Beer-Roasted Duck

Every Chinese cook seems to have a pet version of simplified Peking Duck. Although inflating a duck can be done rather easily with a plastic or glass straw or with a bicycle pump if you have one, it does involve getting a specially eviscerated duck with the head intact, which can be bought only from Chinatown groceries or a poultry farm. But, salted overnight, dried for long hours, and rubbed with beer, the skin of a supermarket duck can be made just as incredibly crisp as the original. Thi