Butchering a goose the same as a chicken? UPDATED W/ UGLY COOKED GOOSE

[MandyH]

 

[al6517]

I almost allways just breast them out, just cutting up the breast bone through the skin and all, then just cut out the breast meat. This method will allow for all kinds of exotic cooking ideas.

AL

 

[Eggs4Sale]

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Do you mean that you basically only butcher the breast part and let the vultures have the rest? Because the breast was by far the largest part, and I was surprised how little meat was on the other parts. It seemed a waste to do all that work, so if you're talking about butchering just the breast, I can understand.

 

[miss_jayne]

goose meat is mostly breast. so this method does seem to make sense.

 

[rufus]

Goose seems to be about half feathers. My mother said they used to pluck them alive. We never did that though. Use needle nose pliers to pull out the stubborn little nubs.

This is the wrong time of the year to try and butcher anything. Just too hot! You should have saved the geese for November.

We used to roast them on a rack since what wasn't feathers seemed to be fat. Lots of fat. Save it for shmaltz.

Good luck,

Rufus

 

[Eggs4Sale]

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We were very surprised at the difference in size, from feathered to not feathered. We started thinking maybe the ducks would disappoint as well. We had to either kill them or re-home them in this miserable heat because they started biting my little ones, and they were getting quite aggressive. We weren't thrilled about having geese to begin with, knowing they were likely to do this, but we felt really bad about their previous living conditions and decided to take the gamble last April. We won't be replacing them, that's for sure!

I can't imagine plucking a goose alive. I wonder why they did that, does anyone know?

 

[jvls1942]

I think she meant plucked them DRY,, no scalding water.. the people would then save the down feathers for nice pillows and then strip the feathers with quills in them for other things like comfortors .. we made pillows with our first few batches of geese.. Aaaahhhh

 

[rufus]

Nope, she said they made them pluck them alive. She hated it.

Geese are good watch dogs, but they will eat up your garden and yard in no time.

They used to try to eat the pattern and buttons off of her dresses. They used to pinch my sister in law all the time. I loved it.

Rufus

 

[saddina]

I bet it would make good tamales.

 

[chiknlady]

I only use paraffin wax plucking on ducks and geese --after trying several the regular way. You add the wax to the hot water and dip 2-3 times to coat--then you need to chill the bird until the wax sets up--less than 15 minutes usually or dunk it in an ice bath. All you have to do then is peel off wax--feathers and all...it also makes for a pretty carcass and removes almost all of the downy feathers too.