On Mar 14, 8:18*pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> On Mar 14, 3:23*am, wrote:
>
> > Please help yourself to Muscovy Duck - the Great Game of the 21st
> > century:
>
> >http://lerussophile.blogspot.com/
>
> > Bon Apetite!
>
> We lived in Florida for a few years while my wife was in grad school,
> and another year or so afterward. *I had never seen a muscovy before,
> and I asked someone, "What kind of bird is that?" *The person looked
> at me in disbelief and said, "That's a duck." *Down there, the normal
> type of duck is a muscovy, but we don't have those in Missouri, and I
> explained that to the person.
>

There is a very simple test to determine if the bird in question is
indeed a duck. You ask it to walk over to the cashier and ask for a
change for a buck. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck -
chances are that it's a duck. If it talks with a Russian accent - it's
a Muscovy duck. BTW, I'll buy that buck from you for 2 bucks - I love
venison: lean but juicy, if medium rare. Also, that cashier will also
explain to you the little-known difference between beer nuts and deer
nuts: beer nuts are over a buck.

These are simple, basic common-sense tests, but if you use them you
will never have to play the Russian Roulette with your Russian game
food again! Which is a wise thing to do, because Russians always win
at their roulette. Their game and other meats are stacked in their
favour.

I have a bit of bad news to share with out customers. Today we are out
of the rack of lamb due to the lack of ram. Instead we serve you a
lame lamb tongue twister.

But we can serve a classical Russian audio-video duck recipe in the
form of Alexander Rozenbaum's great poem "Duck Hunt" set to his music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qLNxnyFL_4

Ostap Suleiman Bertha Maria Bender-bey, Jr.