On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:35:33 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>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

we were discussing roast duck servings as that is what Jill ate