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    #26
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    Wyattetta's and the boy's. The girl's on my side. So we alternate.

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      #27
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      I've never had goose, at Christmas or any other time.

      That event sounds lame. Seinfeld already did it with Festivus.

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        #28
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        Seriously - he has it absolutely right. neck and giblets go to make the terrine. Legs for confit and roast the crown. Lots of work, but 4 or 5 fantastic meals to show for it. More if you use the confit to make a big fat cassoulet.

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          #29
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          Goddamn canadians. You'd have thought if anyone understood goose they would.

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            #30
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            Purves Grundy wrote:
            Seriously - he has it absolutely right. neck and giblets go to make the terrine. Legs for confit and roast the crown. Lots of work, but 4 or 5 fantastic meals to show for it. More if you use the confit to make a big fat cassoulet.
            It sounds great. I don't think I'll do it for Christmas, though, because the neck and giblets are earmarked for my gravy. I might just totally buy a goose and try it out, though, not for Christmas at all. Have someone over or something.

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              #31
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              Can't see the point of gravy with goose - doesn't need it. pour off the fat out of the roasting tray and then just deglaze the gunk with a glass or two of a good heafty white wine. drizzle a little of that over and that's all you need - the meat is good and juicy and the veg have all been done in goosefat. Gravy on all that is just gilding the lily.

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                #32
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                So is Dawkins singing, dancing, telling jokes or all three? I suppose it is too much to expect him to be doing a magic show or ventriloquism.I would so like to see him doing ventriloquism. That would be worth the price of admission alone.

                I bet they won't even have Daniel Dennett coming on as Santa.

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                  #33
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                  Purves Grundy wrote:
                  More if you use the confit to make a big fat cassoulet.
                  Why do I have to read a sentence like this somewhere near midnight when I will have hours torturing myself with the idea but unable to do anything about it.

                  Can someone bump it back up to the top of the thread about noon tomorrow (and suggest a restaurant in central London that can oblige)?

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                    #34
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                    Goddamn canadians. You'd have thought if anyone understood goose they would.
                    Oi. You're not allowed to eat the ones around here.
                    Lousy Canada Geese, shitting on everything in sight.

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                      #35
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                      WornOldMotorbike wrote:
                      You're not allowed to eat the ones around here.
                      Why on Earth not?

                      Over here, they have a reputation for making poor eating, but H F-W says that's bollocks. I think if you have a shotgun license and the farmer's permission (and the latter is easy to get, because farmers hate the bastards), you can blast away to your heart's content.

                      (Sorry, OTF animal rights persons.)

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                        #36
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                        Bored Of Discipline wrote:
                        I would so like to see him doing ventriloquism. That would be worth the price of admission alone.
                        "Tell the boys and girls what evolution's like!"

                        "It's like a Glind Yotchnaker!"

                        "A what?"

                        "A Glind Yotchnaker!"

                        "Oh, a Blind Watchmaker!"

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                            #38
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                              #39
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                              Reed of the Valley People wrote:
                              Seinfeld already did it with Festivus.
                              No, I don't think it'll be like that.

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