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.

Mac and cheese, rolls, roast potatoes, green beans, a lot of beaujolais

My dad went on his one and only hunting trip when I was a teenager, and he brought some skinny dead geese home and my mom tried to cook them for Christmas and the whole thing was an epic disaster.

My sister and I still laugh about it to this day, 50 years later.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ew. Don’t serve goose, and don’t call it “luncheon.”

Want some dry turkey instead ?

No, but I’d love some beef tenderloin, a Honeybaked ham, or (gasp) something that isn’t Protein and Sides. Thanks for asking!

Anonymous wrote:Ew. Don’t serve goose, and don’t call it “luncheon.”

Want some dry turkey instead ?

I would literally decline an invitation to a ***luncheon.*** Like, calm down.

Ew. Don’t serve goose, and don’t call it “luncheon.”

Anonymous wrote:Please don’t.

Why? goose is great

Wild rice - it will feel at home

Just do normal sides.

Seven up salad.

Figgy pudding.

Please don’t.

Doing a classic Chrustmas goose. What else to serve?