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Re: [NAFEX] OT- Wild duck- No good deed goes unpunished
- From: "Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] OT- Wild duck- No good deed goes unpunished
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:28:54 -0600
Naomi, how a bird’s flesh tastes depends primarily
on the species of duck (which largely determines what the bird eats). For
example, a mallard, canvasback, teal or redhead is delicious, no matter to what
degree of doneness it is cooked. A coot or merganser’s flesh tastes
strong and fishy because that’s what they eat. Often cooking
a bird to the rare or medium rare degree of doneness helps ensure the meat is
juicy. Recipes often call for cooking the breast to the rare point, and the
rest of the bird to well done. I’d soak the bird in salted
water overnight to remove any blood and to ensure the meat is juicy, and to help
keep it succulent, lay strips of salt pork or bacon on the breast of the bird
before roasting it. My mom usually stuffed ducks with a mixture of
chopped apple, chopped onion, and sauerkraut. I think this helped the
tenderization process and perhaps kept it from tasting strong. My
favorite way of preparing is salmi of duck. – Sam Brungardt, St.
Paul, Minn. From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Naomi Counides We told an acquaintance that he could hunt in out corn field.
He promised my husband to bring dressed wild duck over. Now I have
prepared our back years grass fed goose and a couple of commercial ducks but I
really do not have a good notion of what to do with this. I have read
that overcooked wild duck can taste like liver. I think liver is okay and
make it from time to time.. but out of beefalo liver.. not a duck. So what can I do with these ducks? Combinations using garlic,
wine fruit are all possible. Looking for easy, tasty and not impossibly
tough. Naomi
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[NAFEX] OT- Wild duck- No good deed goes unpunished,
Naomi Counides, 01/14/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] OT- Wild duck- No good deed goes unpunished, Richard Wagner, 01/14/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] OT- Wild duck- No good deed goes unpunished, Stephen Sadler, 01/14/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] OT- Wild duck- No good deed goes unpunished, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA), 01/14/2010
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