The "Boy in law" hooked us up this week with some fresh duck meat. He killed it, cleaned it, and dropped it off. Lawman butterflied the meat up and seasoned it for a couple of days before he gave it a quick sear on the Blackstone. While it was getting happy, a delivery came.
Our pal Alphageek made a strong case for making Manhattans with rye whisky so we decided to follow his recipe and give it a whirl. We also like just a wee dram of bourbon from time to time, so there's a little something for all of us here. We will report on our take of the Manhattan once we get the rest of the ingredients.
And what's a fine meal of fresh duck without fresh made dinner rolls?
The recipe called for a fresh large egg, so we used a fresh duck egg. When we cracked it open, the yolk was almost black. We thought it had rotted. We cracked open another one that we just got fresh that day, and it too was almost brown. We did a quick interweb search and learned that when ducks eat acorns, there is a dye in the acorn that causes fresh yolks to go dark. So we wasted one fresh egg, but we learned a little something along the way.
The duck was so good, we saved a few slices and made duck gravy for Sunday breakfast. Over fresh made biscuits of course, and not those "crazy granny" from a can biscuits.
Lawman got skunked again this week on the fresh deermeat front, but we did lay in some supplies for the coming winter. We picked up a big ol bag of potatoes, onions, pinto beans and October beans.
We ended the week with a couple of naps.
Alphageek Manhttans are the very best. You’ve gotten great advice. Bonus points for the purchase of ChickenCock products! I’ve actually not tasted it before so would like your review.
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