Roast duck with mango salsa...

Brian Christiansen said:

...is what the first caveman orders in the Geico
commercial. The second doesn't have much of an
appetite, apparantly because he is majorly ticked
off, I guess.

Well, I was wondering if roast duck with mango
salsa is a real dish. I suppose anyone could roast
a duck and make up a batch of mango salsa and pour
it over the duck. What I am interested in is
whether it is an "established" recipe like Peking
duck or duck a l'orange.

I think it's just meant as a demonstration that Cave Man is no different
in sensibilities than contemporary man: overweening and pretentious.

Brian Christiansen said:

...is what the first caveman orders in the Geico
commercial. The second doesn't have much of an
appetite, apparantly because he is majorly ticked
off, I guess.

Well, I was wondering if roast duck with mango
salsa is a real dish. I suppose anyone could roast
a duck and make up a batch of mango salsa and pour
it over the duck. What I am interested in is
whether it is an "established" recipe like Peking
duck or duck a l'orange.

The grey area in your question revolves around the term
"established". What exactly should this mean?

Is the dish in Escoffier? No, but I have seen it served
here in the SF Bay area. That's not proof that it can
be described as "established", however.

At what point could one describe a dish as established?
When food writers acknowledge it (or just certain ones)?
When they begin teaching the recipe at Le Cordon Blue?

Personally, I don't know the answer. I'd be interested
in hearing opinions.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Reg said:

Is the dish in Escoffier? No, but I have seen it served
here in the SF Bay area. That's not proof that it can
be described as "established", however.

At what point could one describe a dish as established?
When food writers acknowledge it (or just certain ones)?
When they begin teaching the recipe at Le Cordon Blue?

Personally, I don't know the answer. I'd be interested
in hearing opinions.

You've seen it served--presumably in a restaurant (or two or three)?

By my lights, that'd make it 'established'--but I agree with
pennyaline about pretentious...

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

Reg said:

Is the dish in Escoffier? No, but I have seen it served
here in the SF Bay area. That's not proof that it can
be described as "established", however.

At what point could one describe a dish as established?
When food writers acknowledge it (or just certain ones)?
When they begin teaching the recipe at Le Cordon Blue?

Personally, I don't know the answer. I'd be interested
in hearing opinions.

You've seen it served--presumably in a restaurant (or two or three)?

By my lights, that'd make it 'established'--but I agree with
pennyaline about pretentious...

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

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Brian Christiansen said:

...is what the first caveman orders in the Geico
commercial. The second doesn't have much of an
appetite, apparantly because he is majorly ticked
off, I guess.

Well, I was wondering if roast duck with mango
salsa is a real dish. I suppose anyone could roast
a duck and make up a batch of mango salsa and pour
it over the duck. What I am interested in is
whether it is an "established" recipe like Peking
duck or duck a l'orange.

Brian Christiansen

Does it really matter? :-)

It is now.......
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

On Sat 19 Nov 2005 07:10:04p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Brian
Christiansen?

Quoted message said:

...is what the first caveman orders in the Geico
commercial. The second doesn't have much of an
appetite, apparantly because he is majorly ticked
off, I guess.

Well, I was wondering if roast duck with mango
salsa is a real dish. I suppose anyone could roast
a duck and make up a batch of mango salsa and pour
it over the duck. What I am interested in is
whether it is an "established" recipe like Peking
duck or duck a l'orange.

Brian Christiansen

LOL! Suffice to say, if you've heard of it, it's been "established". I
don't think it has to go down in the annals of history to be considered
such. The Sugar Reef restaurant in Hollywood, FL has it on the menu for
$22.50.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Brian Christiansen said:

Well, I was wondering if roast duck with mango
salsa is a real dish. I suppose anyone could roast
a duck and make up a batch of mango salsa and pour
it over the duck. What I am interested in is
whether it is an "established" recipe like Peking
duck or duck a l'orange.

The answer is "no".
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.