a festive goose

It has been our habit for some years to have a goose at Christmas. I remember paying about £70 (seventy quid) for one in 2009, the year we moved up to Hull. But since Aldi and Lidl have become so ubiquitous, we generally buy a frozen goose for £20 when they come into stock in October-ish,…

goose stir fry

We got three tubs full of goose meat into the freezer leftover from this year’s festive bird, and decided to stir fry the contents of one tonight.  We had no ginger or chillis in the house, astonishingly, so trudged out in the snow to obtain some, and had a lovely walk around Pearson Park in…

goose and bacon pie

using up: cold goose, bacon, apple juice, ready made pastry I thought we’d seen the last of Johnny Goose, but when Pete manfully tackled the carcass after we’d boiled it up for soup, there was a fair bit left. There were other bits and pieces too, so it was deemed Pie Time. I fried off…