On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 8:19:32 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:16:10 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> >jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> On 11/26/2017 6:32 PM, cshenk wrote:
> >> > wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >> >
> >> >>On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 12:24:24 -0600, "cshenk" >
> >> wrote:
> >> > >
>
> >> Eight pounds? Sorry but I've never seen an 8 lb. duck. I bought a
> >> half a small duck. Already roasted. From the freezer section. A
> >> quarter of a duck was enough for me at one meal. I could not have
> >> fed six or 8 people even if they were heavy fatty meat-eaters.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> >Sorry Jill. I get commercial farmed ones. They run pretty much 8 lbs.
> >
> >
> >Lucrecia was the one with an issue with that much fatty meat at one
> >sitting I think.
> >
> >Note I was talking pre-cooking weight. You are talking pre-cooked 1/2
> >duck and got 4 meals. Thats same as my 8 off a full duck. We are low
> >meat eaters so for us that's 10-12 servings off an 8lb frozen whole raw
> >duck.
> >
> >We do the whole ones so we can also save the duck fat for other cooking.
> >
> > Carol
>
> I am talking commercially raised ducks also! What they weigh raw, and
> the eventual outcome (given you have cooked it correctly) will NOT
> feed 8, just a bite maybe. I have even had Eider duck years ago and
> that fed four of us handily.
>
> I'm outta here, you're the only person known to have fed 10-12 with a
> single duck !!

For many people, meat is the garnish, not the meal.

Cindy Hamilton