Recipe for dove boobs?

[Jorge]

Dove season is coming up soon in Texas. Going out later today to take a look at a couple of places I usually hunt to see what they look like this year.

Looking for something new to do with the breasts, other than the usual jalapeno and bacon. Suggestions?

[kcquer]

Jorge, I used to hunt dove every "fall" just to practice up for quail season. I've started shooting blue rock for practice instead as I find them better to eat! :P

Dove are better for listening to early in the morning while you're starting up the cooker than they are on the plate. Please don't mistake me for some PETA weenie, I'll shoot quail as fast as I can reload and eat'em like I got 2 arses! Few things I like better than a skillet full of quail and some homestyle gravy made in that skillet when the birds are done, some mashed taters and a biscuit completes the menu.
Most folks here grill their dove, just not my favorite eatin'.

[hornbri]

Jorge,

Sorry eat them just like you do already.Ahhh waht a great time, another thing I miss from Texas.

Brian

[frognot]

Although i agree that quail is better eating, ain't nothing wrong with dove.

Like em pan fried with gravy or do the marinate in BBQ sauce, then wrap with bacon & jalapeno slice & dust with Tony Chachere's and grill them up.

also would be interested in other recipes. of course, don't get gravy at my house very often so will probably stick with pan-fried. :D

[Jorge]

I've grilled and smoked em, used some ground in spaghetti sauce to give it a little different flavor (not bad btw). Soaked in red wine, or a favorite fajita marinade. Grilled with bacon and jalapeno is still the favorite and standard.

Love quail but for quite a few years they were almost too thin in central Tx. to bother with. Fire ants, dry weather etc., but they have been making a comeback lately. Maybe this year. Still love to dove hunt. Hard to beat a lazy fall evening sitting in the shade of mesquite trees on a tank damn (tank=pond for non Texicans) waiting for the birds to fly in. Helps if your neighbor just cut his milo too :wink:

[brdbbq]

Helps if your neighbor just cut his milo too


Murderer

[spoon]

Jorge,

1. breasted, bundled with jap and white onion, wrapped in quarter piece of bacon - my favorite too.
2. breasted, fried with beer batter (like cut upl fish filets) - very good.
3. breasted, stuffed in jap turds along with cheddar cheese and white onion - close to (1) above, but easier to eat.

As you can see, I always breast out dove. A little more work up front, but much easier to eat no matter how cooked.

I'll be heading just north of Denton for opening day (Uncle-In-Law's place), then trying 2 hrs west of Fort Worth for another hunt.

Good luck.

[racer_81]

Helps if your neighbor just cut his milo too


Murderer

Heeeeeeeere dovie...dovie...dovie.......


In Kentucky, an innocent thing such as hunting next to your neighbors freshly
cut milo field would get you a ticket for hunting in a baited field.

Never did hunt dove much, therefore, never ate dove much.

I'd think that smoked dove jambalaya would be a wonderful thing.

[midnight]

I have a great recipe for dove breasts in corn bread stuffing. The breasts stay very moist this way. I will go find it and post it tonight.

[Jorge]

As you can see, I always breast out dove. A little more work up front, but much easier to eat no matter how cooked.

I'll be heading just north of Denton for opening day (Uncle-In-Law's place), then trying 2 hrs west of Fort Worth for another hunt.

Grew up just pulling the breast when we got back to the truck, tossing it in a bag and into the ice chest. Later I learned that one is well advised to leave a wing attached until reaching your destination. Got off with a warning.

In Kentucky, an innocent thing such as hunting next to your neighbors freshly
cut milo field would get you a ticket for hunting in a baited field.

In Texas you can slide because it was cut for agricultural purposes, or that's my understanding. I've been checked many a time sitting behind a big hay bail, on the edge of a cotton field, under a flyway, with a stock tank and fresh cut milo field all within range. Life doesn't get much better.

[spoon]

As you can see, I always breast out dove. A little more work up front, but much easier to eat no matter how cooked.

I'll be heading just north of Denton for opening day (Uncle-In-Law's place), then trying 2 hrs west of Fort Worth for another hunt.

Grew up just pulling the breast when we got back to the truck, tossing it in a bag and into the ice chest. Later I learned that one is well advised to leave a wing attached until reaching your destination. Got off with a warning.

In Kentucky, an innocent thing such as hunting next to your neighbors freshly
cut milo field would get you a ticket for hunting in a baited field.

In Texas you can slide because it was cut for agricultural purposes, or that's my understanding. I've been checked many a time sitting behind a big hay bail, on the edge of a cotton field, under a flyway, with a stock tank and fresh cut milo field all within range. Life doesn't get much better.

When I say "breasted", I mean slice the meat off the breast bone -- not just pulling the breast pallet out of the bird. Slicing the breast off the bone results in two thin slivers of lean meat - just the perfect size for nibblin'.

Also, and I could be wrong, but I think its OK to clean dove by yanking the breast pallet out - no need to keep a wing. That rule doesn't apply to dove just other migratory birds. Again, I could be wrong, so if you get ticketed, don't send me the bill!

[brdbbq]

I mean slice the meat off the breast bone -- not just pulling the breast pallet out of the bird. Slicing the breast off the bone results in two thin slivers of lean meat

I was wondering cause I just stick my finger up there ass and give it a yank. But it has been awhile.

[Jorge]

Also, and I could be wrong, but I think its OK to clean dove by yanking the breast pallet out - no need to keep a wing. That rule doesn't apply to dove just other migratory birds. Again, I could be wrong, so if you get ticketed, don't send me the bill!

Unless it has changed in the last couple of years it does apply to doves. Or that's what I was told when I was stopped. Game warden just checked to make sure I hadn't exceeded the number of white wings that year, 2, and that I had a white wing stamp if I had taken any. Now they are probably looking for people taking too many white tips, but haven't checked the bag limit for this year or speciific regulations. Just trying to repay the favor, and keep us both out of debt to the state.

[Jorge]

I mean slice the meat off the breast bone -- not just pulling the breast pallet out of the bird. Slicing the breast off the bone results in two thin slivers of lean meat

I was wondering cause I just stick my finger up there ass and give it a yank. But it has been awhile.

Yep, can clean a limit in a couple of minutes. Just need to make sure I don't forget to have a bottle of water, or some in the cooler to wash up. :oops:

[willkat98]

Jorge,
you need to come to Chicago

We got all the pidgeon, I mean Sqwab, that you could eat.

[Neil]

Stat legislature in Michigan is debating now on whether not to allow for an open season on doves for the first time in years. Keeping my fingers crossed. Love squab and partridge, never had dove.

[BillyH]

Doves are good just about any way you cook em..Sauce Picant, Jambalaya, gumbo, and chicken fried with some white milk gravy...Also pot roasted with some good rice-n-gravy with fresh onions..mmm cest bon...but the best way is over a grill with bacon wrapped around them with ice cold beer to wash em down... cher it don git no better dan dat!!!