As a gift from someone at our fellowship, we received a tasty treat known as Nanking Duck. You may have heard of Peking Duck but this is a product from Nanking. We had a friend translate the cooking instructions on the packaging & found out it was precooked. Therefore, you can eat it cold. However, we decided to take our toaster oven to the task by cooking the bird & then shared the experience with some friends, who remained friends after the meal. We took the famous cooking utensil to cut the duck, which is a meat cleaver. Every Chinese home has meat cleaver & wouldn't think of living without one. After cutting the duck in half, we quartered it. Then we wrapped it foil & tossed it into the toaster oven. Most homes don't have an oven as Chinese cook using a wok most of the time. In about 40-50 minutes the bird was ready. Yes, the duck does come with neck & head but they are used as a soup base. Besides being rather greasy it was pretty good if you like dark rich meat. All this to help bring in the lunar new year. Hmmm...maybe rabbit next?
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