Weird Food Tool #1: The Duck Press
Part I in a maybe-never-to-be-continued series about weird food tools: the duck press.
Purpose: to smash the remains of a duck carcass to pulp.
Usage: You place the duck carcass in the press, crank the wheel, and the top plate compresses the duck, squeezing out whatever liquids (or liquid-y) remains into a bottom pan (not included).
Why?: Proponents contend that the tastiest parts of a duck (surprise, surprise: the French) are in the bone marrow and the only way to successfully extract them with minimal labor is to compress the hell out of it.
Price: $2,000
Verdict: while it seems like a not-so-bad idea – marrow is good stuff, there must be a way to do this for under $2k. It does look kind of cool, though, and would make a conversation piece. That all said, we would have to say: pass.
