Christmas Luncheon with Goose

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Joy of Cooking suggests the following for "formal" Christmas dinner:

Goose stuffed with sweet potatoes and apple
Turnip cups filled with peas
Corn zephyrs (a kind of corn puff/muffin)
Cherry pie

But you might substitute fig pudding for the cherry pie.

This is perfect.

For the palates wandering around in 1967.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people still use the word luncheon?

At any rate, goose is very rich. So bear that in mind; you will want at least a couple of bright fresh sides to balance some of that fattiness out. I would probably make a kale salad with some kind of citrus.

No one under the age of 60 says “luncheon.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Wow, the ignorant comments about goose are beyond the pale. Are these all Americans who know nothing but shrinked-wrapped chicken, turkey, pork and beef from chain supermarkets?

Plenty of people eat goose, duck, pheasant, cornish hen, capon, partridge, pigeon... not to mention boar, venison, fox, rabbit and various other meats.

I'm French and I think the best poultry to serve is capon: it's easy and keeps its moisture well. But I've had all the birds I listed above. I remember a breast of wild pigeon I was served in a rural part of France, and it was DELICIOUS. It wasn't a sky rat like you see in NYC or Paris, it was a healthy, well-fed bird, akin to red meat, great for winter with a rich gravy and hearty red wine.

Come on. Get out of your food rut.

Acting baffled that Americans buy meat and poultry at the grocery store is not the flex you think it is.

Mais non, je ne comprends pas…qu’est que ce…what ees thees “flex” of which you speak?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do people still use the word luncheon?

At any rate, goose is very rich. So bear that in mind; you will want at least a couple of bright fresh sides to balance some of that fattiness out. I would probably make a kale salad with some kind of citrus.

No one under the age of 60 says “luncheon.”

I just asked my DH who is over 60 if he would use this word.

He said "Yes, all the time." I said "What? Really?" and he said "Yeah. Luncheon meat. Like bologna. Or ham."

Pretty funny.

[Anonymous]

I think this thread was created in an effort to become a DCUM classic thread. I personally think it’s hilarious, but the audience of dcum has changed a lot in the time I have been a reader (2014ish?) which is only about half of the time of many DCUM readers, so maybe that’s why it’s not catching on like it really should. Good effort though, op. I was fully entertained by your op and by several sincere responses to your post.