Christmas lunch at sea challenge

[iangrant]

A really interesting fella I met normally sails single handed. His last trip was from Gib to Las Palmas, dropping into Madera on the way for fun.

He is Crossing the Atlantic but with two crew on board. Now here is the challenge, the crew want Goose for lunch on Christmas day but with no freezer this presents a problem.

The solution ---- Sail off with a live one on board and on 24th of December prepare it for the table.

It made me laugh so thought I'd share it...


Ian

 

[boatmike]

Good job he didn't want roast beef..........

 

[cgull]

How about Roast Seagull or Albatross

 

[Bergman]

Re: Good idea - but

What do geese eat. I thought they ate grass which may be difficult to provide on a yacht in the middle of the atlantic.

The second point is the preparation - not to put too fine a point on it how to kill the brute.

Old boy used to live in village kept 2 geese and they would see off any dog in the parish. When OB died they had to shoot them, no-one would go near.

Not sure I'd want to share a yacht with a goose fighting for its life.

 

[Talbot]

Think you can get goose in tins from Fortnum and Mason.

 

[clyst]

Re: Good idea - but

not to mention that goose shite and when they shite its a lot of slippery smelly gunge!! Believe me you wouldn't want to share a boat with that stuff !! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[tome]

Good recipe

Preheat the oven on max and put in the goose with a household brick. Roast for 14 hours, take the goose out and discard it.

Eat the brick

 

[Becky]

Assuming that you could tell the difference at that stage!
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[Clive_Rigden]

I shall be on an aeroplane to New Zealand this Christmas Day. Wonder if we'll get bird stick for dinner! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

Re: Good idea - but

You could always feed the goose on maize (I think). That seems to go down well.

Goose droppings. The Canadian variety, seem to dry to a powdery ball which I can just knock of the cabin roof with my brush.
Gull's are altogether more glutinous and cement-like.
And there is something, as yet unidentified, which can re-gelcoat my deck in a single night. I'm not sure I want to meet it.

 

[Benbow]

Get a goose to hatch from its egg in your presence. It will imprint on you and faithfully follow you wherever you go. It will fly behind the boat, crapping in the sea. It will occasionally come on board to roost and feed. It will love you unreservedly, so will be easy to murder on Christmas eve.

 

[tazzle]

Agree with previous posts. Apart from a goose's ability to produce its own weight in fecal matter daily, you'd have to pluck it on deck with every hatch and ventilator closed and even then when you next inspected the bilges you'd find goose down...

But the real problem is that, when roasted, geese produce quite prodigious quantities of fat - you'd need not only to fit a very big goose in a very small oven but find room underneath for a very deep roasting tray which will need emptying twice during the roasting process - difficult enough to do at home, but I expect somewhat of a challenge in mid-atlantic

 

[Peppermint]

Re: Buy dead goose.

Get butcher to dismember it removing the bones. Pickle the cuts in brine. Get it out of the brine 2 days early and soak it in fresh water. change the water every couple of hours. The smaller bits will take less time to cook and will fit in the oven.

It'll taste like s**t but the challenge is done.