Comments on: A Duck, Pear & Pomegranate Salad a la Marketman

By: teny

teny — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:46:15 +0000

I’m not that fond of vegetables but this picture is really enticing. Thanks MM for sharing it.

By: Lava Bien

Lava Bien — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:46:13 +0000

My kids and I love Chinese Roasted Duck (Goose also), man! can my kids devour one of those. We usually have ’em Tuesdays (they’re on sale at 99 Ranch Market) at least once a month.

By: i love sta.rosa

i love sta.rosa — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:19:38 +0000

pwedeba sya palitan ng chicken instead of duck? hehehehhe

By: i love sta.rosa

i love sta.rosa — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:18:04 +0000

never pa ako nakain ng duck, nung nasa tinajin kami, di ko rin naisip na tikman sya,ngayon nakita ko sa picture mo yung roasted duck,isa na sya sa mga listahan na pinagsisihan ko di ko nagawa sa china, ang kumain ng peking duck… huhuhuhuhuhuhu

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:41:11 +0000

Bryan, pomegranates are sporadically available. Sometimes the fruit vendor at the basement of rockwell has them, sometimes Frutesca from Market!Market! has them and other times S&R has them. The ones in these photos came in someone’s suitcase before the holidays…

By: Connie C

Connie C — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:40:44 +0000

Hi bettyQ: Thanks.

Yes indeed, use the Dungeness crab. I am not a great fan of artificial crab, but hey, I can tolerate them in small quantities and especially when Dungeness crabs aren’t available. My niece generally uses the packaged chestnuts, but I chanced upon a vendor roasting chestnuts at the Lung Center market and that’s what I brought her and was then inspired to make the salad for me to try. The mayo base would work for me in the winter, but I would prefer a lighter dressing, say french dressing vinaigrette in the summer. I’d even try it with soy sauce instead of salt for seasoning as Diane of White on Rice Couple does.

Can’t hardly wait for summer now that I was forced to come back earlier than planned.

By: Bryan Zarzuela

Bryan Zarzuela — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:41:13 +0000

Where can you find pomegranates in Manila? I’ve been to Market! Market! and have called up all branches of Rustan’s Fresh and SM Hypermarket.

Can’t seem to find it anywhere. Any suggestions? Thanks.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:38:27 +0000

Hey, Doc!…am soooo happy you and your hubby are both OK!

Your niece’s salad sounds wonderful. I just bought 5 Dungeness crabs this morning! …will do your salad for lunch tom….I have everything on hand including the chestnuts and even the mango! Have you tried the packaged chestnuts ready to eat? I always have that in the pantry for snacks.

By: Connie C

Connie C — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:24:22 +0000

Talk about unusual salad mixes. Over the holidays, a niece served us this wonderful salad with a surprise mix of ingredients: mixed salad greens, mainly red leaf lettuce, cucumbers, slightly ripe mango, cubed, crab legs ( artificial,made to look like crabs but is actually fish and some additives), shelled and quartered roasted chestnuts
and topped by nori strips. The dressing had Japanese miso, mirin, wasabi and a hint of horseradish in light Japanese mayo as base. It was a nice mix of flavors.

MM, bettyQ, would you like to try it and see what you think? I liked it.

By: Mary Kim

Mary Kim — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:44:24 +0000

I’ve also tried smoked duck at home, actually they come packaged and I just grilled for 20 mins to remove some fat. Yum.
Lately, gas griller/dome type pan-oven(used on the burner top) had been popular here, I wonder if that’s better or healthier than a turbo, the flames literally reach the food somehow… It’s like cooking your food directly in the burner’s flames except that the food is enclosed in a dome shaped big pan with a tube in the middle to circulate heat…Any idea anyone?