Goose for Christmas????

[danmon_81]

I thinking of cooking a goose on christmas day.....I've just phoned a local farm shop and been told they have 12-14lb Gooses in @ £3.40 a lb......thats about £40....

Im feeding about 5 but dont mind having extras for the traditional evening Sarnie!
Anyone cooked one recently? I know they're fatty.
Is it worth it? or should i get some thing different???


cheers

Dan

[wollyanna]

I cooked one fpr the first time last year. We went to stay with one of my sons who kindly informed me he had ordered one fro the local butcher.After standing out in the freezing cold in quite a long queue for over an hour, I eventually got to collect the goose. Its was only an 8lb one .When I went to pay for it I nearly collapsed £47. I must say though that it was a beautiful bird and well worth trying. I must admit though that I look forward to turkey sandwiches etc after and there was really nothing left whatsoever after Christmas lunch. We did have some lovely goose fat for raost potatoes though.

[Nicos]

Yup- they are very expensive aren't they for the amount of meat. I think that's why turkies became more popular in the UK- it was always goose in Victorian times.

We used to have them most years , but I do like a turkey butty with cranberry sauce, stuffing, bread sauce,gravy and bits of left over veg squidged in.
That's what I call a real butty!!!!

[bluemoon]

I bought an organic turkey from a local farm last year and it cost £47, to be honest it wasn't that special either, so if I'm ever going to spend that sort of money again I think I'd go for something a bit different. Christmas at Mum's this year though, so I don't have to bother. I was supposed to be getting a pair of (living) geese last month, but sudden and severe arthritis has put that idea on the back burner. I wouldn't have eaten the original pair, but I would have raised a couple of their next year's goslings for the table. I now have a goose 'stable' on my lottie and no-one living in it, but with any luck I'll be well enough to take a pair next year, which means it will be Christmas 2011 before I try a home raised one now.

[piskieinboots]

I cook goose each year, I use Goodmans Geese (you can buy online) and they are superb, expensive yes - but I'm worth it I'm just in the process of sorting out this years order, I won't be getting change for until £65 by the looks of it

[HayleyB]

I was quoted today £57 for a 5kg goose

[snuffer]

£40.00 is not a bad price for a goose. We always had goose for Christmas dinner until the Hagga Bagga (mother in law) started coming. We now have turkey (even though she's never had goose, she doesn't like goose) and save the goose for new year.

Just be aware that a 14lb goose will have no where near the amount of meat that a 14lb turkey will have. You will not be disappointed goose is delicious.

[northepaul]

Anyone know if you can get goose crowns?
I would love to have goose but I only have a small oven....

None of us like turkey, and have always gone for beef, although last year we bought (what we thought was) top notch beef, paid good price etc and it was tough as old boots...

Thinking of something different this year!

[Sprocket*]

I did Goose last year - can't remember the weight but it was large - I was feeding 8. It was organic free range and cost me about £80+. Yes I know I needed oxygen.
There was nothing left after xmas day - it was nice but not appreciated by my extended family (Bernard Matthews Turkey roll is their preference).

It was lovely to eat and served it with cider gravey - just got fed up of draining the fat off it... Having Turkey this year.

[wollyanna]

Geese are quite a flat bird so more managable in the oven.make sure you have a rack in the roasting tin which keeps the bird clear of the glorious fat .pour it off and bottle it for your roast potatoes .

[annacruachan]

Forked out for a goose a few years ago - lovely meat and great fat for roast spuds for a month or two, but not worth the money. Duck is just the same.
We are not fond of turkey so we usually now buy a leg, or half depending on how many we are feeding, of pork. Lovely crackling, great in sarnies and it's all meat!

[Brengirl]

Last year I bought a goose from Aldi's. It was a frozen one and only cost £14.99. It was delicious but not big enough for seconds. This year our daughter and sil are doing the spread at our house. So we shall be gobbling turkey.

[HayleyB]

Now I'm in two minds, do I don't I

[Brengirl]

If you bought a big enough turkey you could it with the goose.

[northepaul]

Last year I bought a goose from Aldi's. It was a frozen one and only cost £14.99. It was delicious but not big enough for seconds. This year our daughter and sil are doing the spread at our house. So we shall be gobbling turkey.

Hmm will have to have a look there, thanks for the tip Brengirl .....although I would prefer organic, I dont want to have to take out a loan to buy one