Duck for Dinner

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In my shopping trolley, last week, amongst other meats, I had put some duck breasts for dinner.They sat in the fridge until last night when we decided to have them for supper. Imagine my surprise when I received an email from my brother, this morning, who has just gone to live in Thailand and having started to acclimatize to the heat and the way of living, had been to the market and bought duck for his dinner last night!
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