# Finding a goose to cook in the US **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237 "2013-12-01T21:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/21 "2013-12-02T16:23:08Z")
I, too, seem to recall reading that [goose](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356653) is [greasy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489848) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/22 "2013-12-02T16:47:17Z")
I bought a free-range goose last year from a vendor at the farmer’s market. It was expensive, but quite good, and lasted me quite a long time, too. If you can’t get it at a large chain grocery store, ask at an independent butcher shop. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/23 "2013-12-02T21:50:29Z")
Yeah, check with a local butcher - they may not have it on hand, but will be able to get it in for you. Your local butcher is an underrated, underutilized resource. Mine is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/24 "2013-12-02T22:30:55Z")
Despite having been in DC over a year now, I still know nothing about this town. Wagshal’s is nearby, and it looks like it’s worth checking out regardless. I’ll need to look into butchers too. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/25 "2013-12-02T22:46:28Z")
Wagshal’s is amazing. Go to the Mass ave location and talk to Pat, she’s the butcher and awesome. ETA: Wagshals is a butcher. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/26 "2013-12-07T19:58:56Z")
I don’t know if it’s too far for you, but the Giant in Wheaton had several geese for sale as of today. ---
**Author:** ![bermboston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@bermboston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bermboston)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/27 "2013-12-08T01:02:57Z")
I would try D’artagnan…they supply both restaurants and retail and have access to most game meats. [bermboston@gmail.com](mailto:bermboston@gmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/28 "2013-12-08T01:18:24Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > The only thing with goose, and I forget where I heard this, is that it can be really greasy. > [@txtumbleweed](#): > > I, too, seem to recall reading that [goose](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356653) is [greasy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489848) Damn, you people have long memories. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/29 "2013-12-08T01:58:24Z")
Up here, most major chain groceries stock a small number of frozen ones after Thanksgiving; when they’re gone, they’re gone. Local butchers either stock or will order them. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/30 "2013-12-08T14:29:15Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Damn, you people have long memories. 😃 Kinda. The fattiness of goose has been mentioned multiple times throughout this thread. I actually though Malcandra was trying to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/31 "2013-12-08T14:34:55Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Kinda. The fattiness of goose has been mentioned multiple times throughout this thread. I actually though Malcandra was trying to be funny. Oh, I assumed **Malcandra** was being funny too. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/32 "2013-12-08T15:21:41Z")
Ok, that makes me feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/33 "2013-12-08T18:07:32Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > Try looking in ethnic grocery stores, i.e. Asian or Hispanic. They carry lots of items that mainstream grocery stores don’t carry. +1 to this. The Chinese and Korean supermarkets have all sorts of poultry and game, usually for a lot cheaper than WF or, shudder, what D’artagnan is going to cost you. I’ve been eating 2.99 lb lobster for a lot of this past week, thanks to the local super H-Mart. Is it as good as a lobster right there at Young’s Lobster Pound? Hell no, but it’s good enough. Their goose is probably similar. And just try to find at WF a duck with the head and feet still attached. Sure do love the Hudson Valley or D’art fois gras that local restaurants serve though. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/34 "2013-12-08T19:20:13Z")
Our wild Canadian geese no longer go south. Or perhaps it is that geese from Canada consider this their south and ours go to Missouri. The other day huge flocks of them were downed because of fog and freezing rain. Too bad you don’t live in MN and you probably, with a little effort, could have just gone out and picked one up. Your recipe would have started with this instruction: First worm your goose. . . ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/35 "2013-12-08T23:13:16Z")
Why would one want to eat goose when turkeys are far cheaper and 1000x less greasy? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/36 "2013-12-08T23:51:56Z")
Hijack: Where can you find real-thing foie gras? You can get pate a lot of places but it’s always pork-liver or chicken-liver pate, IME. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/37 "2013-12-08T23:53:44Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > I, too, seem to recall reading that [goose](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356653) is [greasy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489848) In some cultures the grease is spread on bread, like butter. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/38 "2013-12-09T01:51:00Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Why would one want to eat goose when turkeys are far cheaper and 1000x less greasy? Something new to try? ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/39 "2013-12-09T02:38:52Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hijack: Where can you find real-thing foie gras? > > You can get pate a lot of places but it’s always pork-liver or chicken-liver pate, IME. Hoity-toity grocery stores, delis, and liquor stores (like Spec’s downtown) will have actual lobes. Or you can mail order from places like Hudson valley fois gras or D’artangan. Hudsons has duck for between 90 and 115. Keep in mind, this is all going to be Duck liver, not goose. Goose seems to be hard to find in the US. Ebay looks like they have it but caveat emptor. You’ve got me why foie gras d’oie is very hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237/40 "2013-12-09T03:56:23Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > In some cultures the grease is spread on bread, like butter. Or chests - like Vicks! (Trademark) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-goose-to-cook-in-the-us/675237.md?page=3)