Cleaning birds

[BurlyGirl]

Saturday morning is fast approaching for this WMU

My dogs are ready to roll! We got out for a little early goose and had some good times.

When cleaning your birds, what is everyone's preferred method?

My dad has a duck plucker and a scalding vat that I listed in the 'for sale' section on this forum. I tend to breast my birds out and won't be using these pieces of equipment.

What does everyone else do as their preferred method?

For a yummy follow up, how are you looking forward to cooking your first birds of the season?

[fratri]

I usually breast them out cutting the breasts into cutlet size portions.... I take the legs and place them in the crockpot with a little bit of spices this allows me to have some great tasting meals while utilizing most of the bird meat.

[Snip]

Early season I breast out the ducks and remove the legs and thighs, I usually put the legs and thighs in a bag in the freezer until I have enough for a meal and then put them in the slow cooker with bbq sauce and eat them like chicken wings, the breasts I often pound out fill with a firm cheese/jalapeno/sundried tomatoes roll it up and wrap a strip of bacon around it and cook it on a grill mat on the bbq, or just pan fry in bear or bacon fat and slice thin. Late season I dry pick some nice birds, I like brining them in salt water and then putting them on a rotisserie on the bbq putting a case iron frying pan underneath to catch the drippings while frying up potatoes in it.

[trimmer21]

I'm a good ol' plucker from a long way back LOL. I do them the same way Grandpa and Dad taught me,pluck 'em,gut 'em,stuff 'em with ordinary poultry dressing and roast them like chickens. Bon Appetite.

[happy]

X2 especially with puddle ducks. We roast them with a whole onion inside and sometimes bacon on the outside. Later in the season we skin divers and bottle them, super tender.

[dean.f]

I usually pluck by hand or skin then butterfly them by cutting the back with shears. Makes for easy cleaning of smaller birds. Then I rinse them well and let them sit in the fridge for about a week before I cook them with whatever recipe I feel like trying. Or freeze them.

[punkrockerpj]

geese i breast and take out legs and wings without worrying about the guts.
ducks i usually pluck, gut and freeze.

[oaknut]

My ducks are breasted, legs removed and heart and gizzard removed.

Giblets go in a soup, leg meat goes to chilli and the breasts are brined and cooked like steak.

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[BurlyGirl]

Some great things to consider, thanks for sharing!

[fratri]

Today, I did things a little different and put the breasts on the BBQ..... I let them sit in a marinade (salt, pepper, olive oil) for a night.... Placed them on the BBQ on high heat for 8 minutes on each side..... Took them off, let them sit for a few minutes before I cut them up, taste and look great