Actually Lee, I'm serious abou the Eider. We (Gene Chankdler & myself) hunted with Keith Mueller/Dave Clark/Paul Dobrosky (and a couple other guys who's names I can't recall) out in Nantucket Sound, MA back in the 90's. We cleaned up on Eider and had a ball. When we got back to Keith's place, he asked if we wanted taste some Eider. Well, of course we did. So, Keith breasted the birds out, chunked them up and stir fried them. WOW! Absolutely the best duck I'd eaten. I brought a bunch home and stir fried them up and they were a big hit. We made several dinners of nothing but Eider.
Sound like some folks have had less than Stellar (pun intended) results with cooking Eider.
Lou