Duck!

[syntheticjesso]

The other day I saw that Aldi had whole ducks on sale, and decided that since I've never cooked duck before, I'd get one and try it. I bought him Wednesday night and named him Huey. I'm kind of excited! I love trying to cook new things, it's like an adventure

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[yipeeskipp]

Just take the battery out of your smoke detector while you're cooking. As long as you're in the kitchen you'll be plenty aware of any fire hazard... I usually leave the chair sitting right under it as a reminder to fix it afterward.

[syntheticjesso]

I don't think I can even get mine off the wall! I've tried taking it down before and couldn't. I'll look more closely today.

In my last apartment, I had to cook something smokey (I don't remember what...) so I just took my smoke detector down, threw it on my bed, and closed the bedroom door. Super handy!

[yipeeskipp]

It should open without coming off the wall.. at least all the ones I've had did that :)

[bringthenoise]

hope you get comments emailed cos i'm super late...
but ours is super sensitive too! putting a shower cap over it works really well. my boyfriend found this out because his mom used to work in a hotel and people used to do it so they would get away with smoking in the rooms without setting off the smoke detector haha. but ours used to go off when we were preheating the oven (wtf??) and now it's totally fine.

[syntheticjesso]

I do get comments emailed! I just am late replying.

I love the shower cap idea! I bought some yesterday (for use when I dye my hair) and I'll have to try this soon. My smoke detector is my nemesis. Thanks for the tip!