BBQ Duck

Some people say wild duck tastes like mud. I have to disagree. I happen to love wild duck. It doesn't help that it was one of our family staples growing up.

Having a couple ducks in the freezer, I decided I wanted duck for Fathers Day dinner. Since it was too hot to roast them in the oven I decided to barbeque the birds. I'd never had bbq duck before. Taking a page from my dad's playbook (Happy Fathers Day Dad!), I cut the birds open so they would cook up through the bone side. It was extra work and next time I will cook them on the skin side for the last few minutes to make the skin crispy. This time the skin came out too tough to eat. The meat tasted wonderful, excellent flavor and still moist and had that great wild duck flavor. Ruth said it was the best duck she ever had. All the kids except David loved it.

I will barbeque ducks again. However, I will cook the breast on the bone.

Next time I will:

1. only cook the breast
2. make sure to cook the skin the last couple minutes.

I won't ever again (hopefully):

1. pluck the whole bird; seem like such a waste of time now. I hate going around the wings and legs anyway.

Here's a video of some of it. Sorry about the poor lighting and background noise.