Duck chin?

[tatamagouche]

Saw this on a menu recently and have no idea what it is. I mean, do ducks *have* chins, really?

[ipsedixit]

Yes, they do.

When you see duck chin on a Chinese menu (鸭下巴 or "ya xia ba"), it's the lower part of the beak that's connected to the neck. Usu. breaded and deep-fried and covered in salt and pepper. Good pub and beer drinking food.

There's also duck neck (鸭脖子 or "ya bou zi") and of course, my favorite, duck beak (鴨喙 or "ya hwei")!

[tatamagouche]

So how different is it from duck neck, then? Do they taste pretty much the same?

[ipsedixit]

Not really, basically crunchy chewy cartilage. I will say that duck neck generally has more gelatinous tendons if it's not deep-fried to a pulp.

[huaqiao]

I had fried duck jaw on my last trip to Bangkok. It wasn't bad. Then again, frying anything and serving it with a spicy Thai sauce makes just about everything taste good!

[tatamagouche]

That looks pretty good, actually!

[jscout]

Dunno, but I know his brother Donald Chin. Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Blueicus]

I ordered this once and what we got were the lower part of the duck's jaws. Lots of bones. lots of picking out meat. It was okay.

[tatamagouche]

Weird. You mean, as my friend said, the part that Bugs Bunny is always shooting off of Daffy?

[ricepad]

No more than chickens have lips, I would think...