"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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oddly enough, the best duck i've ever had was cooked by pj precisely
as
you describe except in a fireplace with a grill rack laid over the
wood
embers... it remains my favorite cooked meat. i devoured at least 5
or
6 of the duck breasts. delicious!! (of course, we also ate raw dove
meat, so other factors may have been in play at the time) i've eaten
that dried up leather duck served by most restaurants, and there's
no
comparison.

As many already know, and as has been made clear once again in this
discussion, cooking wild ducks and geese can be a tricky proposition.
The meat is very lean; the line between raw and leather is narrow.
Their domestic cousins are another matter entirely.....they are
famously fat. So much so, in fact, that most methods of preparation
call for the removal of much of the fat before cooking or allowing for
it to be rendered during. There is simply no excuse for domestic
waterfowl to end up dry. The chef at any restaurant that serves up
dry duck should be treated to his own methodology.

Wolfgang