Why duck meat is not mainstream in the Phillippines

hi! maybe for the very reason that we can do a lot of dishes with beef, pork, chicken and seafoods... these 4 tend to be more widely used than duck meat. the texture of duck meat can be a bit tricky to cook, therefore it's kinda limiting. often the meat has an exotic tanginess to it or sometimes the meat is just too hard to cook perfectly. so far, i've only eaten 2 almost similar dishes using duck meat. one is a simple adobo and the other one is the adobo with a twist using coconut milk.

I think not most of people like to eat duck is because of the smell, when it cooked it's alyaws produce smell and its weard. For me I very picky person when eat duck, I will eat when it cooked good and I didn't smell anything from the meat. I think thats the reason why dacks is less populer in your country even in other country.

Duck meat is clean just as chicken meat is but I believe this is not widely eaten in many places in the Philippines because duck raisers do not normally sell their meat. They are after the eggs of the ducks which they make into balut or salted eggs. They are making money through selling eggs so they were not actually venturing on selling the meat rather. But in areas where duck raising is common, eating duck meat is very rampant.

For me it is not good because they are dirty they eat all dirty so if they are meat then many are not to eaten by it.

Maybe the reason is it's very hard to kill a duck. I've tried to kill a duck once and it took me several minutes before it went limp. I tried cutting it's neck and it won't die. I tried putting a nail in its head and it still won't die. I've killed countless chicken already and I can't recall any of those anymore but that duck I killed is still in my head up to this very day. After that, it's only last week that I tasted a fried duck and it's delicious. The only concern I have with it is it has that peculiar smell every time I make bite so although I can say that it tastes good more than a chicken that smell is kinda turn off.

They are not usually sold in markets but here in our place, I can see some posts on houses saying they sell duck meats or fried or adobo duck.

I agreewith the other posts here. I mean there are few receipes with duck meat and duck meat is indeed very high in cholesterol. Its got a lot of fat in it. Hehe. I love peking duck, though. And fried duck in salt and pepper.

People have always been squeamish with eating duck meat saying that it tastes bad or is tough. I am able to eat local duck that has been roasted (itik). But it is very lean and you hardly get any meat. Maybe this is also one of the reasons why it isn't popular as a source of meat or protein. I always wanted to buy either turkey or ostrich meat as a substitute, but these are very expensive here in our country considering that we do have farms here breeding these animals.

i eat balut and duck meat. the main reason why i hate to prepare duck because i need a lot of time to cook it unlike chicken and pork. when you don't cook duck meat properly , it could just torn your teeth apart. anyways, Properly cooked duck is both uniquely tasty and nutritious. It has been enjoyed by people the world over for centuries.Among people who have never tried duck, or those who rarely eat it, there appears to be at least two concerns. One concern seems to be a lack of knowledge of how to properly prepare duck. Actually cooking duck is not too different from cooking other meats and once a few basic principles are mastered, most anyone can become a master duck chef.One of the best kept nutritional secrets today, however, is that duck, as well as most foods, can be included in a nutritionally well-balanced healthy diet.

I am not sure what's the taste of duck meat. I do eat balut but the penoy only. Happy eating balut.

Actually, duck meat still is a bit costly for the average Filipino. Dressed ducks sells from P280(US$6.20) to P350(US$7.75), which is more expensive than chicken, pork, beef and some seafood. Turkey meat is the most expensive one. Dressed turkey meat cost more than P1,000(US$22).

I think there are 3 possible reasons: 1. The price. Duck meat are more expensive than chicken meat. 2. The quality of the duck meat. It is tougher and harder to cook. I think the Chinese always roast the duck meat or use special herbs to hide the smell. Most Filipinos are practical cooks and seldom use special herbs because again, they costs more. 3. Ducks are harder to raise. Chicken can grow in cages, while ducks need open spaces (or bigger, wider cages) to run around.

For one duck meat is not readily available in the market. We cannot just go to the market and buy duck meat. It is only available in selected places. Also the supply of this type of meat is scarce making the price of this type of meat high and not within the reach of ordinary Filipinos.

I think its because we pinoys have a perception that duck's meat is tough,malansa,and it tastes bad... though to some extent i would agree but with proper cooking techniques duck's meat is so delcious. My dad would always cook peking duck (since he's full blooded chinese) for special occasions like b-days,x-mas etc. He would always say that the key to make the duck's meat delicious and edible is how you would clean the meat and how you marinate it....

It's a tastebud of Pinoys that's count . The same time Ducks when it cooks is different means "Malansa" if you don't know how to cook it . It's better to use more Ginger in it and Chinese people loves Fried Duck here in North America it's a wide spread been eaten by people around here. I do love eating ducks but my family don't. Even Turkey it doesn't taste good on my tongue but still I ate turkey it's less fat than other meat product more protein and vitamins.