A bit of potato? In the movie musical “Scrooge”, that is how he explains his hallucinations, but that was on Christmas eve.
This year I thought there was no way she could have that big, probably tough goose done by “sharp at 3”.
We love that movie.
Thank you, Meekah, for re posting the links! I’m glad to read them!
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He does. And when you think Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, you can see that it must have been fairly popular then, at least amongst the better-off in Victorian Britain. So Scrooge’s gift is a definite indication of “largesse”.
But it wasnt until the 1950s that it really became a mass market. Factory farming, from Norfolk based companies like Bernard Matthews brought the price down , and it was linked to the expansion of fridge ownership post WW2. It really has the same story as roast chicken. When I was young lad, a roast chicken was a special occasion meal - something for the likes of Easter Sunday.
By the by, the UK is no longer a majority Christian country. Our latest census shows only 46% of the population described themselves as such. 37% described themselves as “no religion” (of which I was one), with the next largest group being Muslims (6%). Jews are a small minority at 0.5%. But I bet the vast majority of the population, of all faith and none, ate turkey on Christmas Day as a special family occasion.
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Years ago my then-GF and I were B&B’ing across the UK and one of our hosts served us a meal of locally raised goose with a Cumberland sauce and the dish was just phenomenal. I had never had it before and have never had it since and I admit that I almost do not want to try it because in my memory, that was the quintessential British dish for me.
It was close run competition between that and the fish and chips near Robin Hoods Bay and the Cornish Pasty, but the goose won by a beak.
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Cumberland sauce is traditionally served cold but I make a hot version to serve with game such as venison or pheasant. I can see how it would go well with the rich meat of goose. It’s a traditional festive meat but one you don’t see too often these days and, when you do, it’s very much premium price.
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