Has anyone ever eaten Hooded Mergansers and liked them??

The way I was told to cook them is Pluck and gut , split down the back and open , tack to a oak plank and cook infront of a open fire till done , throw the bird away and eat the plank.
I realy cooked 1 up once just to try it , greasy and a little fishy . I do not plan on eating another except if I am starving.

Had some last year and they werent bad, really dont know the exacts on how they were cooked but I know garlic salt, cast iron skillet and some oil were used but anything else i dunno.

A buddy of mine swears by these things. He has a cabin at one of out local lakes and says if the Mergies have been feeding on the wildrice that grows there, they are real good eating.

Ron

I don't think they're that bad. A case of bad waterfowl identifacation was my reason for eating one.