Duck Prosciutto: I pulled this just now after 6 weeks (12C, 65-75 RH). The fat side has white lines in it, almost looks hairy. Anyone know what this is?
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Polamora on
Feather stems that weren’t pulled off correctly
kobayashi_maru_fail on
Calamus (feather connections). Ideally you would have plucked it earlier, you can still pluck it. Totally normal, and if you have one of those offset large grippy tweezers it’ll go fast.
Bytowneboy2 on
You can pluck the bits of feather stems out with tweezers. It’s tedious, but doable. It would have been better done prior to curing.
BuffetAnnouncement on
It’s probably not too late to sit down with a pair of tweezers and properly pluck those out
iutzi on
Thanks all! Will try to pluck them
LendogGovy on
Just had flashbacks of limiting out with my dad and plucking ducks in the basement family room watching TV and taking a sip of Henry Weinhards.
SirWEM on
Your duck (breast) wasn’t given a parafin wax dip while plucking. Without doing it a lot of that part of the quills stay in the skin. Same thing happens with geese. You can pull them out with needle nose pliers.
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Feather stems that weren’t pulled off correctly
Calamus (feather connections). Ideally you would have plucked it earlier, you can still pluck it. Totally normal, and if you have one of those offset large grippy tweezers it’ll go fast.
You can pluck the bits of feather stems out with tweezers. It’s tedious, but doable. It would have been better done prior to curing.
It’s probably not too late to sit down with a pair of tweezers and properly pluck those out
Thanks all! Will try to pluck them
Just had flashbacks of limiting out with my dad and plucking ducks in the basement family room watching TV and taking a sip of Henry Weinhards.
Your duck (breast) wasn’t given a parafin wax dip while plucking. Without doing it a lot of that part of the quills stay in the skin. Same thing happens with geese. You can pull them out with needle nose pliers.