2022-2023 Waterfowl Pics Thread

You got a pile of good eating there. How do you normally cook it?
Tried pan fried, Peking, cubed in tacos, the best has been slow cooked and pulled. It’s the livery taste I’m not keen on, I’ll always eat them but they’re bottom of the list. Brining has helped
 
Tried pan fried, Peking, cubed in tacos, the best has been slow cooked and pulled. It’s the livery taste I’m not keen on, I’ll always eat them but they’re bottom of the list. Brining has helped
Cube em 1" marinade in A1, worcestershire, brown sugar, garlic, and a little hot sauce. Put them on a skewer and grill or with veggies as kabobs.
 
Tried pan fried, Peking, cubed in tacos, the best has been slow cooked and pulled. It’s the livery taste I’m not keen on, I’ll always eat them but they’re bottom of the list. Brining has helped
Medium rare is the sweet spot. Under no circumstances go past medium. This is likely why you are getting the "liver" taste. If it's medium well or well done its gonna taste like liver.

It's due to the high capillary count in a ducks breast because of the work it does migrating.
 
Cut in strips, brine and wrap in 1/2 slice of bacon. Cook medium low heat on the grill or 300 on the smoker.
Looking to cook the bacon but keep duck medium rare.
Or same as above but in jalapeño 1/2 with cream cheese and a sliver of pepper jack, wrapped in bacon.
If you don't like duck like that, there's no hope for you. Lol
 
Tried pan fried, Peking, cubed in tacos, the best has been slow cooked and pulled. It’s the livery taste I’m not keen on, I’ll always eat them but they’re bottom of the list. Brining has helped
Livery taste, I don't like liver either, and I like duck (with some exceptions). So many variables here, but it looks like your piles of birds should mostly be good eating. If your greenwing teal are still livery something is wrong, do you know what they're eating? As others have said I'd expect you're over cooking them, but even an overcooked greenwing teal shouldn't be livery. And I have several recipes with well done duck parts and it usually tastes just like any other red meat, but that's from good quality birds. Another possible source of the livery taste is if the bird is really bloodshot. Have you looked at Hank Shaws website and/or book?
 
Livery taste, I don't like liver either, and I like duck (with some exceptions). So many variables here, but it looks like your piles of birds should mostly be good eating. If your greenwing teal are still livery something is wrong, do you know what they're eating? As others have said I'd expect you're over cooking them, but even an overcooked teal shouldn't be livery. And I have several recipes with well done duck parts and it usually tastes just like any other red meat. Another possible source of the livery taste is if the bird is really bloodshot.
I second this, teal pretty much taste identical to dove from my experience.
 
Livery taste, I don't like liver either, and I like duck (with some exceptions). So many variables here, but it looks like your piles of birds should mostly be good eating. If your greenwing teal are still livery something is wrong, do you know what they're eating? As others have said I'd expect you're over cooking them, but even an overcooked greenwing teal shouldn't be livery. And I have several recipes with well done duck parts and it usually tastes just like any other red meat, but that's from good quality birds. Another possible source of the livery taste is if the bird is really bloodshot. Have you looked at Hank Shaws website and/or book?
I haven’t yet, I’m not a cook myself. The mrs steps in for the most part, and you’re right there’s some that better than others but it’s typically a mixed bag of birds when we cook.
 
I haven’t yet, I’m not a cook myself. The mrs steps in for the most part, and you’re right there’s some that better than others but it’s typically a mixed bag of birds when we cook.
The mixed bag cooking may be part of the problem. Teal take about half the time as a mallard or pintail to cook whole, wigeon are somewhere in between depending on there size. As jrabq said they are probably being overcooked. It's also good to pay attention to the different species and how to cook them.

From my experience in CA greenwings and pintail are consistently great cooked whole, mallards are great as well but you run into strong one every now and then. To me wigeon are much less predictable and I break them down rather than cooking them whole unless it's a down year and I need some whole birds. We get a few cinnamon teal every year and they are below wigeon in my opinion. Gadwall are about like wigeon and spoonies always get broken down.
 
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