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On 17 March 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Nanjing Salted Duck to Nanjing salted duck. The result of the discussion was moved.

What on earth...Duck is not a cure for any disease thus far...so what is this???[edit]

"Duck dishes like Nanjing Salted Duck are enjoyed without difficulty by most kinds of people.

Duck is said to be especially suited to people whose bodies are naturally on the warm side or who are prone to anger easily. People who have low fever, physical weakness, loss of appetite, dry stool and edema may benefit from duck. At the same time, duck is suitable for malnutrition, post-natal illness, weakness, night sweats, nocturnal emission, menstruation, some throat conditions. Duck is also suitable for cancer patients after chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and for patients suffering from diabetes, cirrhosis, tuberculosis, chronic nephritis, edema.

By contrast, overweight people, and patients suffering from inluenza might be advised to avoid duck -- check with your doctor or nutritionist."

Duck meat is not the replacement for medicine and the cure-all for everything. The stuff quoted above is not true/can't be proven/doesn't easily make sense. Please correct it somehow? (I'm not even really sure how to fix this, or I would've done so already.) 192.33.240.95 (talk) 17:24, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Absolute Engrish[edit]

Okay, so it should be pretty obvious to anybody who speaks English fluently that this article is an absolute mess.

Somebody knowledgeable should rework it, or it should be removed to avoid confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.31.22.200 (talk) 12:31, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So I tried to clean up a lot but not all of the non-native English in this article. A bit improved I think but still needs significant work. Interesting enough subject. Mare Nostrum 18:16, 18 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs)

I may be a fool for trying to respect the original structure of the piece; I realize after much cleanup that there is simply no reason to have these lengthy accounts of the alleged health benefits of duck in general; the article should be about this particular dish and not duck consumption, of course. Mare Nostrum 07:07, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

It needs "reworking" as noted first above; you have wonderful nuggets like "Nanjing Salted Duck is the drinks to share." Fortunately, the task of improving this article may be non-controversial and we might avoid the typical Wikipedia reversion war. Might. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs) 07:48, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And the inscrutable legend is, of course, beyond all comprehension and unrelated to this particular dish. Mare Nostrum 08:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs)

The author or somebody should provide a source for 80,000 ducks sold daily in Nanjing or the claim should be deleted.Mare Nostrum 09:46, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Look, the current text has the heading "Effect recipes" and beneath that the two-word text below. I'm deleting; it's ridiculous. If somebody wants to revert, please be coherent.

"Effect recipes

Spleen appetizer" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs) 13:38, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For posterity, I want to preserve the existing text of the legend at the end of the article. How clear is this?

"When Zhu Yuanzhang(Chinese: 朱元璋) was the emperor, he wanted to build walls. However, the wall always cannot be built up. So Zhu, the emperor was very anxious about it. At this time someone came out of an idea to ask someone to wear a treasure bowl buried alive under the walls. Zhu gave the admission. But where was the treasure bowl? There was a bowl in Zhang’s home outside the city, so he hastened to borrow it. He tried his best to manage to borrow. Zhang asked the emperor to make a promise to return the bowl before tomorrow dawn. Finally, the walls were built up and the emperor set his mind at rest. At this time, Zhang came back to demand his bowl. While the bowl and the man were under the walls, it was impossible to return it. If Zhu return the bowl, the walls will collapse. He was in a dilemma. Back to the palace, the emperor immediately announced the two imperial edicts. The first was that not allowed bellman to play before dawn days. Bellman didn’t play but roosters would crow. So the second edict was to kill all the roosters in the whole city. Therefore, the treasure was unnecessary to return but there is no chicken for people to eat. They had to eat duck."

I'll have to think what to do about this, and it may be radical. So, the original is preserved above, partly as a mind-bending excercise, and partly in case it may be useful later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs) 06:40, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay so I've spend many hours reworking this. Oddest was to yank the incomprehensible "legend" almost entirely. Must try the dish one of these days.Mare Nostrum 08:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs)

So this article was VERY RIGHTLY dinged on the front page, for (a) orphan, (b) neutrality, and (c) citations. Those warnings should now be eliminated I think, as the issues are all addressed.Mare Nostrum 08:36, 20 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mare Nostrum (talk • contribs)

This recipe is wrong[edit]

Sorry to say that. Hope someone can translate the Chinese version. --MtBell 22:56, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 17 March 2022[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 19:44, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nanjing Salted Duck → Nanjing salted duck – Despite the contention of the editor who moved the article here that this is a proper name, it isn't one, no more than are Peking duck, egg foo young, twice-cooked pork, and General Tso's chicken. Largoplazo (talk) 11:16, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. --The Tips of Apmh 15:00, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. I checked a few sources and they seem to use the lowercase form. It would be surprising if they didn't. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 17:13, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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