What To Do With Ducks?

[Damascus]

A nice way to cook duck especially wild duck,

Roast the upside down that way the fat reaches the breast and stays very moist and put a couple of satsumas inside and ***** them with a cocktail stick. This will help the juices flow and will stop the bird from getting to fatty as this will help give some extra flavour and break down the fat.

Apart from that cook as normal.

 

[Cael Nu Mara]

What does the law say about hunting ducks/geese?

Is it legal to grab them from a local park say???
I have had them feeding out of my hand in the past (especially this time of year) and thinking about how I'd cook them at the same time.

Fast food? Not if I'm faster!!!

NO, im sure someone else on heres got a better grasp on ducky law, they arent really my thing normally, but i know that what your surgesting is most definatley illegal and not very sporting (IMO).



Sam

 

[Oblio13]

There's not much fat on wild ducks, and not much good meat besides the breast.

Pull the skin off the breast. Cut along both sides of the keel bone and along the ribs. You'll end up with two boneless fillets. Toothpick bacon and jalapeno peppers on top of them and stick them under the broiler.

 

[bushboy1]

if im in the great outdoors i spit roast them for 2hours/ish

 

[dwardo]

A nice way to cook duck especially wild duck,

Roast the upside down that way the fat reaches the breast and stays very moist and put a couple of satsumas inside and ***** them with a cocktail stick. This will help the juices flow and will stop the bird from getting to fatty as this will help give some extra flavour and break down the fat.

Apart from that cook as normal.

Cooking it upside down.... what a simple but great idea!

 

[tytek]

NO, im sure someone else on heres got a better grasp on ducky law, they arent really my thing normally, but i know that what your surgesting is most definatley illegal and not very sporting (IMO).



Sam

Apart from location what's the difference between a duck in the park and a duck elsewhere???

 

[dave k]

Cooking it upside down.... what a simple but great idea!

I always cook birds this way around. Esp for larger ones (turkey) it stops the breast meat from drying out so much.
Just turn them over for the last 1/3 of the cooking time to brown.

 

[TeeDee]

Apart from location what's the difference between a duck in the park and a duck elsewhere???

Ducks in parks tend to enjoy an audience.

 

[tytek]

Ducks in parks tend to enjoy an audience.

True but if had a duck it would have an audience with some plum sauce!!!

 

[Katanic]

Another good way for duck which can be done at home with one of those wire racks an a tray to catch the fat or over fire while camping, Cut down either side of the spine all the way up so it can be removed ( you could make a stock with it) now you can spread the duck out flat then stick it in the grill/over the fire cooks more evenly that way an then you can just pick it off the bone an the skins crispy all over, good for shredded duck wraps, those fajitas wrap dont take much space up in your back pack

 

[pete79]

Ducks in parks tend to enjoy an audience.

Best duck I ever ate came from a country park, where I was a warden (shan't mention the name of the place). Hand fattened by children feeding it with bread. Had my eye on it for some time...............very tasty.

 

[Miyagi]

I had duck the other week, tesco bought not caught - well it was reduced in price.

Be careful when oven roasting.

Turning upside down etc all good advice.

If using a tray underneath to catch any fat etc, watch that it doesn't get to smoke point - you'll jump out of your skin when the smoke alarm goes off!!

Par boil some halved/quartered spuds beforehand and then roast them in the tray under the duck on the wire platform.

The one I had was so fatty it was unbeleivable - though it was only £1.20.

You could alternatively halve the ducks, slow roast them and then deep fry them (in a chip pan etc) later.

Then use a fork to scrape the now drier duck meat from the bird and use it in it's shredded state to fill spring rolls etc.

I know I'm a Porridge Wog and we love deep frying food but this tip came from the Chinese community.

Enjoy.