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Goose
Dec 21, 2016 0:05:41 GMT
Post by Moose on Dec 21, 2016 0:05:41 GMT
Anyone tried this? Once, many years ago, my ex and I bought a frozen one for Christmas dinner - shockingly expensive. We were having a friend for dinner (um, as a visitor, obviously) and said friend ALSO turned up with a goose (he didn't know what we had) which he'd bought for cut price the day before.. a fresh one. So anyway, we cooked both. They were nice but not nice enough to justify the fact that they were a good two and a half times - at least - as expensive as turkey. Very, very fatty too.
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Goose
Dec 21, 2016 3:04:55 GMT
Post by Kye on Dec 21, 2016 3:04:55 GMT
Yep --fatty and expensive. That about covers it.
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Goose
Dec 21, 2016 3:37:49 GMT
Post by Moose on Dec 21, 2016 3:37:49 GMT
Tasty enough I thought. But in a blind taste test I doubt I could have distinguished it from turkey.
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Goose
Dec 21, 2016 15:18:07 GMT
Post by JoeP on Dec 21, 2016 15:18:07 GMT
I suspect it's one of those things where if cooked well (and you get a good one, not a "Christmas is coming and the goose is getting ridiculously fatty" one) it could be quite special.
But I haven't had it, that I recall.
I do like duck.
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Goose
Dec 22, 2016 8:19:54 GMT
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Post by Elis on Dec 22, 2016 8:19:54 GMT
Frank's mother made it for Christmas in the past. I didn't like it that much because it tastes a bit too greasy. The past two years, there was no goose and I didn't miss it at all, but this year Frank's mother is making it again because his sister wants it. We'll have to bring it to her place where she does the rest of the Christmas meal. There is usually quite a lot left over which we are invited to have on sandwiches, but I don't like it cold. The greasy taste is worse then.
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Goose
Dec 22, 2016 8:44:19 GMT
Post by raspberrybullets on Dec 22, 2016 8:44:19 GMT
My mum tells me goose is amazing, but has to be a good one, not just fatty. I think I have had it once. I do love duck so assume I would love a good goose.
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Goose
Dec 22, 2016 17:45:02 GMT
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Post by Mari on Dec 22, 2016 17:45:02 GMT
Didn't goose used to be the poor people's turkey? Interesting that it's now reversed.
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Goose
Dec 23, 2016 14:34:19 GMT
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Post by tangent on Dec 23, 2016 14:34:19 GMT
I've only ever had goose in a Chinese meal and usually swamped with sauce so you can't taste it.
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Goose
Dec 24, 2016 18:10:23 GMT
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Post by Elis on Dec 24, 2016 18:10:23 GMT
Didn't goose used to be the poor people's turkey? Interesting that it's now reversed. Germans tend to have goose and Frank's sister likes it, so she asks for it. I hate the greasy taste, but I don't want to complain. I don't think I myself will ever want to make goose for Christmas once we celebrate by ourselves.
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Goose
Dec 24, 2016 19:21:29 GMT
Post by tangent on Dec 24, 2016 19:21:29 GMT
After what you've told us, I don't think we will either.
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Goose
Dec 24, 2016 22:08:22 GMT
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Post by Elis on Dec 24, 2016 22:08:22 GMT
After what you've told us, I don't think we will either. Sorry. My parents never made it. I think they didn't think it was worth the effort.
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Goose
Jun 28, 2017 19:14:07 GMT
Post by Moose on Jun 28, 2017 19:14:07 GMT
Re duck, my ex and I had it once for Christmas. It was nice but there was very little meat on it - you cut into what on a turkey would be the breast and you hit a bone very quickly. One duck just about managed to feed two of us but it would not have stretched to a family meal
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Goose
Jun 30, 2017 12:31:55 GMT
Post by raspberrybullets on Jun 30, 2017 12:31:55 GMT
Oh no, def not. One duck for two people. Whenever we had duck back at my parents they would always bake two for the four of us. I love duck.
Yesterday, Ronald and I went to a sichuan chinese restuarant and I orderd the quail - now there's a tiny bird. God it was delicious though. Spicy too! And only had two red chillis. Most of their dishes had 3.
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Goose
Jun 30, 2017 17:11:36 GMT
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Post by tangent on Jun 30, 2017 17:11:36 GMT
There are lots of ducks by the canal near whete we live. Can we legally catch them and eat them?
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Goose
Jun 30, 2017 19:24:59 GMT
Post by Moose on Jun 30, 2017 19:24:59 GMT
I am not sure. You can't catch swans but you might be able to catch duck. Though I suspect that you wouldn't I've never had quail RB .. what did it taste of?
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Goose
Jun 30, 2017 22:04:36 GMT
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Post by tangent on Jun 30, 2017 22:04:36 GMT
I am not sure. You can't catch swans but you might be able to catch duck. Though I suspect that you wouldn't Not while young children were in sight feeding it, no.
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Goose
Jul 1, 2017 9:06:33 GMT
Post by raspberrybullets on Jul 1, 2017 9:06:33 GMT
I am not sure. You can't catch swans but you might be able to catch duck. Though I suspect that you wouldn't I've never had quail RB .. what did it taste of? Tastes like other poultry I suppose. Bit more ducky than chickeny I would say. Though as this was covered by sichuan spices, that was the dominant flavour. Was sooo delicious.
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Goose
Jul 2, 2017 17:39:39 GMT
Post by Moose on Jul 2, 2017 17:39:39 GMT
Everything tastes the same when it's smothered in sauce
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