Why the Caucasians think it's creepy to eat any bird that fly, e.g. sparrow, pigeon, partridge, etc...
what's wrong with these creatures from their point of view??!
2006-07-22 13:20:09 · 16 answers · asked by Nebula 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
hello--duck, pheasant, goose. where have you been sleeping?
2006-07-22 13:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your information is wrong. Europeans, at least the French and Italian ones will shoot and eat any bird or wild beast. When I was young, in England, my father used to bring home pigeons to make into a casserole. I didn't like the small bones though. (or the occasional lead shot I found! :-) Partridges are considered to be a special delicacy in England, as are pheasants and grouse, and in Scotland capercaillie too.
Barbara. For your information it was the Americans who killed off the passenger pigeons.
2006-07-23 01:37:38 · answer #2 · answered by survivor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally think partridge, quail, and pheasant are some great eats!
Generally, you will find that this distaste of foods is not limited to flying birds, but generally extends to anything that isn't raised on a farm or ranch to eat.
People here (US particularly) have forgotten that food didn't always come from a nice formalized, farm, ranch or factory, and when eating more 'gamy' animals remind them of this fact. They're not comfortable with it.
Folks who originated elsewhere in the world (as well as Caucasians who grew up in the country, as I did) are more familiar with the places food can come from and are more likely to be comfortable with other foods.
While this cultural distaste is not quite as strong as some religious prohibitions of food, it is still quite strong and difficult to overcome.
2006-07-23 04:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by weirina85 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many europeans do eat birds that fly ,grouse, pheasant ,partridge,ducks,pigeon,quails and remember "4&20 blackbirds, baked in a pie"
2006-07-22 19:59:52 · answer #4 · answered by vinhop21 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eurpoeans eat pigeons, partridges, ducks, geese....so I don't know what you are on about. I guess you have never been there.
The Romans at anything and everything including hummingbirds, larks tounges, sparrows.
Also, we all eat crow from time to time (that's an idiom, you could look it up),
2006-07-22 13:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why eat a scrawny diseased pigeon when you can have a nice meaty chicken or turkey? Besides, they don't sell sparrows at my grocery store.
2006-07-22 16:29:45 · answer #6 · answered by Leesa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geese,ducks,turkeys-and,oh yeah,remember passenger pigeons? How did they become extinct? That's right,the Europeans shot and ate them all.
2006-07-22 23:48:18 · answer #7 · answered by barbara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do you get your info?
I think many Caucasians eat "flying" birds
2006-07-22 16:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by happy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birds that don't fly have more meat, and needless to say, they're a lot easier to hunt.
2006-07-23 04:17:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you that?
What about partridge, grouse, duck, pheasant, goose, quail, dove, etc.?
Get your facts straight!
2006-07-23 01:00:49 · answer #10 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkeys can fly, and I do enjoy eating turkey.
2006-07-22 13:23:35 · answer #11 · answered by Mandi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋