Roasted Wild Duck In Foil

Mercy even with us is an optional virtue; we do not have to be merciful. We usually admire people who are, but we do not say that people must be so. We say everybody must be just. We say, for example, an employer, if he agrees to pay a certain wage, must pay that particular wage. If he does not pay it, then he is unjust and is liable to a lawsuit. All our contracts are based on the integrity and honesty and justice of people with whom we do business. They are actually subject to trials and imprisonment and even execution if they violate their duty of man to man. What about mercy among men? We love it. We admire it. We encourage it. We sometimes practice it. But we do not say mercy is obligatory… If this is true even of human affairs, we can see immediately that God does not have to be merciful. He gave us life and conscience. He gave us intelligence to meet our obligations, and He has a right to hold us responsible for using them. He has no further obligation to forgive us if we do not. We say that the Judge of all the earth cannot do wrong, but we cannot say that the Judge of all the earth must be merciful.

John Gerstner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Game	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		To large duck
		Salt
1		Apple, quartered and cored
1	T	Butter
1/4	c	Honey
1/4	c	Orange juice
1	t	Orange peel
1/4	t	Ginger
1/4	t	Basil leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 425Ã¸. Wash duck well and dry with paper towel. Salt
body cavity and outside of duck and stuff cavity with pieces of  apple.
In a saucepan, heat the next 6 ingredients until the butter  melts.
Place duck on a piece of heavy duty foil, large enough to  cover when
folded. Pour 1/2 of the liquid mixture into duck cavity  and the rest
over duck and seal edges with a double fold. Place in a  shallow pan
and roast in 425Ã¸ oven for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Open  foil and roast
for 10 to 15 minutes more until brown.  Remove and  discard apple.
Yield: 2 to 3 servings.  MRS. BROOKS NORFLEET  From <Traditions: A
Taste of the Good Life>, by the Little Rock (AR)  Junior League.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 366 Calories From Fat: 53 Total Fat: 6.1g Cholesterol: 15.3mg Sodium: 151.2mg Potassium: 442.4mg Carbohydrates: 83.1g Fiber: 2.5g Sugar: 78.6g Protein: 1.7g