Recipe For Sweet Chilli Sauce Duck

A friend wants to know a bit about my first job and what I used my wages for. I was 16 when I first went to work. I started off as a cashier at our local Spar and progressed to working in the deli and the bakery. I earned a basic wage and got it in a brown envelope once a week. I cannot even tell you how much I earned, but I can tell you that it went to paying my phone bill. I had a younger sister who at 12 discovered the telephone. She would come home from school and straight away call her best friend – with whom she had just spent the day at school with, and they would talk all afternoon. So of course, that meant I could not speak to my friends! I moaned to my dad, and in his most practical manner said that they would get a phone line for me, if I paid the bill. So, I had my own phone line and I paid the bills. Of course, if I were in the same boat now, I might forego the phone and spend the money on eating out – I would be this young foodie, eating her way through all these fancy restaurants, trying all these fancy meals. But instead, I am a little bit older, have a fantastic job, and I can do the foodie thing right at home. Duck is the one foodie item most people would rather eat out that try at home, but I assure you, it is so worth making duck for yourself.

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I am passionate about using regional, seasonable and sustainable produce when I cook. I live in Gordons Bay with my husband and dogs. Dave and I are busy building a house which is an adventure all in itself. Each year we visit a new place overseas to experience the food of the area. Follow along on our adventures!
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My mom did the same thing for me. She paid to install the phone line and I paid my own bills. That made everybody happy and I learned to deal with finances. It was very useful. Except I would probably spend my money on other things now. But teenagers will be teenagers.

I love duck and I adore it especially in any sweet & sour sauce and this fits the bill. I love this recipe! And your post had me back in my youth thinking about how I spent all my money on books and candy. Older, it went to traveling and, well, books. Now it goes to traveling, books and food! Our passions stay with us forever!

Tandy, I’ve only recently cooked duck at home for the first time, and I have no idea why I was so daunted by it for so long! Your recipe sounds delicious!

Wouldn’t it be lovely to be able to go back and be sophisticated foodies with the metabolic rate of 17 year olds? Aaah, to be able to eat whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted…now that would be the life! 🙂

I love ‘magret de canard’ and cook it alot. It is delicious isn’t it? Also whole ducks, particularly free range ones… nothing to be frightened of…no harder to cook than a chicken… but maybe we can buy them more easily in France.

I always wanted my own phone when I was young. I never thought of suggesting that I’d pay the bill if I could get one, then again I probably would not have liked the idea of spending my pay on a phone bill. The duck looks so lovely and crispy. I haven’t made duck in ages, must give your recipe a try.

I always wanted my own phone when I was young. I never thought of suggesting that I’d pay the bill if I could get one, then again I probably would not have liked the idea of spending my pay on a phone bill. The duck looks so lovely and crispy. I haven’t made duck in ages, must give your recipe a try.