[Sca-cooks] Duck Fat in Period

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

Not a whole lot out there, but here's a link to the Wikipedia article on 
schmaltz, which mentions chicken and goose fat but not duck fat:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmaltz


I consider the article to be of limited usefulness, since it supplies 
very few references.


I use duck fat as a substitute for lard (which I cannot eat for 
religious reasons), as I have been told that it's fairly similar in 
flavor, smoke point, etc.


-- Galefridus

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> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:19:26 -0500
> From: Lijsbet de Keukere To: Cooks within the SCA Subject: [Sca-cooks] 
> Duck Fat in Period
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> I posed this question on the SCA Cooks Facebook page as well, so 
> pardon any
> cross-pollination.
>
> Does anyone know of any resources in which I could find information on
> period uses for duck fat? I'd be interested in culinary, cosmetic, or
> medicinal purposes across all SCA-covered times periods and cultures.
>
> I know that pork fat was reserved to use as a frying agent, but have 
> been
> unsuccessful in finding primary sources referring to duck (or even 
> goose)
> fat specifically.
>
>
> -- 
> Yours In Service,
>
> Vrouw Lijsbet de Keukere