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Baked Ducks

From Cooking and castle-building, 1880

Cook ducks as soon as possible after they are shot for best flavor.

Presented as published in 1880. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cooking and castle-building (1880) by Emma P. Ewing, Marietta McPherson Greenough, page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a pair of canvas-backs for which he paid $10 ; but she didn't think them as good as a pair of tame ducks she could buy in her own town for ten shillings. I asked her how she cooked them. She said she stuffed them with bread dressing, seasoned with onion, and baked them an hour and a half

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