Foodie2Shoes
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Since it is rapidly becoming fall we are planning a Hunt Dinner following our annual ride to the hounds, complete with red jackets, jodphurs and knee-high, glossy black boots. Riding crops optional but kinky.
Since we are socially concious, sensitive people we will not actually eat any of the imaginary prey we seek, but have a duck offered for consumption. I have solicited and received recipes for the pheasant we will also be having, but does anyone have any tried and true recipes for the duck - the more elaborate the better?
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MissNinaV
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The jodphurs and knee-high shiny black boots sound kinky enough without riding crops! |
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The only time I cooked a duck (and it's been several years ago) it turned out so good that one of the docs I worked for said it was the best duck he had ever eaten. It tends to be a dry meat and can sometimes be gamey tasting. I shouldn't even reply to your request because I don't have an exact recipe, but I think what made it so good, was that I rubbed it inside and out with spices and then topped it with that jarred ham glaze and wrapped bacon slices over that. The bacon cooking on it kept it moist and added so much flavor. Don't know if you have time to experiment, but this was one tasty duck.
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That sounds wonderful. I have heard to use the bacon on top but didn't think of the ham glaze. What kind of spices did you use for the rub?
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That's the part I really can't remember, but my norm is salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, onion powder and cayenne.
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Sounds like a winner. Thanks!
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my fiancee's family is going to introduce me to duck, I have never had it. What should I expect?
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They usually hang out around water and are fairly hard to catch. Spur probably could shoot you a few, though.
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That can't actually be a recipe by Paula Deen. There is NO butter at all.
A friend told me recently that his daughter was telling her sister about Paula's recipe for iced tea. It started out, "well, you take a stick of butter..."
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Well, the first annual Hunt Dinner took place last night and now that I am sober enough to type I thought I would tell you about it. Our guests showed up, as requested, in the appropriate attire of hunt wear - complete with riding crop, I might add. (Which I am told one should not Google for reasons that should probably not be discussed on a food forum.) I didn't know people rode to the hounds in high-heeled boots, but ya learn something new every day. That's a pretty funny-looking hound, too. I, of course, wore my standard hunting gear of black HK Weapons Specialist T-shirt with camo pants that match my bow.
I tried out all new recipes for this dinner after appetizers of Boar's Head prosciutto wrapped mozzarella on crostini. Following was a layered Italian vegetable salad with Balsamic/basil dressing. Soup was one featured in this month's (the final, sniff, sniff) Gourmet magazine, Scarlet Carrot Soup. It was very tasty and beautiful, with lovely curls of fried carrots to garnish. A wonderful soup that does not contain cream but has very complex flavor components.
Main course was Pheasant Under Glass, a classic and very successful recipe. The guys swooned over the cremini and porcini mushroom sauce but the Balsamic Reduction was over the top. A side of wild rice pilaf was the perfect complement. Dessert was a triple chocolate (bittersweet, white and milk) mousse. Naturally, there were appropriate wines with each course, which may explain a most infrequent hangover today.
A great time was had by all, and we will do it again next year. Somebody else is going to cook the duck.
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Well tomorrow is the opening day for duck hunting in Acadiana parish, Louisiana. My sister just posted that she's already put her decoys out. I don't know where she gets it from, I collect animals while she kills them 
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Only for food, I hope.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Foodie2ShoesThey usually hang out around water and are fairly hard to catch. Spur probably could shoot you a few, though. Yup....I could.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Foodie2Shoes
Only for food, I hope. Yep.
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