I imagine there is also a delicious way to prepare the breast of dove, is it closer to duck than chicken? is it marinated and grilled then?
Because they are a migratory bird the breast is dark meat (like a duck), rather than white (like a chicken). They have a little gamey flavor but are much less greasy than duck or goose.
They are actually so lean, that my wife usually marinates them for a day, and then wraps them in bacon, and then I grill them. Very tasty!
I am sure there are tons of excellent recipes. I suspect that DeerTexas shoots way more than I do, so probably has multiple good recipes.
P.S. Only when we get older do we finally get wise enough to realize how smart are parents were.
When we used to eat game harvested via shotgun (usually quail), my father would bring a stack of dimes to the table. Anyone that got a pellet in their meat got a dime. Instead of kids being worried about getting a pellet, we would chew our meat very carefully and then get a big grin if you got to spit a pellet on your plate and get a dime!
