I’ve known Jo for all 25 years of her life and tonight was the first time she cooked for me. I was told at the beginning of the week that there might be an international edition of the blog and to be honest I had been excited about it all week!
This kind of thing would usually result in disappointment, too much pressure, too much build up. Just to add to it Jo decided to get adventurous, go Asian and cook duck…
- I don't typically like duck
- When we realised that we couldn't buy duck breasts singularly and in fact had to purchase a whole duck, webbed feet, long neck, beak, blue eyes and all, I almost threw up
- When I realised that Juice was stuck in custody in Africa and not vaccinated against a potentially fatal disease I lost my appetite altogether
To be fair, the odds were not stacked in her favour.
I have to say that Jo pulled off the impossible and impressed me beyond even my wildest expectations.
The preparation of the duck (Augustus) turned out to be both fun and educational with my favourite comment from the chef being “hey, don’t you reckon this is what a dinosaur’s skin would’ve felt like?” We discovered that not only was he a wild dude from the west side but that the little ducker had big breasts!
The smell of the sauce brought my appetite right back and I happily gobbled up 3 (or perhaps 6) delicious delicious delicious duck treats.
I will definitely try to cook it myself and not only because I have 7/8s of a massive duck in the freezer!
I would probably reduce the amount of soy sauce cause I thought it was a little salty but otherwise I really thought it was fantastic.
P.S I wrote this last Sat when Jo made it, last night I decided to use the same sauce but I stir-fried it with pork and it was so amazing I am having it again tonight :)
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