On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:51:29 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 10:58:39 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:19:22 -0400, 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 !!
>>
>> they don't eat much meat so are happy with an ounce of meat each.
>> What a waste of cooking heat. Be better to get a protein bar and
>> break it into eight pieces.
>> Janet US
>
>Boy, you sound like Sheldon. An ounce or two of meat in a soup,
>stir-fry, or bowl of noodles can be as much as many people need.
>
>A 5-pound duck (let's go with what seems average, rather than the
>big 8-pounder) would be maybe 2 or 2.5 pounds of meat? So, 32-40
>ounces. 40 ounces of meat for 10 servings would be 4 ounces each.
>So, the same amount as a McDonald's Quarter Pounder. Not too bad.
>Maybe a bit less if the yield is smaller.
>
>Don't forget, we're talking about family dinner, not a dinner party
>for guests. For three people, those 10 servings will go three meals.
>Definitely worth turning on the oven.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

I think you are not allowing for the very poor ratio of meat to bone
in a duck. A single duck thigh, or drum stick doesn't really make a
true serving of meat, there is still a lot of bone in it. I could
divide a turkey drum into two servings and be perfectly happy, but not
duck. At no point on the duck carcass would I consider the meat to be
thick, it's part of the reason why it should be cooked carefully and
possibly why so many people will say they don't like duck, it's
because they have not had it cooked properly.

Put it this way - I have fed duck to family and to guests and at a
ratio of four servings per duck with a scoop of stuffing to go with
it, there were no leftovers. Nor did any plates have anything
rejected