The farmer at the beginning hit it head on. Have you ever met a peacock? If so, you don't have any qualms about eating one.
Judging by the ingredients and the cooking directions,
both the peafowl pie and the claret recipes read more like
overdone status signaling by the "spice barons" than anything
like tasteful fine dining. This is the culinary equivalent
of "how to gold-plate the brand badges on your Mercedes,
and then fuse rainbow glitter to them."
I listened to this earlier today - and had to head directly to their site to see pictures. A little odd, even for planet money, but a good way to start my day.
I wouldn't even eat a bald eagle, probably full of toxic chemicals.