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Advice on Shoveler


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As I was lucky this last season to be invited to shoot on an inland flight pond ( not proper wildfowling, I hear you all say, but exciting nevertheless and not something I get to do very often), I have a few duck still in the freezer.

Whilst most of the mallard and teal have already been consumed, there is a shoveler still to be eaten.

Having read certain reports of these duck tasting muddy, depending I assume where and on what they feed, is there a simple means of ensuring a tasty meal from such a duck ?

I think I recall somewhere of soaking overnight in milk, but not sure.

Any advice from the vast experience of the PW massive would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

OB

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Hopefully, since wildfowling is about taking a sustainable harvest from a natural resource, we`ll be spared the moronic "...cook it with a brick etc, etc."

 

After all, if a species is inedible that is the best reason of all to remove it from the quarry list!

 

Shoveler often have a high invertebrate content in their diet which may cause them to taste different.

 

For me, soaking them overnight in full fat milk, it must be full fat,removes most of the tang to their flavour. I prefer to casserole most of my coastal duck since that process also helps to draw out any otherwise strong taste.

 

Hope this helps.

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