It takes courage to cook 3 whole ducks at the same time following a Renaissance recipe that you have never tried before, but evidently sixteen years ago I had that courage. The cooker was still the one I inherited from my parents, so it was already over fifty years old at the time. The apron I wore was very kitschy (I don't remember who gifted it to me), I was wearing the red jumper that I am wearing also today and that is perhaps as old as the cooker of time, and the pots are the ones I still use every day.
OK, the photo is not great, but I post it now and in this thread because it was the preparation for a family New Year's Eve dinner, and the self-portraits in the reflection are in place. Time flies, no doubt. Have a happy holiday!
P.S.: The recipe in question was
‘Duck with plum sauce’, a recipe by
Bartolomeo Scappi. I shall refrain here from divulging the rest of the menu.
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