Here is a way I've been cleaning doves. There hasn't been a lot of birds the last few years so you got to make the most of them, also the little dove thighs are so good




How it's done *:

Pluck the birds

Cut off the neck, wings, and feet

Cut along both sides of the backbone

Run you ringer on the inside of the keel bone

Slide the unit of meat over the keel bone

Cut the wing joint off




*wouldnt reccomend if you have Multiple limits unless you have multiple helpers

I smoke them on the pit

Kinda like quail I guess

Although I'm sure they could be pan fried or wrapped in bacon w/ cream cheese

Hmm, elaborate on the part about "running your finger along keel bone" and "slide unit of meat off the keel bone"

I like the idea of keeping a good amount of the skin intact because of the way you can cook it up crispy. This would be especially good on teal or woodies too. Sort of a spatchcock dove or duck.

I thought this was going to be a post about "the only thing better than eating a dove is not eating a dove"

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Hmm, elaborate on the part about "running your finger along keel bone" and "slide unit of meat off the keel bone"

I like the idea of keeping a good amount of the skin intact because of the way you can cook it up crispy. This would be especially good on teal or woodies too. Sort of a spatchcock dove or duck.

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Just so nobody asks the keel bone is a T-shaped bone and the breast and tender sit on each side.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel_(bird_anatomy)

Imagine a plucked dove with the backbone and guts removed. The next thing I'll do is run a finger between the dove tender and the keel bone on one side. I'll then do the same thing on the other side. So at this point the only thing holding the meat on the bone is a extremely thin strip running on the front of the keel bone. Start with the meat on the feet end and pull the skin off the keel bone. After that remove the ribs and make sure the bird is cleaned up. Then cut the wings off. Now you are left with the breasts and legs.


Here is a video on how to spatchcock


What essentially do is take that one step more and remove the keel bone and ribs, as well as the wings.

Had a phenomenal evening

Also made some bad ass homemade margaritas

All the while we made S'Mores

So damn lucky those girls look like mama

Pound sign troof

Cuz I got a bald head and a whiskey gut