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Offline Colwyn

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Duck on the Menu
« on: August 13, 2017, 12:19:51 PM »
This thought was prompted by something I wrote on another thread.

I don't recall ever having seen duck on the menu of a Turkish restaurant. Why is that? There are plenty of live ducks around and I don't think there is a halal ruling against it (or is there?). Is it just me and others have seen lots of duck dishes?

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2017, 12:31:50 PM »
I suppose it's because after eating it you get a large Bill.  ;)

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2017, 13:44:39 PM »
Doh! I waddled straight into that one!

The sources I looked up say duck is halal (i.e. permitted in Islam) so its absence from Turkish restaurants is still a puzzle. [I am discounting remarks that they "look too cute to eat" given the huge number of darling little lambs that are devoured].

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2017, 14:22:36 PM »
I can only assume, that Duck is not really a traditional delicacy in Turkish cuisine. Duck (as I am sure you know Colwyn) can be tricky to cook, and therefore not many of their chefs are willing to try. That's the only suggestion I can make.

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2017, 14:35:10 PM »
Oh I don't know. Duck, chips, rice and salad sounds ok to me.  Or maybe not!   ;) ;D

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2017, 14:47:46 PM »
Mallards !

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2017, 15:41:04 PM »
The pork man who had the converted dolmus used to sell whole ducks

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2017, 15:42:48 PM »
I can only assume, that Duck is not really a traditional delicacy in Turkish cuisine.
Well that's true but given the Turkish genius for assimilating items from other cultures - their religion and a great deal of their language has been acquired from others - we might expect this to be reflected in the appearance of duck in the diet. Much of the traditional "Turkish" menu has been assembled from the recipes of the vast territories of the Ottoman Empire stretching from the Balkans, through the Near East, across North Africa to modern day Algeria*. So where's the duck?


* In return, when the expansion of the Ottoman Empire was finally halted, it (inadvertently) gifted two vital ingredients to the breakfast of many Europeans (allegedly).

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2017, 16:31:35 PM »
The present Mrs H affirms that there is a lot of wastage when cooking duck.

She however is not suggesting this as a reason why it is not on the menus.

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Re: Duck on the Menu
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2017, 16:37:43 PM »
Once you've solved this problem I'll be moving on to the advanced level: why don't they eat turkey in Turkey?




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