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 Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 11:57 AM
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I really enjoy the taste of a good duck but the gys I hunt with don't really care for it and usually save all of them for a gumbo at the end of the year and it isn't really good. I know I really like teal but I have never eaten any big ducks. Which big ducks taste the best and which ones should I avoid?
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
[Re: Regretzi]
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11/18/08 12:22 PM
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Greenheads are best. Shovelers are not.
“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 12:55 PM
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I'm not picky, I think all big puddlers taste a LOT alike and there aren't any I'd avoid. Where they are taken, which implies what they're all eating, seems to be the bigger factor (unless you're talking spoonies, but I don't mind them either). My two cents: 1. Woodie 2. Mallard 3. Wigeon 4. Pintail 5. Gadwall Avoid divers and coastal spoonies. I've heard coots are awesome, but I've never tried one... 
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:07 PM
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
[Re: Regretzi]
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11/18/08 01:09 PM
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As a general rule, puddle ducks are better table fare over divers (fish eating ducks). But this is not always the case. For example, shovelers are a puddle duck, but many do not like them, I am one. I shot and ate a bufflehead last year, Im pretty sure that is a diver, I thought that duck tested excellent.
But I think teal are your best tasting duck, then probably wood duck, then mallard, gadwall and widgeon, these are all good ducks to eat. I have never had a pintail, but think they are at the top. I have never shot a canvasback, but my understanding those are great ducks to eat, they are divers
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:10 PM
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It's all int he preparation. and to be honest, I've had some great ducks and some terribly gamey ducks of the same species.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:18 PM
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It's all int he preparation. and to be honest, I've had some great ducks and some terribly gamey ducks of the same species.
Getting the blood clots out are very important, as well as any feathers. I also brine all my ducks in salt water for 24 hours, this does something magical to the meat to help it hold moister, below is good info on how that magic works..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brining
The salt water also helps bleed the blood out of the meat.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:22 PM
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It's all int he preparation. and to be honest, I've had some great ducks and some terribly gamey ducks of the same species.
Getting the blood clots out are very important, as well as any feathers. I also brine all my ducks in salt water for 24 hours, this does something magical to the meat to help it hold moister, below is good info on how that magic works..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brining
The salt water also helps bleed the blood out of the meat.
Uhhhhhh, thats not magic. That's called science.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
[Re: Guy]
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11/18/08 01:24 PM
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Like Guy said, Brining is key.
First time I had duck, i just let it sit in water (no salt) for about an hour, used some olive oil and some spice, and made some brochettes (sp?). They were pretty gamey, although tolerable.
The next time, I soaked the breasts in saltwater for the whole day and it made a WORLD of difference.
Thats the thing about life, nobody gets out alive.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:26 PM
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It's all int he preparation. and to be honest, I've had some great ducks and some terribly gamey ducks of the same species.
Getting the blood clots out are very important, as well as any feathers. I also brine all my ducks in salt water for 24 hours, this does something magical to the meat to help it hold moister, below is good info on how that magic works..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brining
The salt water also helps bleed the blood out of the meat.
Uhhhhhh, thats not magic. That's called science.
I'm trying to keep it simple for all the rednecks on here. 
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:36 PM
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Actually most "divers" Dont eat fish they dive down and eat plants that grow deepeer than the puddle ducks cant eat. Example Canvasback it prefers tubers an and root stock and its latin name is based on the prefered food it eats Vallisneria a deep water growing plant. It is all about the Prep work that you do wether thats soaking in orange juice or brineing in salt water. My personl prefernce theres not a bird out there better than a woodie, id take 5 of them over 5 mallards if i could.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:40 PM
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I plan on cutting the meat out of the breast and thats all. Is this ok or do i need to leave the meat on the bone?
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 01:47 PM
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I plan on cutting the meat out of the breast and thats all. Is this ok or do i need to leave the meat on the bone?
I'd say most of the time people just cut the breasts out.
Dear Lord please bullwhip me for saying this but I agree, Marcstar is in the lead. Please nobody use this as a quote!!!
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 02:38 PM
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It's all int he preparation. and to be honest, I've had some great ducks and some terribly gamey ducks of the same species.
Getting the blood clots out are very important, as well as any feathers. I also brine all my ducks in salt water for 24 hours, this does something magical to the meat to help it hold moister, below is good info on how that magic works..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brining
The salt water also helps bleed the blood out of the meat.
Uhhhhhh, thats not magic. That's called science.
I'm trying to keep it simple for all the rednecks on here.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
[Re: Guy]
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11/18/08 02:44 PM
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It's all int he preparation. and to be honest, I've had some great ducks and some terribly gamey ducks of the same species.
Getting the blood clots out are very important, as well as any feathers. I also brine all my ducks in salt water for 24 hours, this does something magical to the meat to help it hold moister, below is good info on how that magic works..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brining
The salt water also helps bleed the blood out of the meat.
Uhhhhhh, thats not magic. That's called science.
I'm trying to keep it simple for all the rednecks on here.
We appreciate it Guy!
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 03:04 PM
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Hell I'm still worried that when people take my picture it will steal my soul.
Dear Lord please bullwhip me for saying this but I agree, Marcstar is in the lead. Please nobody use this as a quote!!!
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 03:08 PM
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I thought this thread was a joke...but I guess not...Ducks don't taste good...
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 03:46 PM
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I just killed my first 2 ducks last night, a pair of gadwalls, and I'm soaking them in milk for 24 hours before freezing them. Aside from soaking them in brine for 24 hours before cooking, anything else I need to do? Do I still need to brine them since I've soaked them in milk?
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 03:51 PM
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after i soak my duck breasts,i put them into a marinade called "Allegro" for about 6 hours and add minced garlic. It is the best marinade i have ever had.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 09:32 PM
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So are yall saying puddle ducks have never eaten fish?
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 10:00 PM
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Actually most "divers" Dont eat fish they dive down and eat plants that grow deepeer than the puddle ducks cant eat. Example Canvasback it prefers tubers an and root stock and its latin name is based on the prefered food it eats Vallisneria a deep water growing plant. It is all about the Prep work that you do wether thats soaking in orange juice or brineing in salt water. My personl prefernce theres not a bird out there better than a woodie, id take 5 of them over 5 mallards if i could.
I bet you would take a Woodie...
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 10:33 PM
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Dont worry i wont let Allans dog make his advances on me like he did to you.. Not saying never but there diet does not consist of mainly fish like most believe, theres a few that do like the mergansers that eat fish but, most your divers eat plant material like other ducks and invertebrates.
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
[Re: CNTKILLLIKEME]
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11/18/08 10:57 PM
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Best way to cook duck is to simmer it in crawfish boil for about a hour in a half or two hours. But this needs to be a whole duck plucked and gutted not the breast meet cut off the bone
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/18/08 11:54 PM
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Every duck i shoot i marinate in Italian dressing for about a day then i use a little bit of jalapeno and then wrap in bacon and grill it. It has never tasted bad to me
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Re: Best Tasting Big Duck?
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11/19/08 12:06 AM
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here we go again with the ducks eating fish debate. ducks dont eat fish as a main diet. sure they eat them inadvertantly, and occasionally, but mergansers are the only true fish eaters.
I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.
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