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Jb
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judith
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Hanging is a matter for personal taste - I rarely hang pheasants for more than a couple of days as I'm not keen on gamey meat. Wild duck doesn't come my way very often, so I can't help there. For both birds, don't gut until you have plucked.
Plucking: do you want to roast the birds or will you be using the breasts/legs separately. I normally do the latter as I find that the legs need long slow cooking and the breasts a lot less. If you will be jointing the birds, then consider skinning rather than plucking - remove the wing tips, pluck a small patch on the breast clean, pull up the skin and slit gently with a sharp knife. You can then "peel" off the skin by simply pulling it, perhaps easing it away with your knife if it is reluctant to part company.
To pluck, I start with the wings and tail, and then try to work over the whole body methodically. I normally end up tearing the skin on the breast a bit, so I don't worry about it - you can always cover it with a bit of bacon!
Gutting: slit the skin along the neck, pulling it apart to give access to the cavity. Carefully remove the crop, then get your knife inside and sever the neck as far down as you can reach. Run your finger around the inside of the cavity to separate the internal organs from the body, then go to the other end! Very carefully, cut around the vent and cut the skin towards the breastbone to make enough room for manoeuvre. Start pulling out the guts - best to get your hand in there and grab it all at once, rather than pulling it all out bit by bit. In your handful of guts, you will also pull out the liver and gizzard - detach these (and remove the bile duct from the liver). Once the main body of the guts are out, have a rootle inside to look for other gibbly bits, then wash the whole bird inside and out.
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Jb
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gil Downsizer Moderator
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Jb
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KILLITnGRILLIT
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Jb
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Jb
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judith
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Jb
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KILLITnGRILLIT
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