Roast Wild Duck

• 2 wild ducks
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• dried thyme
• 2 oranges

Clean, pluck and singe wild ducks. Rub cavities with salt, freshly ground black pepper and dried thyme. Chop oranges (with peel), apples and onions coarsely, and stuff ducks loosely with this flavouring mixture, keeping remainder for roasting pans. Place ducks, breast sides up, on rack in roasting pans; cover breasts with bacon and pour port into pans. Roast duc