Darno Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 What's your favourite duck to eat? We mostly get widgeon, teal, and a few mallard on the marsh, but I havnt had a mallard yet! Also, has anyone got any recipes for Canada goose?? I've tried the one with the brick:-) Cheers Darno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 What's your favourite duck to eat? A roasted one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal is my favourite, but a good mallard can run close. Wigeon does sometimes vary in taste. I just slow roast Canada geese over a good litre of stock, with the foil over the bird. Always done alright for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler12 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Mallard for me, but they can all taste good depending how they are prepared and cooked. Shovelar can taste ok aswell. if done right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR1 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Crispy in pancake ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Nothing beats teal for me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal breasts lightly pan fried with salt and pepper in a pitta bread with salad and chilli sauce or mayo. Canada goose pan fry put in the oven slice and have on tiger bread with loads of butter and mustard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry P Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 It was pintail until I tried Gadwall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 TEAL no question, if they were as big as a goose few might bother with anything else I feel! Canadas have a very undeserved reputation for not being great on the table. Ok as with most Fowl it depends on what they have been eating but its a mistake IMO to treat it like goose at all. What I do is cut the meat off and slice it across the grain to its not tough and use it in place of Beef. Makes great Spag boll and meat and potato pies etc. Coriander and black pepper are the spices of preference. My least favourite is Shoveler mainly like I say above though "depends that they have been eating" but as they sift and filter with that big bill they are eating little water snails and their like and any duck that's been feeding on such things generally tastes a bit rank and has a certain off putting odour during the cooking process. If you shot shoveler that had beed feeding on roots and seed I recon they might taste great, its just that is not their usual mode of operation. I have had one Canada I binned after tasting it had been feeding inland on Lord knows what but it certainly wasn't edible! I also shot a widgeon at the same venue and that was just the same- Horrid ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misser Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 teal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) It all depends what the birds have been feeding on. I like teal , but I have shot some pretty rank ones over a beet settling pool. For me a corn fed mallard takes some beating , but a inland meadow feeding wigeon comes a close second. As for geese canadas are my no 1. I had a white front a few years ago that was awful and one or two greylags have been real fork benders though the taste was ok. Edited September 3, 2014 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 "fork benders" I like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal is my favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberFowl Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal for me. Mallard close second. Never tried gadwall or pintail. Worst I had was a tufted, no idea what it had been feeding on but I only had a mouthful which was quickly spat back onto the plate, I don't think the dog even enjoyed it although being a lab she swallowed it very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal for me. Mallard close second. Never tried gadwall or pintail. Worst I had was a tufted, no idea what it had been feeding on but I only had a mouthful which was quickly spat back onto the plate, I don't think the dog even enjoyed it although being a lab she swallowed it very quickly. Diving duck eat a lot of coruscations and such, like snails it taints the meat. If you think about it man eats few meat eating animals. Shell Duck although no longer legal to shoot is reported to be no loss to the table (it has the same diet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I love Teal , Mallard are also very nice if they have been feeding on stubble , of the geese I like pinkfoot the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I enjoy Mallard the best, especially one that I've managed to hit and retrieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fal Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal for me, mallard a close second! I tend to pluck and gut the teal and roast, then pick all the meat off. The last canada I attempted eating nearly broke my jaw! The dog liked it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Teal for me, I like to make a Canada goose stew. Slow cooked with any beef recipe is nice. Canada goose burgers are nice too !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darno Posted September 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thanks for the replays guys! Got a Canada on Monday and have only ever roasted them. I'm looking forward to trying something different with it. Teal a bit later in the season for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 A guy I spoke to the other week rears his own fowl for the table and had Muscovy ready for the table and he thought it was the best tasting duck there is and hes a shooting man also. ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 The only one I have ever had that was uneatable was a Goldeney never shot another one since was full of little fish and smelt awfull even the dog would not eat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 teal for me to, first duck i dropped and i think that helped mallard is ok to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I like Teal and Mallard if not overdone else it tastes like liver. Geese are ok if tender and had a good diet or the dogs get it. Worst duck I've ever tasted was Bombay it's pure rank, lick the carpet to remove the taste from tongue bad Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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