A Goose is a large bird that lives in both domesticated and wild forms. The birds are raised for their meat, eggs, fat and feathers. (They may sometimes also be kept as “guard geese”, as they can be quite beligerent at times.)Goose meat is dark and fatty, though not as fatty as duck. A Goose…
Goose Fat, or as some cooks say, “that old white magic”, is a cooking fat rendered from the flesh of geese. Many people swear by the taste for cooking things in. There are two types of goose fat: brown and blonde. Brown fat is the fat that you get while roasting a goose; it renders…
Martinmas © Gerhard Gellinger / pixabay.com / 2015 / CC0 1.0 Martinmas is on the 11th of November. Martinmas was traditionally the day on which pigs and geese were slaughtered. It used to be as well the time when parliament and school started up again, contracts were signed or renewed, municipal elections were held, etc….
Michaelmas Day © Beverly Lloyd-Roberts / freeimages.com / 2008 The 29th of September is the feast of St Michael the archangel, who, among other things, is the patron saint of grocers. The feast day was known as Michaelmas. Goose is a traditional food on this day. Michaelmas Day was a major festival during the Middle…
Klicking Karl / wikimedia / 2007 / CC BY-SA 3.0 The Goose Fair is held in Nottingham, England, every year in October. It’s opened by the mayor of Nottingham who gets to ring silver bells to mark the opening, and lasts for 3 days. The fair has been running for at least 300 years. Traditionally,…
The trick to roasting a goose is dealing with the incredible amount of fat that will render off it. But do as the French do — see that as a blessing. Put the fat in a bottle and pop it in a fridge for future cooking use. This is a very basic roasting technique for…
Schmaltz is rendered chicken or goose fat. Schmaltz from goose fat is considered the best, but from chicken fat is more common. Both geese and chickens were expensive; you wouldn’t waste any part of them. Some people make Schmaltz from fat they have skimmed off their chicken soups, saving it up until there is enough…
