Talk:Korean Magpie

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I was told by a few Korean friends that hearing a magpie in the morning means someone you lost from your life will be returning that day. After 3 years in Korea I have heard this bird almost every morning but it has not brought anyone back into my life.

[edit] Magpie instead of chicken

I'm rather dubious about the claim that chicken-on-a-stick are actually magpies, since chicken is not so rare and it's probably more work than it's worth to secretly use magpie meat instead. Perhaps in the past, but the rumors I've heard was they were pigeon meat, and I'm skeptical of them, too. Are there any reliable sources which can back up this claim being true in the past or the present? YooChung 14:47, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I am also dubious, because I tried to cook and eat an American magpie when I was a child ... the meat is dark, strong-tasting and extremely tough. There is also very little edible meat on the bird. After you get the feathers off, it's a very scrawny bird. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.42.126.18 (talk) 17:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

There is no evidence of the claim that the chicken-on-a-sticks in street are magpies in Korea. There are also many rumors that the sources of the meat are the domestic doves, the tree sprarrows and/or some buntings. However, in most cases, the meats used in chicken-on-a-sticks are not products of Korea, but are imported from China as ready-made goods; the meat is definitely a chicken, of course, due to a unit cost. Although the magpie and the other birds above are common both in Korea and China, a unit cost of production will be much more increased otherwise manufacturers use cheap and easily-available chickens in large quantities. Recently, because of safty and quaratine issues, the Korean custom temporary stopped inspecting chicken-on-a-sticks imported from China and most provisionors in Korea suffer from a shortage in stock. subbuteo95 (talk) 22:31, 17 January 2008 (UTC)