Yesterday my family got together to celebrate our parents' 50th anniversary - hooray! We decided to have a special dinner at their home, rather than go out. There were 11 of us. In the past, when we've roasted ducks, we've averaged 1 duck per 2 people. I figured that was a reasonable estimate, so I bought 6 ducks. Well, that was 3 ducks too many!
We also had tasty stuffed mushrooms which my sister-in-law brought, and rice, and asparagus with hollandaise sauce. My husband spent the whole afternoon roasting 6 ducks in my mother's 3 ovens. I rendered 9 pints of duck fat, which are now in the freezer. (I'd thought ahead and brought a flat of pint jars with me. The guy at the butcher shop suggested I make french fries with the duck fat. I think that, or fried chicken, just might happen soon.) Dinner went off without a hitch.
For dessert, we had an apple pie with ice cream. When I made the pie on Friday, I hand placed each of the slices of apple. It took a while, but it made the finished product more even and easier to work with. And it was pretty. See?
Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad, with love from us all!
We also had tasty stuffed mushrooms which my sister-in-law brought, and rice, and asparagus with hollandaise sauce. My husband spent the whole afternoon roasting 6 ducks in my mother's 3 ovens. I rendered 9 pints of duck fat, which are now in the freezer. (I'd thought ahead and brought a flat of pint jars with me. The guy at the butcher shop suggested I make french fries with the duck fat. I think that, or fried chicken, just might happen soon.) Dinner went off without a hitch.
For dessert, we had an apple pie with ice cream. When I made the pie on Friday, I hand placed each of the slices of apple. It took a while, but it made the finished product more even and easier to work with. And it was pretty. See?
Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad, with love from us all!
You out-did yourselves, all of you, and we DID have a wonderful time! The ducks were heavenly beautifully roasted and plentiful!! And the pie was exquisite! Thank you all for a very special occasion.
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