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12 Dec 09 - 04:58 AM (#2786735) Subject: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Mr Red I was a bit surprised to see a local butcher selling Pheasant & Partridge but I have never seen anyone selling Mallard before. Joy (farmer's daughter) has eaten it and declared it very gamey. I supposed it has to be prepared properly - you don't want it Mallardjusted do you? I'll get my coat.... |
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12 Dec 09 - 08:52 AM (#2786829) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Dave Hanson I have eaten what, have I eaten ? I have eaten the toe of a mallard, Toe toey two nippers and all, And good a meat was the mallard. People have been eating mallards for 100s of years, it's the commonest wild duck in the world. Dave H |
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12 Dec 09 - 09:19 AM (#2786838) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Bobert It's for sale at Martin's Grocery stroe in Harrisonburg, Va.... |
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12 Dec 09 - 09:41 AM (#2786845) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Rapparee We used to eat them all the time. My uncle hunted them, sneaking up and bopping them on the head with his mallard mallet. (Well really he used a shotgun.) Try soaking them for an hour or so in milk to remove any "gameiness". |
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12 Dec 09 - 10:22 AM (#2786872) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Bee-dubya-ell The mallard is the ancestor of almost all domestic duck breeds except those derived from the Muscovy duck. The Rouen duck has the same plumage as a wild mallard and its meat reportedly has a somewhat stronger flavor than white feathered breeds. Perhaps that's what's being sold as "mallard". It looks just like a mallard and many people call it a "domesticated mallard", but a true mallard is a wild duck. As such, its sale would probably be strictly regulated (or possibly even prohibited) by game laws. |
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14 Dec 09 - 07:59 AM (#2787944) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Mr Red Apparently, according to Joy who is more knowledgable on wild animals than I, thinks the Mallard is fair game in the UK. Where Pheasant and Partridge are hunted the Mallard is a target on lean days or late in the day. |
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14 Dec 09 - 10:39 AM (#2788050) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Dave the Gnome On describing a strange sound in his latest book, Terry Pratchett used the term 'The kind of sound that duck-hunters make just before other duck-hunters shoot them'. Made me laugh anyway. Did you butchers have any Albatross? :D (eG) |
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14 Dec 09 - 01:38 PM (#2788182) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: gnu Half-cook beans. Lay two or three well dried pieces of alder with bark still on on top of beans. Lay duck(s) on alders. Cook at 375F for 90 minutes. Throw out ducks and beans and eat alders. |
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14 Dec 09 - 08:07 PM (#2788451) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Gurney Mallard just beg to be domesticated! We have 12 in our suburban garden most days, 10 ducklings, their mum, and an older sibling from her last brood. We live close to a stream and a playing field, but suburb nonetheless. Our garden should be very fertile next year. I'd suggest that you NEVER feed ducks. |
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14 Dec 09 - 08:23 PM (#2788456) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Bee-dubya-ell I've been advised that UK restrictions on selling wild game are generally much more lenient than those in the US, and that selling wild mallards is quite legal there. Please ignore my speculation above about mallards actually being their domesticated cousins, Rouen ducks. |
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15 Dec 09 - 03:19 AM (#2788587) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Geoff the Duck Mallard Quack! GtD |
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15 Dec 09 - 09:04 PM (#2789312) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Art Thieme Uncle hunted 'em all the time. When I asked uncle what Mallard tasted like, he said, "Well, the flavor is somewhere between a bald eagle and a trumpeter swan." We just walked away... |
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15 Dec 09 - 10:30 PM (#2789369) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Gurney Geoff, I'd think you could 'train' a duck to tell the difference! Unless it was loco, of course. |
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16 Dec 09 - 11:11 AM (#2789671) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: GUEST,Mr Red ah! the Streamlined blue Gresley class! We had an all black one run over our embankment the other day. I heard it but I was halfway between a decent viewshaft and home. No chance to see it. It definitely wasn't the Mallard. |
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16 Dec 09 - 12:45 PM (#2789714) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Charmion Oh, lord -- are you folks wearing your anoraks, too? |
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16 Dec 09 - 05:36 PM (#2789895) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Dave MacKenzie Bought a new cookbook today -"Scottish Traditional Recipes", which has a recipe for Mallard Pate. "Mallard ducks are shot during the game season, which in Scotland is during the winter months". |
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17 Dec 09 - 03:53 AM (#2790148) Subject: RE: BS: New Game in Town??? From: Geoff the Duck Not an anorak - don't like the hoods, prefer a decent hat with brim to keep the rain/sunshine out of my eyes. Quack! GtD. |
