Duck fat for frying Turkey

[mr1581]

Anyone know where to get reasonably priced Duck Fat. We are frying our turkey this year and rather than use peanut oil... would probably need around 3 gallons I assume.

[boognish]

You won't be able to find 3 gallons of duck fat at a reasonable price, unless you consider $150 reasonable. Based on my rendering, it takes about 4 ducks to get a qt of fat, so you're looking at 48 ducks (or so) worth of fat.

I've never found reasonably-priced duck fat in Philly, which is why I render my own for confit, etc.

[kundabuffer]

D'Angelo's in the Italian Market sells it for less than you'd find anywhere else--definitely cheaper than the little D'Artignan containers. But it's kind of insane to fry a whole turkey in duck fat and wouldn't be worth it for any slight difference in taste the duck fat imparts. I'd probably just use a neutral oil.