Merry Christmas

[molehill]

A belated Christmas greetings to all.
A strange one here at Molehill Towers, just the 2 of us sat round the bonfire swigging bubbly and watching the afternoon light fade - put much of the world to rights in a relatively short time. After dark, inside for a wagyu steak and decent bottle of red, plus a revisit to Barry Island where we spent an afternoon this summer 👍.

In truth, family arrive tomorrow and our unofficial Christmas Day is Saturday (not even opened our presents yet). Remind me to get out goose out the freezer tomorrow or I shall be in serious trouble.

[Llani Boy]

Is the goose thawing out nicely Moley?

[molehill]

Is the goose thawing out nicely Moley?

I have just mentioned it to Mrs Mole - devolved responsibility from here.

[mr brightside]

Goose eh, these steam bunny lot are living like lords.

[molehill]

Goose eh, these steam bunny lot are living like lords.

Home reared goose, no less, two more in the freezer 👍.

Goose is cooked and ‘resting’ by the wood burner, unfortunately the other two went for a walk hours ago and have failed to reappear- I suspect they are stuck in the pub!
Be an angry Mrs Mole soon 😱

[Mike T]

I don't eat meat anymore, but when I did, goose was my favourite. As for its price if not home reared, the obvious comparison is turkey, which I found dull and pointless, so overpriced at any price.

[molehill]

Goose is one hell of a price, but only when you have reared them you realise why, though there are cheaper ‘commercial’ reared ones, many from Europe.
Gladys (mother goose) starts to lay on Valentine Day and 10 months of care later (protecting from assorted predators plus feeding) we hope to have some for the freezer. It is a labour of love but worth it - from egg to plate - or something like that!

[Wheeze]

Like Mike T, I no longer eat meat but when I did, I never had goose. Turkey was all about the prep. A lot of butter, bacon and stuffing needed to render anything vaguely palatable. Never had Waygu beef neither. Life is clearly high on the hog in Mole Towers!
I do hope the errant pub goers got back before T'missus lost the proverbial rag!

[PeteS]

We had our unofficial Christmas day on the 21st as that was the only time children and respective partners could make it.
A 3 bird affair - turkey, duck and chicken - as there's not one they all like. All the trimmings, stuffing etc. Christmas pudding and sticky toffee pudding to finish.
Friday before was an Indian buffet as is our way. Largely a vegetarian spread but (even though I say it myself) my lamb bhuna is devine and always gets a trot out on such an occasion.

Christmas day lunch was a haunch of venison with just the 3 of us. When I say lunch it was rather delayed due to my mother's aged take on timings and so we didn't actually eat until gone 6. A lovely meal though with a little left over for boxing day sandwiches