Duck Recipes?

[Gone Hiking]

A local grocery store had whole frozen ducks, which is very unusual, and since I've never made duck I bought the smallest (6.5#) one to try. I've been scouring recipes online, but haven't found one I love. Does anyone have any suggestions? Part of me wants to just spatchcock the thing, season, and throw it on the smoker like I do with chickens, but something tells me there must be a great, classic French recipe for whole duck that I need to try.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Well I suppose there's canard a la presse. Bit complicated, perhaps. No, on second thoughts, really complicated.
Just as a thought, I pulled out a book called "The Cookery of England", by Elizabeth Ayrton.
I found roast duck, duck a l'orange, duck in port, duck with green peas and roast duck with cucumbers, from a 1747 recipe. Might be interesting, although you might need to adjust the flavours a bit.