Proscuitturgid Drama

[madbaker]

This time 'round to make duck proscuitto, I bought cheaper duck breasts from one of the local carnicerias. Carnicerae? Anyway, this caused a few problems:

1. Instead of one largish breast the package was four small ones. Not a big deal but slightly harder to hang.
2. I think the breasts were artificially plumped via liquid injection. This caused problems when I salted them -- they weeped much more liquid than I expected.
3. I used too fine a grain of salt (in the past I have used a coarse kosher) and the excess liquid absorbed the salt to form a brine. This meant that the duck breasts were basically soaking in salt water for 24 hours.
4. Not surprisingly, the breasts are inedible as is: it's like chewing on a smoky salt lick.

They aren't a total waste, though. I can chop and shred them and use them in things like cassoulet or split pea soup, where the overwhelming saltiness can be diluted.

Comments

Turgid drama of biblical proportions?

[maestrateresa.livejournal.com]

they weeped much more liquid than I expected.

"Anas wept"?

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Set myself up for that one, didn't I?

[maestrateresa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much....
...and I adore the fact that I can make somewhat arcane bad jokes and receive a better response than "Er?" :-D :-D :-D

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I thought the joke was more profane than arcane.

[maestrateresa.livejournal.com]

That, too.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Liquid: they might have been frozen before you got to them, also, even if they were allegedly fresh. That would account for more water coming out.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Due to the direction in which I was scrolling when I read this entry, my eyes first lit upon:

1. Instead of one largish breast the package was four small ones. Not a big deal but slightly harder to hang.


2. I think the breasts were artificially plumped via liquid injection. This caused problems when I salted them -- they weeped much more liquid than I expected.

And I was getting a massively different image in my brain than what was intended.

Heh.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I'm just surprised that you didn't comment on the "carnicerias" vs. "carnicerae" question.