is fascinating! I'd never heard of robin pie and would have assumed that robins were too small to be worth hunting for meat, but, as with many topics, the history is much more complex when you actually look into it.
Me being a vegetarian since the age of 12 and a enormous bird lover (&rescuer) now...I'm glad I don't have to look at the names of these "dishes" now on menus and whatever. The names of the dishes even made me nauseous right now. I thought today's menus were rough for me...🤢they didn't even try to make it sound any different to mask what was in the food or recipe back then. .. but I guess that what was what was inspiring to the sale...eew. Even in today's day and age, we are still at war trying to get other places of the world to stop using dogs as meat. So the terrible times still go on unfortunately. Thank you for the interesting read. Now go enjoy some birds (alive obviously)!
I feel fortunate that the American Robin was not hunted to extinction like the Passenger Pigeon. Now when I see Robins, I’ll have to resist thinking, “Them’s good eating!” Thank you for this eye-opening, thoughtful essay on a favorite creature.
This is fascinating! I'd never heard of robin pie and would have assumed that robins were too small to be worth hunting for meat, but, as with many topics, the history is much more complex when you actually look into it.