{"id":1099,"date":"2015-02-01T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2015-02-03T16:25:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:25:24","slug":"good-eats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/blog\/good-eats\/","title":{"rendered":"Good eats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The majority of our guided duck hunts cater to collectors and hunters\u00a0seeking\u00a0that spectacular plumed\u00a0drake destined for the taxidermist and\u00a0ultimately a proud spot in their homes, offices and memories. All of us here at Peninsula Sportsman appreciate the challenges of these hunts and the reward of\u00a0successful days on the water and in the blind. In addition to beautiful ducks on the wall this reward also includes\u00a0the\u00a0enjoyment in preparing, cooking\u00a0and eating\u00a0the wild game we harvest\u00a0and waterfowl are\u00a0some of the best of the wild meats. Most of the ducks we hunt here in\u00a0coastal Washington have similar flavored meat regardless of species due to their diets in the saltmarsh and estuaries where\u00a0they spend the Fall and\u00a0Winter.\u00a0These birds are a long way from the grain fed goodness of the Canadian prairies and interior. Certainly some of the species take a little more creativity and marinating than others ( the fish eating mergansers being one of the more challenging ),\u00a0\u00a0but all of the\u00a0waterfowl we hunt including the sea ducks and divers are\u00a0definitely edible, versatile\u00a0and delicious if prepared and cooked\u00a0correctly.\u00a0This starts with properly cooled down birds that are plucked, cleaned, boned and meated out w\/ all of their skin and fat removed ( this is what often retains the “off” flavor of many wild ducks ). Soaking this meat overnight\u00a0in a\u00a0light saltwater brine helps remove any of the residual blood in the meat and the result is a\u00a0clean\u00a0heap of boneless “organic” lean meat that is delicious and versatile\u00a0in a variety of recipes. A\u00a0handful of our favorites include Scoter stew<\/em>, Tiffany’s famous duck chili, duck poppers, Scoter’Roni<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0a variety of Asian\u00a0Stir Fry dishes among others.<\/p>\n

Stir Fried duck w\/ Broccoli and Snow Peas<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Stir<\/a><\/p>\n

Jalape\u00f1o Duck Poppers with fresh grilled Hood Canal Oysters<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em> \"Jalape\u00f1o<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u00a0enjoy these smoked sticks and jerky throughout the year – fishing , hunting, camping, football games and get togethers–\u00a0they are the perfect\u00a0snack anywhere.<\/p>\n

\"scoter'roni,<\/a>

Scoter’roni, Goose jerky, Landjaeger<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The majority of our guided duck hunts cater to collectors and hunters\u00a0seeking\u00a0that spectacular plumed\u00a0drake destined for the taxidermist and\u00a0ultimately a proud spot in their homes, offices and memories. All of us here at Peninsula Sportsman appreciate the challenges of these … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1117,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/1117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulasportsman.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}