To put it simply, three sets of ducks are wild ducks in domestic ducks and pigeons in wild ducks. If we elaborate separately, it will be great to pay attention to it. Let's talk about this duck first. You can only use the old male duck. The female duck is fat and soft, which affects the taste. Male ducks have tight meat and a silky mouth. Health experts say: rotten boiled old male duck is more effective than Shenqi. That is to say, the effect of eating old male duck is comparable to that of eating ginseng and astragalus, which shows the high nutritional value.

After the male duck is boned, it needs to be savored first. Scald the whole male duck in boiling water, then turn the duck out from the butcher's mouth, with the inside outside and the skin inward. Scald it again to force the blood out. Turn it back, fill it with boiling water from the butcher's mouth, pour it out after filling it, and repeat this for three or four times until the smell is completely removed and the male duck is not cooked.

Let's talk about this wild duck. Wild ducks also have a foul smell, mainly concentrated in the abdomen and thighs. Because there is more meat in these parts, it is not easy to get rid of the foul smell, so people have come up with a good way to poke some small eyes in the meat with an awl, and then scald the wild ducks in hot water. The duck meat is heated and tightened, and the foul smell and blood are squeezed out of the eyes.

Finally, pigeons, but also great attention. Pigeons are called squabs within 20 days after hatching from eggs. The meat of squabs is too tender to be used as three sets of ducks. Pigeons about four months old must be selected. However, once a pigeon has full wings, it is difficult to judge whether it is a one-year-old or a few-month-old pigeon from the appearance, and its weight is similar.

At this time, only experienced pigeon breeders can distinguish them. Is to bend the pigeon's head backwards. Pigeons are too immature to resist, so they have to be pushed around. Adult pigeons are stubborn and will push their heads forward desperately. Pigeons only about four months old will resist, and then they will not resist. This is related to their growth habits, so how can we tell them apart without years of experience in raising pigeons?

Young pigeons are tender and suitable for frying, such as the famous crispy young pigeons. The meat quality of adult pigeons is too old, which is not applicable here, because the pigeons in the three sets of ducks are hidden in the innermost part and heated from outside to inside, and the meat quality is gradually excessive from old male ducks to wild ducks to pigeons, from old to tender. However, it takes about 3 hours to serve this dish, so the pigeon meat is too tender and uncooked, and too hard to cook. This is also the essence of cooking this dish.