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 My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/22/08 07:01 PM
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Ok, so last night, my wife takes the kids out on the town, I got the house to myself, decide to fix my first ever diver dinner. 1) Bufflehead 2) Ringneck 3) and Bluebill I had the duck breasts frozen together, I could tell which one was the Bufflehead because it was smaller and that was surprisingly good. Ringneck and bluebill I could not tell apart, but I know one tasted ok and the other taste like crap, not as bad as spoonie, but pretty bad. Can anybody tell me which one it was? I want to make sure I don’t that no more.  
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/22/08 07:15 PM
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Can't tell you which is which, but I do know, I don't plan on shooting any divers in the future 
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/22/08 07:32 PM
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Bufflehead was actually good, only one was bad, I bet it was bluebill, man I been burping bluebill all day.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/22/08 08:24 PM
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lol but I can't tell you either. that is why i use divers i nduck and dumplings only. 
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/22/08 09:15 PM
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LWR2
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Grind it up and put it in some sausage!!!
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/23/08 03:00 AM
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If you don't like it the way you made it, make jerky!
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/23/08 01:20 PM
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Yeah I'm guessing it could have been either one of them...maybe the one you didnt like got cooked a little faster and was overcooked?? Or maybe it was eating in certain areas before you killed it. Ducks down on the coast taste bad compared to ducks up here...maybe it's the saltwater areas and change of diet?
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/23/08 06:08 PM
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Marinate the breasts in Heinz-57 sauce, sprinkle on garlic salt. Wrap in bacon. Place on hot grill for 5 minutes each side. Remove from grill, peel off bacon. Throw bluebill away, eat bacon. (Just Kiddin!)
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 12:44 AM
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Lawry's mesquite marinade over night, cut in strips, wrap with jalepeno and bacon, then grill.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 01:23 AM
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cube duck breast, tan in pan with about 1/2 lb sausage then add the Zat. red bean and rice.
lay some sliced jalepenos on it and put some crackers on the side.
I don't shoot divers but this cooking method produces a hot bowl of goodness that my 8 yro son loves. his is minus the 'penos. for 1 box of Zat. I use 6 teal or 3 big duck breast and jimmy dean sausage. works well with goose too.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
[Re: Guy]
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03/24/08 01:47 AM
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It was the ringed-neck that tasted bad.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 02:01 AM
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Grind it up and put it in some sausage!!!
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Why mess-up a good sausage.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 02:03 AM
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If you don't like it the way you made it, make jerky!
Now that may be a good idea, but ONLY if it tastes better when jerkied.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 02:07 AM
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Marinate the breasts in Heinz-57 sauce, sprinkle on garlic salt. Wrap in bacon. Place on hot grill for 5 minutes each side.
Remove from grill, peel off bacon. Throw bluebill away, eat bacon. (Just Kiddin!)
I like my duck strait-up like my whisky, if I got to doctor it up sumthen wrong.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 02:15 AM
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Lawry's mesquite marinade over night
When it comes to marinade, I pretty much just go with olive oil and spice of the day, all store bought marinades seem to be so salty, etc..
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
[Re: cherrndy]
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03/24/08 02:17 AM
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It was the ringed-neck that tasted bad.
So you had both you know? I was hoping bluebill cuz I have more ringer in frezer.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
[Re: Guy]
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03/24/08 02:23 AM
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It was the ringed-neck that tasted bad.
So you had both you know? I was hoping bluebill cuz I have more ringer in frezer.
Good luck with that 
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 01:08 PM
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Get with the chinese, they can make dog and cat taste pretty darn good why not divers?
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 02:30 PM
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Guy - I would bet it was the scaup/bluebill since their flesh is much darker and denser than ringnecks or other divers. I won't shoot them mainly for this reason only, but will hammer the ringnecks when they come to my ponds.
Now, I haven't eaten a scaup that was better than a spoony and would them WAY before I would scaups or mergansers, especially the ones taken from freshwater wetlands.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 02:47 PM
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For one, I do not shoot divers unless I need training ducks. I will not shot anything I will not eat and I am not going to eat no nasty [censored] divers!
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 10:34 PM
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Get with the chinese, they can make dog and cat taste pretty darn good why not divers?
Not true....My inlaws are ASIAN (the PC term) and I gave them some ringers this past season. Pops came by the house and begged me not to give him anymore of the "black and white" ducks because they tasted horrible and stunk up the house... Stunk up the house ?  An Asian house ?? I laughed and laughed..Really hard, but he was dead serious.
Guy: It must've been the Ring Necks
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
[Re: killinNoob]
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03/24/08 11:42 PM
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Best way to cook divers is to simmer them in crawfish boil for about two hours. Red heads are awesome this way.
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 11:45 PM
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Do real duck hunters shoot divers? 
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/24/08 11:51 PM
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Re: My 1st Diver Dinner
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03/25/08 01:10 PM
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I shoot all divers. But, I'm a fake duck hunter.
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