Ducky Biccy

A shortbread biscuit to end a fantastic lunch at " the Drunken Duck " pub at Barngates by Ambleside.

The Legend :-

It dates back to the Victorian times when the landlady of the pub found her ducks lying stretched out in the road and concluded that they were dead. Thrusting she began to pluck and prepare them for dinner. The ducks however, were "quick" and not dead. Down in the cellar a barrel had slipped it's hoops and the beer had gradually drained from the floor into the duck's customary feeding ditch. Thereupon the ducks made all too good use of their unexpected opportunity, with the result that when they came to they found themselves plucked and halfway to the oven!
According to the local legend, the landlady, full of remorse for the rough treatment, provided the de-feathered birds with knitted waistcoats of Hawkshead yarn until their feathers grew back again!!