Spoiler: If you are Vegan or Vegetarian this blog will cut you like a knife.
To my North American, particularly USA friends this may sound like something out of a Charles Dickens ‘Christmas’ novel, but I ate roast Christmas Goose this holiday season and it was amazing! Honestly, I prefer it to turkey. To me it tasted like a roasted chicken and honey baked ham with a brown sugar glaze had a baby! I loved it and I must find it stateside. Believe it or not you can find it here in the USA. I turned to the handy dandy Youtube to find recipes and states that may prefer the goose to the traditional turkey.
You may have read my German Mulled Wine Christmas story about my trek in what I can only describe as the Farmers Market for Christmas… well adjacent to the Mulled Wine stall was a stall with the most delicious smelling meat roasting right before my eyes. I asked my three German friends what it was as it was this huge slab of meat, but I couldn't tell which animal it came from. Just as surprised as I was that they were cooking a real goose, my German friends were surprised it isn't traditionally a part of our holiday menu. Being the bread lover I am, I requested my goose in the form of a sandwich- we of course all know bread in Europe is better, even in Germany (although I still prefer the bread in Italy best!) added with this sandwich was this creamy mayo and a delicious sauerkraut. It was a minute before I realised that this was my first time trying sauerkraut as well. Wipe of the mayo (unless that’s your thing) add some sriracha and it was the best sandwich I’ve had in ages!
The beauty of traveling to foreign places are these cultural differences and exchanges. I mean through this we talked not only about holiday foods and languages, but our conversations chartered into world history, politics and of course WWII. When one thinks of going to Khön (Cologne) Germany for two days to hear their rap artist friends' new music one doesn’t expect to be enriched by history, foods, spirits and culture in such a short time. The experience was incredible and I hope you, my readers, whomever is out there reading this pick up your passport and visit. I also hope you find roasted goose and give it a try!
