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No-Fear Duck Breast

DUCK IS A restaurant special-occasion dish that is also a great choice to cook at home. To love duck is to understand its uniqueness and its dichotomies: This game bird is hunted wild, but it’s also commonly farm raised and can be purchased in supermarkets. Duck is often eaten rare(like beef).

Because it flies, its muscles are firmer and pinker, more similar to red meat. Most important, with a little know-how, you can have restaurant quality duck goals are to get you to share my love of duck and to make

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