276. Piccioni in Umido

Here is a story about squabs that, as unbelievable as it may seem, is indeed true. Let it stand as proof of what I was telling you about the caprices of the stomach.

One day a lady asked a man who happened to be around to kill a couple of squabs for her. Well, he drowned them in a basin of water, right there in front of her. The lady was so shocked by the sight that from that day on she could never eat the flesh of that bird again.