Christmas Dinner - Turkey V's Goose

mikerowsopht

Recently a mate of mine said he used to have goose for christmas dinner, not turkey.

I have never heard of people eating goose for christmas dinner before and am just wondering if this is the norm or the same as eating swan.

Are there any people out there that do have goose for christmas dinner and if so how would you rate the goose v's the turkey in terms of uummmneesss as this all sounds like a hoax

Gunsfortoys

mikerowsopht wrote: »

I have never heard of people eating goose for christmas dinner before and am just wondering if this is the norm or the same as eating swan.

I hate saying it but...

/Facepalm.

Snakeblood

mikerowsopht wrote: »

Recently a mate of mine said he used to have goose for christmas dinner, not turkey.

I have never heard of people eating goose for christmas dinner before and am just wondering if this is the norm or the same as eating swan.

Are there any people out there that do have goose for christmas dinner and if so how would you rate the goose v's the turkey in terms of uummmneesss as this all sounds like a hoax

I've got a morbid fascination with every new thread you make. It seldom disappoints.

Goose is fairly common, in England at least.

mikerowsopht

I haven't eaten swan now, just saying that I have heard of "mad" people's eating swan before and since have never heard of anyone eating goose I am going to throw the goose in to the swan boat

flyton5

Goosefat is great for making roast potatos...FACT!

AnonoBoy

It's not as common in Ireland as England but it's still not that unusual to hear of somebody eating Goose for Christmas dinner.

Have you led a very sheltered life OP?

Snakeblood

mikerowsopht wrote: »

I haven't eaten swan now, just saying that I have heard of "mad" people's eating swan before and since have never heard of anyone eating goose I am going to throw the goose in to the swan boat

The queen eats swan. AND IMMIGANTS.

mikerowsopht

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It's not as common in Ireland as England but it's still not that unusual to hear of somebody eating Goose for Christmas dinner.

Have you led a very sheltered life OP?

I do lead a very sheltered life, spend most of my time in my command centre ( bedroom )

But no, have never heard of people eating goose for christmas before so this is new to me.

mikerowsopht

Snakeblood wrote: »

I've got a morbid fascination with every new thread you make. It seldom disappoints.

I do try to entertain while at the same time keeping it real

yeppydeppy

I've had goose for xmas dinner most years of my life. I'm in my thirties. I've heard that goose is more traditional and turkey is an American import.

mikerowsopht

yeppydeppy wrote: »

I've had goose for xmas dinner most years of my life. I'm in my thirties. I've heard that goose is more traditional and turkey is an American import.

Interesting, so it does be true.
I assume you have also had turkey so in your opinion what's nicer and why?

enda1

Turkey only became popular in the 60's or something with the advent of mass production of food and the end of the post-war depression in the UK (whereby everyone had a few bob and demanded a big bird on the Christmas table).

Goose is the traditional bird and will be my choice this Christmas too.

Long may you all choose Turkey and keep the prices down (pun!) for the delicious Goose.

pickarooney

"Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat"

Did you think this was a governement diabetes warning?

FoxT

- after the budget, Ireland's goose will be cooked one way or the other. Of course, the politicians will continue to swan around with their mercs & perks.


- FoxT

kfallon

mikerowsopht wrote: »

I do lead a very sheltered life, spend most of my time in my command centre ( bedroom )

Bet your 'soldier stands to attention' quite often in there

Asphyxia

Never heard of people eating swan there too beautiful to be eaten. I have only ever had turkey for Christmas dinner.

blackbird98

as others have said, goose was always the traditional xmas dinner. have had it a few times, it's nice for a change, but prefer turkey.

goose is very greasy/fatty, like duck, has to be cooked well to expel the fat, and when cooked, not nearly as much meat as on a turkey.

a goose is also a lot more expensive than turkey. as someone else said, goosefat makes great roasties...yum yum

if you've never eaten it, then I would deffo recommend that try it!!

mikerowsopht

blackbird98 wrote: »

as others have said, goose was always the traditional xmas dinner. have had it a few times, it's nice for a change, but prefer turkey.

goose is very greasy/fatty, like duck, has to be cooked well to expel the fat, and when cooked, not nearly as much meat as on a turkey.

a goose is also a lot more expensive than turkey. as someone else said, goosefat makes great roasties...yum yum

if you've never eaten it, then I would deffo recommend that try it!!

never eaten it before, am intrigued now though. Don't think I would risk ruining christmas dinner though. Might purchase one and have it before or after christmas to judge how nice it is, then I'll make a decision.

not really into grease or fat though, prefer just meat really but worth a shot, thnx

Donkey Oaty

pickarooney wrote: »

"Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat"

Did you think this was a governement diabetes warning?

Government propergander?

Shenshen

mikerowsopht wrote: »

Recently a mate of mine said he used to have goose for christmas dinner, not turkey.

I have never heard of people eating goose for christmas dinner before and am just wondering if this is the norm or the same as eating swan.

Are there any people out there that do have goose for christmas dinner and if so how would you rate the goose v's the turkey in terms of uummmneesss as this all sounds like a hoax

As far as I know, it used to be the norm before Turkeys became fashionable.
It still is the norm in much of Europe, with the exception of the UK and Ireland.

Corsendonk

Pocketfizz wrote: »

Never heard of people eating swan there too beautiful to be eaten. I have only ever had turkey for Christmas dinner.

Swan was a major feast dish for the nobility. Any commoner caught killing and eating didnt survive long after.

Pherekydes

Turducken ftw!

Shenshen

mikerowsopht wrote: »

never eaten it before, am intrigued now though. Don't think I would risk ruining christmas dinner though. Might purchase one and have it before or after christmas to judge how nice it is, then I'll make a decision.

not really into grease or fat though, prefer just meat really but worth a shot, thnx

I would definitely recommend it, the meat is much richer and tastier than Turkey.

People throughout would sneer at eating Turkey, they regard it as rather tasteless and dry oversized chicken. Nowhere near nice and special enough for christmas

FoxT

Samuel Pepys' diaries refer occasionally to them.

' To supper with my Lord, where had a dish of larks' - that kind of thing.

- FoxT

spuddy90

Never had goose for xmas day!! But my father always made goose for new years day!!! we all loved it!!!:)

dolphin city

you should get out more - goose was in fact the traditional christmas dinner before turkey came along - lots of people still have goose - its more fatty, and there is less meat - its not as dry as turkey and very tasty and the goose fat makes the best roast potatoes.

r3nu4l

I go for the Irish tradition of Turkey and Ham every year. I love it so much! When I first moved to England I went out for a Christmas lunch at work and ordered the Turkey...assuming that there would be ham with it. There wasn't :mad:

When I mentioned this to my colleagues they thought I was mad as apparently turkey doesn't come with ham in England! :eek:

To be honest, I love my turkey and ham so much that I would never even contemplate switching to goose. I'd have goose at a restaurant any time except Christmas.

dolphin city

i know where you are coming from..... first christmas I spend in the States I nearly cried when I got invited to some Ameriican's house for Christmas only to find out that they had ONLY A CHRISTMAS HAM. when I asked where was the turkey the told me that contrary to popular believe, americans don't have turkey for Christmas because they already have had it for Thanksgiving and they usually have ham or prime rib. I nearly cried.

yeppydeppy

mikerowsopht wrote: »

Interesting, so it does be true.
I assume you have also had turkey so in your opinion what's nicer and why?

I like turkey too, but if I had to decide I'd choose Goose, it's not as dry and has more flavour.

littlemis

In our house we always have goose and duck for Christmas,new year and any other special festive occasion,as mentioned we save the fat and use it for the roast potatoes,we used to have a turkey as well but found that no one liked it,not even the children,so we gave up having the turkey....as mentioned lovely and tasty not as much messing about when cooking it either...

SupaDupaFly

Always, always, always have goose and ham for Christmas and New Years. It makes turkey taste like cardboard. So tasty.