I've never eaten roast duck. I see other's eat roast duck, but I don't eat it. I was wondering though how does roast duck tastes like? image from http://flavourdiaries.blogspot.com/.
Duck is all dark meat as compared to chicken that has both dark and white meat.. It could be considered a delicacy as it is a bit richer than chicken.. Again that depends on how it is prepared and roasting it is most likely the best way..I have eaten duck many many times and let me tell you, it is delicious..................
I haven't eaten duck either but I have eaten duck eggs. They are much stronger tasting that chicken or goose eggs. I don't really like them as you would eat chicken eggs for breakfast but they are great for baking for pies. cakes, cornbread, and such.
Duck is delicious, quite a bit sweeter and more juicy than chicken..and of course you can crisp up the skin. I eat duck as often as I get the chance It's particularly yummy shredded and wrapped in a double layer of paper thin Chinese pancakes with Plum, or hoisin sauce I also like Duck eggs they have a much 'meatier' flavour if using them at Breakfast time to dip toasted soldiers into..
I was in Singapore this past weekend and there was this food court in a mini-mall near our hotel. One evening, we sampled the food there and I had ordered roasted duck toppings (with rice, some vegetables and soup). The texture is like chicken although the taste is somewhat different. My husband said it is "gamey" taste in relation to chicken meat. But if not informed that I had duck, maybe I would assume it to be chicken.
I've had it more than once when I was a kid because my older brothers went duck hunting. Other than sometimes finding some of the shot inside, I don't remember much about it though. I guess I didn't hate it, or I'd probably remember it.
Agree with you totally; duck is a delicious dark meat that is indeed considered a pricey delicacy that oftentimes come frozen at regular supermarkets or fresh at those where deli-meats are sold. Personally I had a father who was an avid hunting aficionado, and by this time (duck season time) he used to bring ducks home almost every single week, so my mom used to prepare it in so many ways that I can remember
Yes, as Ike says.."really good"... I love it and so did my husband. I used to make it occasionally. Haven't had it in awhile though.
Given that this thread was last posted to in the first year of this forum's life, I am going to bump it. How many of you have tasted roast duck? Did you like it? What is your opinion of its taste? As I said earlier in this thread, I haven't had roast duck since I was a kid. Like pheasant and partridge, it was something that one of my older brothers would have hunted. They would bring them in full of birdshot. Mom would pick most of the shot out but some would slip through from time to time, so we had to watch for it. I don't think I hated any of them, and I think I preferred the duck to the others, but I don't remember much about any of them. I think people used to eat duck fairly often, but not so much anymore.
It is absolutely delicious. Haven't had it since my mom passed away, but she made it a couple of times a year. I never attempted it.
I only tasted duck once. My brother had been duck hunting and my SIL cooked one. I didn't like it. It had a strong wild taste. It may have been the way it was cooked, I don't know.
Same here, Shirley. My dad and his friends were hunters, so the only duck I ever ate was wild tasting. Mama would make gumbo or some other spicy dish; I don't recall roast duck at all.
It LOOKS really good!! The only duck I've ever eaten was in a Chinese restaurant. I don't remember it tasting all that different than dark chicken meat.
I really like roast duck, but it grosses me out to see the roast carcasses hanging in the window of a restaurant.