On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:58:30 -0700, 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

On Lung Guyland my favorite meal to eat out was Duck la
Orange, half a Long Island duckling with stuffing, orange sauce, and a
local veggie. Without the stuffing and side(s) it wouldn't be enough
to feed a [normal] adult.
You'd not want to eat wild duck, deer ain't anywhere's near gamey
compared to wild duck. One of my friends was a duck hunter, he gave
me two ducks and asked if I could cook the gaminess out of them...
can't be done unless you're a Native American from 300 years ago. Wild
duck is like seal meat, very stinky fishy.