The Advent Calendar of Good, and Bad, Holiday Eats: Day 17 - Goose

The pre-Christmas Day season of Advent is upon us. Here at SeedSing we love the chocolaty goodness of getting a piece of candy once a day until we get to open our presents. As our gift to you we will present a treat associated with the holiday season. Many will be awesome, some will be terrible. Enjoy.

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Day 17: Goose

Every festive event has a dish that is the absolute center of attention. The Memorial Day cookout has hamburgers and hot dogs, the Fourth of July barbecue has hamburgers and hotdogs, the Labor Day outdoor feast features hamburgers and hotdogs, and every holiday food feast after has turkey. Christmas tries to be different. Instead of hamburgers, hot dogs, or turkey, Christmas dinner wants to make goose as the highlight of the meal.

Cooked goose is a dryer, less flavorful, version of turkey. Turkey is already an overrated highlight dish. Turkey tends to be dry, no matter well you brine it, and most people cover turkey with mayo, barbecue sauce, or any other number of strong flavors. Turkey is fancy spam. Goose is a worse version of turkey. It is dryer, it is less flavorful, and it is a waste of time. Christmas goose only looks good as words written in a Charles Dickens story.

With all of our fine food choices, it is a shame that people will offer goose as a highlight to their Christmas feast. Turkey is disappointing enough, but by offering goose, you show your guests that old English literature means more to you than actual flavor. Even if the goose is as big as you, do not serve it. Serve a good ham instead.

RD

RD is the Head Editor for SeedSing. If you serve goose, there may be a fight. Christmas should be merry, and I don't want to fight. Just like the Ramones sang about. 

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