Serious question here about some food I seen...?!
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Many people eat quail, cornish hen, grouse, doves, pheasant, duck, goose and who knows how many other different birds. Deep fried pigeons tastes pretty good. Chinese deep fried pigeons could be a little dry and chewy sometimes. But, when they are good, they are really good.
PS: Do you know some native Canadians eat seals? (Seriously)
Yes Chinese do eat pigeons, just like eating other birds like chicken, duck, goose, quail, and other types of of meat for that matter.
Pigeons - not only in China - Very popular in many Latin countries. (Palomitas) Really not that different from guinea or cornish hen or quail.
I'm Mexican, and I eat pigeons, although i believe the correct term is Squab. There's even an Iron Chef battle featuring them, so it's not an ethnic thing per se