Wholly Duck!!

Photo by Jun Pang

I never used to like duck.  I was never around it all that much growing up.  Filipinos don’t normally cook with duck so I didn’t really discover it until I was cooking in a commercial kitchen.  I assume that most people are the same. Most people I know haven’t really eaten a lot of duck in their lives unless of course it was in a restaurant.

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Confit Duck with Roasted Root Veggies

Photo by Jun Pang

Confit meat has been the oldest way of preserving proteins for centuries.  Before refrigeration, people had to store meat some how.  Some salted their meats which draws out moisture inhibiting the growth of bacteria, there fore allowing it to be kept for longer periods of times.  Some smoked meats, cure meats often with sugar and salt mix.

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