Dr. Doolittle once bought a fresh and expensive duck at the grocery while staying with me. I asked her when she was going to cook it, and she looked at me like I had two heads. She hadn't planned to cook it; she expected me to do it. I told her I didn't know how to cook a duck because I don't even like duck. She ended up freezing it and then taking it with her.
You might expect a channel called HowToBasic to give clear and useful instructions for whatever it is they are doing. This recipe for a whole roast duck is clear, but clearly unhinged. Useful? I don't know about that. I spotted a problem as soon as a I saw them set the oven to 400°. Then instead of adjusting the temperature, they adjusted the cooking time. And I kept thinking how expensive fresh whole duck is. (via Boing Boing)
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Roast Duck
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You can usually get a good deal on whole frozen ducks when Thanksgiving turkeys are on sale at the supermarket. Do them in the smoker outside for great flavor and easier cleanup of the fatty splatter.
No, this is exactly what I expected from a HowToBasic video. Actually, this was a bit tamer than expected.
"Unhinged" is kind of their whole schtick.
The murder of duck and the making of them into food must be basically the same as with murdering and cooking chickens, given they are both avain (yes, chickens can fly) and around the same size ... at least, the ones in this story are.
I do my ducks in a ro ... an oven set at 180 and for 90 minutes, but then again I live in a modern world where the only archaic terms of measurement we use are the time ones ... 180ºC, Miss C, if you see what I mean.
Ducks fly AND float, you say, and so are different in the hot box, but nay I say, chickens float too, proved beyond doubt my my Australorp and brown shavers taken to my pond quite often.
I am far from vegetarian or vegan (pronounced vagan in most American internet sites on the topic) ... but draw the line at them animals that reside with me for a while.... so no cats, rabbits, or chickens that have personal names or have learnt to come in through the cat door.
If you had say 3 frozen ducks, or even better turkeys (or ostriches) and you needed to travel long distances in the summer, you could still do so if your air-conditioning wasn't working, if you took them with you.
Darn, after I posted it I thought I could have written ... "I do my ducks in a row-tisserie oven'
Ah, that would have been well organised.
I'm sorry, I'm really drunk tonight.
Am I seriously the only commenter here, who is noting that Dr. "Talks With The Animals" Doolittle is countenancing the slaughter of... I'm sorry, I'm sure it's a different Dr. Doolittle, I'm just *saying*.
One of the requirements of getting through vet school is coming to terms with animal death. She's no vegan. Besides, this was long before she got her credentials.
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