My grandfather (born 1915) often spoke of the family eating Robins during the depression... I wonder if the meat texture is similar to quail? Hmmm.
MFO
Robins are migratory. I’d expect dark breast meat. White meat comes from seldom used muscles, like the breasts of gallinaceous ( chicken-like) birds. Texture is probably pretty consistent in birds. Taste is probably largely dependent on their diet.
My Father was born in 1910, my mother 1918. I grew up a poor hillbilly, fishing, trapping, hunting.. That’s how we survived.
Wood stove to cook year round, carry buckets of water from the springhouse, and using an outhouse.
Been there done that.