On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 3:54:10 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> 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

You still appear to be talking about a piece of duck sitting on
a plate. I'm talking about duck meat in a soup or bowl of noodles.
It'll go much farther served that way.

Cindy Hamilton