Crock Pot Wood Duck

• wild ducks, wood ducks, cleaned, plucked, and thoroughly rinsed↗2
• butter↗2 tablespoons

  softened

• cream of celery soup15 ounces
• chicken stock↗15 ounces
• seasoning salt↗1 teaspoon
• dry white wine↗1⁄2 cup

  chablis is good

• large carrots↗4

  peeled and chopped

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Check the ducks thoroughly for shot -- remove any shot with tweezers.

2. 2

   Place the cleaned ducks neck-up in a crock pot.

3. 3

   In a separate mixing bowl, blend the butter, soup, chicken stock, seasoned salt and wine.

4. 4

   Pour the soup blend into the crockpot, over the ducks and add in the carrots.

5. 5

   Cook on the HIGH setting for one hour and then reduce to the LOW setting for 5 more hours. Halfway through the cooking time, flip the ducks upside down. Check for tenderness at the end of the 5 hours and cook for another hour if necessary.

6. 6

   Serve with rice.

7. 7

   A TIP: If you have trouble removing the feathers after scalding the duck, then make up a blend of half parafin and half beeswax and pour a little over the duck -- let it harden for a minute and then pull the feathers off.