goose

[acacia]

What does goose taste like? Duck?

[Jenny Tools]

Chicken and don't call me Duck

[New Forester]

It's most like duck in texture, but has its own flavour too.  Not really that similar to chicken or turkey.

 

Both are quite fatty -- so don't do what I did once and add extra oil for basting!  (The cat then ate most of the cooled dish of inch-deep fat, and for weeks afterwards the grease came off his fur when you stroked him...).  Keep the fat for frying or roasting -- brilliant for roast potatoes.

 

But the meat itself is lovely and juicy, and as I say, well flavoured.  A goose makes a truly wonderful Christmas dinner.

 

If they were less bother to keep, we'd always have goose for Christmas -- but I've found they have a vigilante streak, constantly attacking other poultry, and they also spend their time complaining about everything, very loudly.

 

Goose and duck eggs are also similar to each other, (and unlike hen or turkey eggs).  They have very white whites, and extra large, very rich yolks.

[NoGood Boyo]

NF's comments are comprehensive and accurate, as ever, but I'll add one suggestion. Look up a recipe for "cassoulet" - a sort of French stew made largely with haricot beans, and use duck in in as the main poultry ingredient. Real belt-stretching food!

[Kay]

We used to have goose at Xmas as kids and there was tons of grease from it.My mother would bottle it to keep and rub it into our chests when any of us had a cold.

[thedr]

Try goose with gooseberry sauce