Breasts or legs?
There are no two ways about it - I'm a leg man. At least as far as duck's concerned.
I can see the appeal of duck breast cooked so the skin is rendered crisp and the meat below is still beautifully pink. But a slow cooked leg takes some beating.
Tonight I cooked a few for a couple of hours or so at 100 degrees and they emerged moist, sweet and magnificent.
Which caused me to laugh afresh at one of the contenders in a recent episode of that dreadful Channel Four programme, Come Dine ith Me. Presented with a confit duck leg, he complained it wasn't pink.
What an absolute plonker.
Whatever other people may claim, Come Dine With Me really is the worst food-themed programme on the google box - an excuse for people with scant knowledge of cuisine, severely restricted cookery skills and hugely inflated egos to show off.
Pink duck legs???? Grrrrrrr....
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Whatever other people may claim, Come Dine With Me really is the worst food-themed programme on the google box - an excuse for people with scant knowledge of cuisine, severely restricted cookery skills and hugely inflated egos to show off.
I'd agree with that completely Paul.
The fact is though that you keep watching it, even KNOWING that. As do I.
It's brilliant!
You got me bang to rights, Narin. I've got excuse - simply too lazy to switch channels after C4 news.