Outrageously Good Duck, according to others.... :)

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Last night I cooked duck, but had left the web posting on duck at the office and couldn't remember the amount of time it needed to cook. Was a late dinner, but unbelievable (according to my better half and others). I used a concoction of my own and you really need to try it. Oh my. I'll send it in to the forum, too. It looks long, but it only takes a moment to squeeze the limes and orange directly into the duck. Very quick to prepare.[p]1 5 lb. duck, washed and dried inside and out
1 juice orange (valencia worked fine)
2 limes
1 piece of ginger about the size of a thumb
salt[p]Lightly salt the inside of the duck, about 1/2 teaspoon.[p]Peel the ginger and cut two small 1 inch thin slices off and stick one piece in between each breast and the breast skin. You can find a way to do this near the neck area, just go slow so you don't make a hole in the skin. Cut the rest of the ginger in two or three pieces and put in the cavity.[p]Cut the orange in two and squeeze the juice from both halves inside the cavity, rub the outside of the duck with the cut side of the orange just to give it some more flavor and then stick 1/2 of the already squeezed orange inside the duck. Do the same with the limes, but no need to rub the duck with it. You will have to tilt the duck up a little to keep the juice inside while you are doing the rest of this operation....Tie the legs together with wire or other inflammable (not flammable) stuff--I wired together two paper clips and it did the job.[p]I had some more ginger, so peeled and boiled it in about 1/2 cup water and put about 1/3 inch in the bottom of the drip pan.[p]Put the duck on the v-rack in the drip pan, lightly salt the outside and cook at 400 degrees for 2 hours. None of the juice came out because the legs were tied pretty closely. Was hard to position the thermometer in the thigh--kept wobbling around and in the end I just eye-balled it. When done, let sit with aluminum foil over it for about 5 minutes. Carve and spoon some of the juice over each serving. SERVES 3 if you aren't very hungry, otherwise, you need two ducks for 4 people, even though they look big when raw.

Char-Woody

Gail, thats one duck for me..and the rest have to fight for it...I gotta get me a duck.. I bombed at my second G'store the other day!! I love duck..D'duck was my favorite cartoon character..Then Daisy!! Or was it Daffy..:-(
Great post Gail..Keep em flyin, or fryin..!!
C~W[p]

Jethro

Char-Woody,[p]I can get you one out my way no problem. I have no idea how to ship it so it stays fresh and costs less per pound than silver.[p]If you know a trick I'd be more than happy to help you out.[p]Jethro

Char-Woody

Jethro, I really appreciate the offer, but if it sits in the airline terminals ..and waits for a flight, it will be precooked before it gets here..I will find one even if they are out of season..(Kidding) One more store to go...later tonight..Cheers..
C~W
(I have a capon in reserve if all else fails)