[Sca-cooks] Re: geese and ducks

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Kirsten Houseknecht:
>some of my books espressly state that duck fat is "fishier and stronger
>tasting" than goose fat.

I think this, as a generalization, is probably fairly accurate,
taking into account wild ducks and their diet. However, it's probably
not especially valid where domesticated ducks are concerned, and
probably varies by species/variety anyway.

Apart from my own experience, which suggests that duck fat isn't
fishy at all, I've also seen written accounts of wild ducks that
lived on various aquatic critters being somewhat fishy, and the
things you can do to counteract that. I think the potential for
fishiness is more or less at the extreme end of the range.

Adamantius