Hello from New England

[Evan-MA]

Hello,

New guy from New England. I have an 18 WSM, 22 Weber kettle, and a three burner Weber spirit gasser. I love hunting, fishing, and the outdoors. Waterfowl is my favorite type of game to hunt, I use my kettle to sear duck breasts over hot coals. And my WSM to smoke bluefish for pate.

 

[DanHoo]

Welcome Evan!

Seared duck sounds pretty good.

We love pics of food cooking.

 

[Jason Godard]

Western MA was my stomping ground back in the day. Welcome.

 

[Colin]

Welcome Evan. Glad you joined us. Sounds like you have pretty good equipment.

 

[Joan]

Hi Evan - WELCOME!!!!!!

You will love it here. The guys always say they love pictures, and then I come along and add, Hey quite forgetting to say, we also love recipes!!! lol Maybe someday they will remember. lol

I am a Floridian and also loved fishing in my younger days.

This is a great, friendly, warm, loving place to be (thanks to Chris).

 

[Anthony Spitzer]

Welcome from Kalona, IA

 

[Scott Smith]

I never even thought about grilling duck. Sounds great!

 

[DuaneMac]

Hi Evan! Welcome from PA.
I do duck breast on the kettle as well. I always do mine in a CI skillet. You don’t want to loose any of that luscious fat and the skin gets so nice. We cook it like a steak, medium rare.
I want to try this recipe next time. I usually do a Port wine/cherrysauce.

 

[Evan-MA]

Hi Evan! Welcome from PA.
I do duck breast on the kettle as well. I always do mine in a CI skillet. You don’t want to loose any of that luscious fat and the skin gets so nice. We cook it like a steak, medium rare.
I want to try this recipe next time. I usually do a Port wine/cherrysauce.

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I brine mine for a few days, wash, and season with salt and pepper. Sear on a cast iron pan with some oil or right on the grill. Wild duck is much darker than farm raised, so the brine is necessary. The best tasting family is the dabblers: wood ducks, mallards, pintails, teal..ect. This is due to their diet of plants and insects. Diving and sea ducks are an another story. These ducks eat mainly fish and invertebrates, including shellfish, and sea worms. Skin and trim any fat off divers, breast meat is sometimes the only tolerable part.