BLIND GROPING!

[curiousa2z]

help.
I'm going to be cooking a goose this Sunday for Solstice and have never cooked one before.
Any tips, suggestions, yearnings to visit the far north to cook a goose?

 

[Blindgroping]

It should cook like a turkey.
It will have more fat, so it will remain moister than a turkey.

Solstice, huh?
Stuff it with onions, celery, carrots and Pears.
Here's a basic recipe to work from.
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zgoos5.html

I suggest a Good Cloven Fruit cider.
Or a mulled red wine.
Real cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, a strawberry/pear compote, ...

Yes, it would be very interesting to come up and cook for you.

Let me look up some stuff.

 

[curiousa2z]

thanks, Babe!

sweet potatoes: check (very Solsticy)
yeah, I thought (from what I've heard) something tart like cranberry sauce to counter the fatty-ness of the goose...
strawberry/pear compote!? brilliant! check.
we have alot of apple orchards not far from here and the ciders they produce are excellent....so there's another check
thank you! appreciate this.

 

[Dr Dave]

What size of a goose are you making?

 

[curiousa2z]

well hell...turns out it's only ten pounds..that should feed oh six peeps.
off to buy a ham.

 

[The Question]

IZ YER GOOSE COOKED YET?! HAR! HAR! HAR! (etc.)

 

[Cassie]

Some day I will branch out and try to cook other kinds of birds. I've never cooked a goose or a duck, and every time I mention it everyone gives me the yuck face.

 

[Tisiphone]

The ducks we cook....are we supposed to have sex with them beforehand?

I only cook chicken, and that's it. And I'm usually just doing it for buffalo chicken sandwiches (which I had Friday night, btw). I'm a big fish eater, though.

 

[Cassie]

Definitely have sex with the ducks prior to roasting. It makes them juicy and tender.

 

[Dr Dave]

Its practically mandatory.

 

[Blindgroping]

Some day I will branch out and try to cook other kinds of birds. I've never cooked a goose or a duck, and every time I mention it everyone gives me the yuck face.

Parakeets are too small except if you boil them.

 

[Blindgroping]

The ducks we cook....are we supposed to have sex with them beforehand?

I only cook chicken, and that's it. And I'm usually just doing it for buffalo chicken sandwiches (which I had Friday night, btw). I'm a big fish eater, though.

What kind of fish?

 

[The Question]

Parakeets are too small except if you boil them.

Parakeets are best served flambe. Via slingshot. Presidents love them that way.

 

[Dr Dave]

As do hill folk.

 

[Tisiphone]

What kind of fish?

Tuna!! Haha...I R dirty-minded.

All kinds, really; salmon, scallops (go great in my risotto), clams, mussels, tilapia, mahi mahi, crab, lobster, oysters.

 

[curiousa2z]

my goose was cooked! and i gotta say, yum! -I like a bird that's all dark meat.

omg...prolly should have said that HERE, however.

 

[Dr Dave]

I will be good and not say anything.

 

[curiousa2z]

I'll tell Santa

 

[Blindgroping]

Tuna!! Haha...I R dirty-minded.

All kinds, really; salmon, scallops (go great in my risotto), clams, mussels, tilapia, mahi mahi, crab, lobster, oysters.

I find tilapia to be dirty .

Canned tuna or fresh?
Sushi?

seafood stew, bisque, half shell.....

I wish I had a GOOD, QUALITY grocery store close to me.

 

[Tisiphone]

^Both kinds of tuna. There's this great package of garlic & herb tuna that I will mix in with some penne and artichoke hearts. Fresh tuna only if someone else is cooking it, though. That takes forever.

I loooooooove sushi. My friend got me hooked on it when I lived in VA, and now I'm back in TX and was afraid there wouldn't be as many options, but was pleasantly surprised to find there are tons of sushi restaurants all over the DFW metroplex. My sister also has gotten into it too because it's gluten-free, so we'll eat it all the time.

Lobster bisque is delicious, and I love Tom Thumb's chowder.