Talk:Duck as food

Errors
Who wrote this article, it's really lousy, some errors I removed were that indian runners are the best layers, peking ducks are the most commonly raised (peking duck isn't even a breed, it's a dish, sort of like saying raisin bread is the most common type of grape grown). 10:42, 8 August 2006 User:209.124.131.151

Why is there no article for Duck a L'orange? I thought it was a fairly important dish. ( 20:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omicron91 (talk • contribs)

Edible Fats and Oils?
This page is part of the "edible fats and oils" series. The thingy is at the bottom, and has a link here, but there is not actually a section on Duck Fat as is suggested by the link. Either this should be added, or it should be removed from this series (I'm not a regular wikipedian, so I don't know if I'm using the right vocabulary here. Sorry in advance) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.10.217.86 (talk) 12:05, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * (Moved thread to bottom per convention) Duck fat redirects here. I think there should definitely be a section discussing the use of rendered duck fat; it's sold as a gourmet item, and I know that it is a very popular cooking fat in french cuisine.  I would've just added the section, but I hope to do some research and find some decent sources to back up my info.  I'm sure most french cookbooks with a glossary will discuss it. -Verdatum (talk) 17:55, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Add information on duck contamination as a human food
I would like to add content about ducks' relation to pollution in water, such as river. Ducks eat fish, and fish can pick up contamination, especially fat-soluble poisons like PCBs, and the pollution gets bio-magnified up the food chain. In rivers like the Housatonic River that have been polluted by PCBs, it can be dangerous for humans to eat ducks because they can be very high in the poison. It can be harmful and cause sickness or death. Some hunters know about this, but many do not. I think it would be useful as (1) good content and also (2) important knowledge for public safety. It could even result in saving lives. Thoughts? SageRad (talk) 00:38, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the edit to follow the source more closely, although i would add that i personally do know that toxicity can be greater than that which is reported in the source, and also depends of course on the levels of PCBs in the duck, which can be very high in some specific locales. The important thing is that the mention is present, so hunters and those eating wild duck know that there exists a risk. SageRad (talk) 06:59, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The ref supporting the claim that ducks may contain PCBs is over 40 years old! Anywhere with significant PCBs in the rivers has a serious pollution problem which will affect many more things than ducks. The claim needs a better supporting ref or it should be removed. --Ef80 (talk) 16:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 14 June 2016

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved as proposed, as there's consensus that "X as food" is better than "X (food)." asked a reasonable question about whether a couple of these should be in the plural, so I'm closing this without prejudice against separate RM(s) to settle that question (settling that here might get messy). -- Tavix ( talk ) 22:30, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

– For consistency with other food-related articles, such as Chicken as food and other results in this search that do not say "redirect from". See also Talk:Anchovies as food. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 21:07, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Duck (food) → Duck as food
 * Egg (food) → Egg as food
 * Shrimp (food) → Shrimp and prawn as food
 * Brain (food) → Brain as food
 * Bat (food) → Bat as food
 * Squab (food) → Squab as food
 * Another to add to the list is Dog (food). DrChrissy (talk) 22:11, 14 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose -- "Duck (food)" sounds more straightforward. K.e.coffman (talk) 22:30, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Comment I have left a note about this discussion at WikiProject Biology. DrChrissy (talk) 18:46, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. The current titles imply two wholly different items of the same name (like brain and Brain [comics] or switch and switch [corporal punishment]).  However, in the cases listed here, the articles are subtopics of the main articles on the respective animals which are not typically disambiguated with parentheticals at Wikipedia.  —  AjaxSmack   02:44, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Support, of course, the difference between what a duck eats and what eats ducks is obvious. Bat as food? That's a page I have to read, I wonder if Semi-vegetarian's have added that page yet. Randy Kryn 11:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Support – This issue has been discussed previously in the context of seafood. As a result relevant articles to do with seafood now conform to the "X as food" format. --Epipelagic (talk) 04:37, 16 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Support - Though somewhat phrased awkwardly, the alternative is more descriptive.


 * Support - As above, alternative is more descriptive. DrChrissy (talk) 15:44, 17 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment shouldn't the format be "X as human food"? I means ducks are also eaten by snakes, wild dogs, foxes, etc. Timmyshin (talk) 18:54, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * That's actually quite a reasonable point. Although duck is used for food for other animals (e.g. duck is used in domestic cat food), I doubt very much that is what the average reader will be looking for. DrChrissy (talk) 19:52, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * That would be prey in most cases, not food. —  AjaxSmack  00:05, 20 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment as I have issues with singular vs. plural in titles. For the start, egg as food sounds downright silly, and should be eggs as food (note that we have Anchovies as food, not Anchovy as food). Duck and brain are clearly fine, as these can also be uncountable; apparently wikt:shrimp as well. I'm less sure about squab and bat, Wiktionary does not mention uncountable use, and they're rarely used as foodstuff anyway, so I'd rather go with plural (bats as food, squabs as food). No such user (talk) 12:44, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Editors to this thread may be interested in a similar move discussion I have raised at Dog meat. DrChrissy (talk) 21:51, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Eggs
How about some information about the culinary uses of Duck eggs? How do they compare to Chicken eggs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.202.33.17 (talk) 06:34, 23 June 2020 (UTC)