From e@reynir.co.uk Wed Aug 8 16:02:54 BST 2001 On Wed, 08 Aug 2001 08:31:48 +0100, Malcolm wrote: >ruddy duck (snip) Shanghai Duck A duck Bunch of spring onions, cut into pieces Two star anise, broken up into lots of pieces About half a finger's length of fresh ginger, chopped Equal amounts soy sauce and water (about a cupful of each) A lot of sugar (mabe half a cup) Some honey. Put the spring onions, the ginger and the star anise in a big pot. Put the duck in the pot, with the breast side up. Mix all of the other ingredients together except the honey. Pour them over the duck. Cover, and bring to boil. Simmer for two hours or so, turning the duck every half and hour. Preheat an oven as hot as you can get it. Take the duck out of the pan, rub it all over with honey, and then put it on a roasting dish in the oven until it goes nice and crispy. Chop duck into small pieces, and serve the juices left in the pan as a sauce. -- Iain Rowan The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray