[Sca-cooks] It's DUCKS ;-)

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Sep 4, 2006, at 9:01 PM, Saint Phlip wrote:

> Well, I just brought home 5 ducks- Indian runners, by breed They're a
> very old breed- their type was known 2000 years ago, came to Europe
> from the East Indies. They're egg laying fools, will out produce
> chickens, and they stand kinda weird- almost upright, so they kinda
> look like bowling pins ;-)
>
> Eggs are very high protein- suggested usage is in pastry. These girls
> are pretty young yet, although they're starting to lay. Did I hear you
> say, Adamantius, that you want some eggs when I see you next weekend?
> And, do you happen to have a recipe for hundred year old eggs? I
> figure since I have them (and like hundred year old eggs), I might as
> well try the recipe ;-)

Hundred-year-old eggs are a little harder to do (I have some  
descriptions of the process but no recipe per se), but salted duck  
eggs for steaming with pork or putting in moon cakes are really easy.  
Wanna start with that?

A.