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[betteb]

On 11/16/2014 Catlove125 said: Sorry, off topic, but this post reminded me of a movie I watched as a kid where the family's turkey was destroyed and they ended up going to a Chinese restaurant for their Christmas meal and it was a duck complete with it's head! Hehe On topic, growing up, my mom just roasted it like chicken. However, use a rack to keep it above the fat/oil which is a lot!

A Christmas Story...love that movie!

[flbettyboop]

Ina has a wonderful recipe for duck. You want to purchase a smaller duck, under three lbs. Smaller birds are less fatty.

Boop

[Poodlepet2]

Mark, thanks- when I have researched duck, only two sources came up- now I have more options!!! By the way, I buy boneless skinless duck breast meat from Maple Leaf Farms and I have made a fabulous version of Julia Child's Bouf Bourginon. DH can't eat red meat, and duck is simply a marvelous replacement. I think people get intimidated by the fat issue, but it need not be complicated or difficult. If you score the skin, being careful not to cut the meat, and pour off the fat that renders out about every 45 minutes( I use a turkey baster for ease) it is easy. Forest, I adore Peking duck too, and I recently discovered a way to get that marvelous crispy skin without using a bicycle pump.... you brush the duck with equal parts of butter and oil and broil it!!!! I recently had it at a restaurant nd the duck they served was picture perfect brown, and the skin was marvelously crisp. I thought they deep fried it!!! Thankfully, they shared their little secret with me, and three days later, I got the Maple Leaf Farms newsletter describing the process. Clearly this is a sign from the heavens that this is the way I am to prepare our duck! Poodlepet

[Poodlepet2]

Honnybrown, you "quack" me up! What do you get when you cross a cow with a flock of ducks? Milk and Quakers! LOL ! Poodlepet

[Vamp]

On 11/16/2014 DiAnne said:

On 11/16/2014 Catlove125 said: Sorry, off topic, but this post reminded me of a movie I watched as a kid where the family's turkey was destroyed and they ended up going to a Chinese restaurant for their Christmas meal and it was a duck complete with it's head! Hehe On topic, growing up, my mom just roasted it like chicken. However, use a rack to keep it above the fat/oil which is a lot!

Your post reminded me - a few years ago I was in the International District in Seattle and purchased a cooked duck. They cut it up for me and when I opened the package at home the head and feet were in the package!

Oh, dear! Those are funny stories. I've seen whole roasted ducks hanging in Chinatown but was never brave enough to buy one.

[Vamp]

On 11/16/2014 Still Raining said:

The title makes me chuckle. Those are fighting words here in Oregon.

My grands are being raised by two ducks

I grew up in Oregon and went to school in Eugene, so I know what you mean!

[Vamp]

Thanks, everyone, for the tips! I am planning to go duck "hunting" (in the grocery store) this week. I know one of our local stores carries it but not sure of the brand. If they are out, I'll check out Costco. Wish me luck!

[forrestwolf]

On 11/17/2014 Vamp said:

Thanks, everyone, for the tips! I am planning to go duck "hunting" (in the grocery store) this week. I know one of our local stores carries it but not sure of the brand. If they are out, I'll check out Costco. Wish me luck!

Should that not be...........Wish me duck..............

[HonnyBrown]

quack quack

[DiAnne]

I was just at Costco. Maple Leaf frozen ducks are 2.99 per pound. I don't know what the usual price at grocery store is so I cannot compare. I bought one to stuff in freezer. I may fix it for New Years.