Subj : Re: Turkey Day
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Dave Drum
Date : Mon Dec 02 2024 10:10:00

-=> Shawn Highfield wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Owner to turn a profit. What's the market like on domestic (farmed or
 DD> purpose raised) ducks and geese?

 SH> Even more expensive.

 DD> Duck is popular enough that we can also find duck eggs in some
 DD> markets.

 SH> We live above an asian grocery store.  Duck eggs are not hard to find
 SH> for me. :)  So when I was shopping yesterday I looked at the chickens
 SH> at "Real Canadian Superstore" and a whole uncooked chicken was $21.75.
 SH> It was small enough I think one person could eat it.

OWTCH! I just clicked over to my browser to look at one of the stores I
buy groceries from. "U$2.49 / lb Schnucks - Fresh Natural Whole Chickens"
So for a 5 lb/2 kg+ chicken we're looking at about U$12.50. Even with 
the rate of exchange between the two countries ... that RCS chook is a
very "high dollar" bird.

Heck I can get an 8 piece (2 wings, 2 breast halves, 2 thighs and 2 legs)
double breaded, deep fried and ready to eat for U$10.99.

And the President-elect thinks he's doing America a favour by raising
tarrifs on imports. Let the market choose, I say.  Bv)=

 DD> Great American Outback. OTOH enough Canadian geese have taken up
 DD> homes here on a permanent basis that one can go out with a 9 iron or
 DD> a ball bat and bring one home. Or stop and pick up the one(s) you ran
 DD> the way home from work.

 SH> They aren't used to the area yet.  Once they are settled you won't get
 SH> anywhere close to one with a 9 iron.  They will attack you and kick
 SH> your old ass across the city.  Nothing is as mean as a Canadian Goose.

Beg to differ. They've been here for over ten years, making sidewalks 
slick with their guano and generally being a PITA> I know about geese 
being territorial - I grew up on a farm. Guinea fowl is another protective
of its territory species. But the goose bites hurt worse than the guinea
nips.  Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Apache Wild Goose
 Categories: Game, Poultry, Fruits, Vegetables, Offal
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      8 lb Wild goose; well cleaned &
           - picked, do not skin.
  2 1/2 qt Cornbread crumbs
      1 lg Onion; chopped fine
      2    Jonathan apples; diced
           Salt & pepper
           Sage
           Garlic
           Goose giblets
 
  Boil giblets until tender, remove skin, and chop fine.
  Combine with cornbread crumbs, onions and apple. Mix well
  and add salt and ppeper, sage, garlic and other seasonings
  to taste. Moisten and stuff goose.
  
  Place goose in roasting pan and spread with about 2 T.
  butter, and then sprinkle with a little flour. Roast in
  350ºF/175ºC oven until done, which will take about 15
  to 20 minutes per pound. Baste often.
  
  Source: "Indian Cookin'", compiled by Herb Walker, 1977
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

 SH> ... If "R" is Reverse, how come "D" is FORWARD?


.... If progress means "moving forward" what does congress mean?
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