Is duck safe?
#308725 - 06/07/07 06:59 AM
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Natalia82
Reged: 03/22/07
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Duck is red before and most of the time even after cooked. So i always treat it as red meat and dont eat it, but someone said it aint red meat. So im asking you, is duck safe to eat?
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I use to love duck and goose. Both are VERY fatty. I've always considered them like dark meat poltry. I would probably not risk it now.
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The USDA says
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Duck and goose are poultry and considered "white" meat. Because they are birds of flight, however, the breast meat is darker than chicken and turkey breast. This is because more oxygen is needed by muscles doing work, and the oxygen is delivered to those muscles by the red cells in the blood. One of the proteins in meat, myoglobin, holds the oxygen in the muscle, and gives the meat a darker color.
Chickens and turkeys stand a lot but do little if any flying, so their breast meat is white and leg meat, dark. Game birds, however, spend time flying so their breast meat may be as dark as leg meat.
A note of caution. Some duck meat can be quite high in fat (10-12% by weight).
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I agree
#308773 - 06/07/07 07:06 PM
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dark meat poultry and the misc poultry like duck, pheasant etc can be enjoyed when stable and is a nice change from breasts. As long as a stable person keeps the total fat in the meal to a safe level, dark poultry is ok from time to time -when stable. 
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