Ducks by the Neck

John recently had a successful duck hunting trip. We have dined on a couple of these already and they were quite tasty even though we knew how they were fixed. A few years ago we went on a tour of an old plantation. There was a contraption hanging from the ceiling in the old kitchen that looked like a wagon wheel. The guide told us the story of this cook that used to work at the plantation who would hang the ducks, whole, not gutted, from the wheel by their necks and let them stay there until they rotted and fell. This was a story meant to gross everyone out and it did. Then the guide explained how it made the meat taste really good and this cook was an expert at preparing duck. When we left John told us that he had been hanging our ducks like that for years. We were grossed out all over again. We've gotten over that since. It sounds weird, but he's right. That's the way to eat duck.