Re: [Paddlewise] Seeing Red?

From: Gary J. MacDonald <garyj_at_rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:42:41 -0500
Interesting.
I presume this is because it lives on a diet of only fish?
Anyone know?

GaryJ


Richard Culpeper wrote:
> The best merganser cooking technique I know of is to wrap the duck in wetted
> oak leaves, place it in a burlap sack, dig a pit, place the sack in the
> bottom of the pit, pour in a few litres of water, lay about six inches of
> dirt on top, then lay non-river stones on top until the stones are up to
> ground level.  Start a camp fire on the stones in the mid-afternoon.  By
> mid-evening, the duck will be cooked, so you can decide at that point
> whether to dig it out and pack it out in the sack to the trailhead where you
> can properly dispose of it, or to simply leave it buried, for no matter how
> you cook it, a merganser is foul.
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