Food labelling

[chrishansenhome]

Two recent labels out of which I got a kick:

• Bought a pack of avocados recently. On the front, in bold letters: Wash before eating. I've never eaten an avocado peel; have you?


• Bought two duck legs this morning for dinner tonight. As I was opening the pack, I saw the ingredients list: Ingredients: Duck (100%). GLUTEN FREE. I'm glad to know that there is no bread filler in my duck legs.

Comments

[mango-king.livejournal.com]

And how do you prepare duck legs? Inquiring minds want to know. :)

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

You put fajita spice on the skin and roast them in a pan with a rack in it to catch the copious amounts of fat that ducks seem to collect during the course of their lives. The packet said 35 minutes at 200C but I think it should be more like 45 minutes. We had to pop 'em in the microwave after I took them out because they still had a bit of colour in the juices.

I have in the past made duck à l'orange and it was really good. There are many ways to prepare duck, but roasting is really easy. The meat is dark (ducks are almost all dark meat) but very tasty and moist.

I was really happy because HWMBO, who likes duck prepared Chinese-fashion (cut up over rice with Chinese vegetables) praised it to the skies and wants me to buy more. Always great to please your mate.

[mango-king.livejournal.com]

Always great to please your mate
Amen to that, and not always easy to do!
I guess ducks need all that fat to keep warm in the cold water. I do like dark meat turkey and duck as well, but I've never cared for dark meat chicken - go figure.