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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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 Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:05 am Post subject: buying duck at the local mart |
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the small grocer where I usually shop for vegies, fruit, some meat, etc. then go to the bigger places like Emart once a month or so - the small mart had a whole duck for sale today for 12,000 won. head and all. bill attached. (duck bill that is.) it was next to the chicken, looked pretty good size. I started to buy it but then thought better of it.
anyone ever buy a duck in the meat section before? this is the first time I've seen one - and it wasn't frozen either. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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so I guess I'm not the only one who was surprised to see it.  |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Sliced frozen duck is pretty common. I see it at every supermarket I've been too. It usually is sliced into 2 inch diameter discs. Doesn't really look like duck, and it's kind of greasy, but not bad on a barbecue.
Whole duck I occasionally see, but never bought. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: |
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I bought whole ducks before from my local butcher but never from a small corner store.
I would be hesitant. |
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Jeff's Cigarettes
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| I buy the smoked duck off gmarket...tasty and cheap. Comes in vacum sealed bags, 7,000 for half a duck. When you slice it it comes out to a nice mound more than enough for two. I fry it at low temp on the porta grill and eat it w/ all the trimmings...lettuce, garlic, peppers, dwang jan and sesame oil. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| It's dark fatty meat; not white like chicken. This is one bird that actually has lots of fat fat like a pig does. Do you like that? I don't, but many folks love eating animal fat. |
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Seoul'n'Corea
Joined: 06 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| It's dark fatty meat; not white like chicken. This is one bird that actually has lots of fat fat like a pig does. Do you like that? I don't, but many folks love eating animal fat. |
Duck is awesome. I makes me quakers
Seriously I go for Origogi 2-3 times a month.
I love it. |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: |
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Duck fat is actually a much sought-after delicacy:
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The fat that comes off a duck as it roasts is more interesting than any other (save possibly goose fat - a once-a-year treat in our house, if that). It has a purity to it, a low burning point and the ability to enrich whatever is cooking in it, as if it gets to the very soul of the food it is browning.
Possibly the best use for this crisp, intensely savoury fat is for frying thin slices of potato. (I would go so far as to argue that there is no finer medium in which to cook the humble spud.) The fat's ability to reach a high temperature before burning is particularly useful for cooking potatoes or starchy vegetables that take a while to come to tenderness. They will turn gold slowly, softening deliciously before they colour. There is an affinity between the coarse starch of a spud and the rich notes of duck fat; they soak up a certain amount of its savour. Though I should mention that they don't always crisp up, much depends on the variety of potato I am using and presumably the mood the fat is in that day. Vegetables cooked in this way - pumpkins, parsnips and potatoes - are pretty near the top of my list of desert island dishes. |
Mouth watering yet?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/feb/03/recipes.foodanddrink |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Sliced frozen duck is pretty common. I see it at every supermarket I've been too. It usually is sliced into 2 inch diameter discs. Doesn't really look like duck, and it's kind of greasy, but not bad on a barbecue.
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Just throw salt/pepper on it and fry/grill it up like you would Samgyupsal. Wrap it up in lettuce and its delicious. |
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ovrproof
Joined: 23 Nov 2008
Location: St. Lucia
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| duck is really nice... sounds like you can cook so google some recipies for it.. curried duck is real good dish, but there are lots of bones in duck for some wierd reason... bqq is a good option as well |
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