re: #227 Alouette

OT, but an answer to the question that I have been asking since US Airways 1549. Why isn’t goose meat popular in the U.S.?

I asked the kosher butcher if he ever gets goose meat. He says it is a specialty meat, and there is only one kosher butcher in the U.S. who process goose, by special order only, and only at holiday time. He explained that geese are aggressive bastards, very difficult to slaughter efficiently, and Americans prefer turkey. I asked did he ever eat goose meat, and he said he had, and it’s good, but not worth the extra trouble of processing.

BTW only the European goose is a kosher fowl.

Canada Geese are protected by the Federal Migratory Bird Act and states have to follow the framework set by the USFWS. Even though there is massive overpopulation now hunting is limited to only a 2 or 3 months here in Ohio. With all the licenses, stamps and tags you have to purchase it is just not worth it to all but the most die hard hunters.