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The Christmas Goose

12/28/2012

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Roasted Goose
This year we hosted a Christmas Eve dinner with some close friends to round out the holiday table.  I decided that it was the perfect time to prepare my very first goose.  ever.

Not to fear though... this goose was soooo amazing!!  It was like the very best beef filet wrapped in the juiciest bacon you've ever had.  The meat was a wonderful, flavorful medium-rare and the skin was crispy with just the right amount of fat remaining to make it better than any other crispy animal fat I've ever enjoyed. If you've never had goose, you're really missing out.  Here's the story of how we got that awesome beast on the table:

We start with a hunt for recipes of roasted goose perfection.  There are two places that I go for absolute authoritative advice for cooking when it really counts: Christopher Kimball of America's Test Kitchen (or Cooks Illustrated/Cooks Country) and Hank Shaw of Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook fame.  Hank will give me the in's and out's of wild food deliciousness (especially waterfowl), and Kimball will tell me exactly why it works (after testing a recipe 10 ways from Sunday).  I also consulted FoodNetwork UK since Roasted Goose is still a traditional British Christmas meal.

The first thing I discovered is that you're a complete knucklehead if you cook your goose (or duck) _beyond medium rare.  Ducks and geese are red meat birds – meaning the breasts of both need to be served pink.  I say it all the time: ducks are not chickens; so it follows that goose is not turkey.

OK... now we have more advice than we can shake a stick at and an almost 13lb free-range, all natural goose to cook for 6 people.  I took everyone's expert recommendations to heart and created my own recipe (I know you saw it coming).  The highlights I gleaned from the recipes were as follows:

FoodNetwork UK said to brine the goose for at least 24 hours.  I went with a basic brine (1 part sea salt, 1 part brown sugar).  And also followed their advice to the letter about stuffing the bird with fruit before roasting.

Kimball said that I should air-dry the goose in the refrigerator for 24 hours in order to tighten the skin so that during roasting the fat will be squeezed out. I neglected to do the boiling water dip first but I had totally intended to - I just got disorganized in the hubbub of preparing dinner.

Hank said, in his guest post at Simply Recipes, that I would better represent the Lord of the Marsh with a medium-rare breast and well roasted legs and wings. So he advises roasting the goose for a bit, then slicing off the whole breast to finish searing it in a pan once the legs are done. That way I'll still have a nice roasted flavor on the whole goose, crispy skin, and properly pink breast meat.  He also has a superb photo tour for prepping the goose that I found very helpful.

We didn't take lot of pictures because we were pretty busy bustling about getting everything ready for dinner but here's the one good picture we did manage to grab:


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Merry Kiss Moose!

12/9/2011

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Wishing everyone a warm holiday season and a very Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!

12/25/2010

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Jesus is the reson
Today we celebrate Christmas - the miraculous birth of Christ, both humble and majestic. What a wonderful time of year and what an amazing year it's been.

This year we saw much human tragedy, but we also saw a world come together in solidarity and faith to help those unfortunate enough to be in natures path.

2010 proved to hold the largest record of natural disasters in a generation.  Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts. Hati, Pakistan, Chile, Turkey, China and Indonesia. Volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Mining disasters here in the U.S., Chili, China, and Australia.  The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. But the most amazing thing I witnessed this year was a world fellowship, a coming together in these hard economic times to give whatever we could to the people across the globe who were left homeless and orphaned and to save our natural resources.  We found hope beyond basic survival and we united and celebrated our humanity.

We, as a nation, continue to be blessed.  By all news accounts, our economy has rebounded considerably compared to this time last year.  Shoppers are getting back out there and folks have added even more giftee’s to their list (Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue…).  Though many still struggle in these difficult times, it looks like our national hopefulness is on an upswing, and that's one of the best gifts this year.  But no matter where we fall, individually, on the prosperity scale or what we intended to do with our December, we all get so busy and bustle-y and run from here to there meeting the demands of the holiday.

Bustle-y-ness not withstanding ,  I hope everyone also took time out for quiet reflection on the joy of this holiday: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). 

Good times, noodle salad
These are a few of my favorite things...

My Christmas wish for you today is that you are gathered in a warm home with your family this morning, snuggled tight in your jammies, slippered feet tucked under you while you sip a hot cup of tea/coffee/cocoa.  I'm 3,000 wintery miles apart from my family this year but, as the old song says, they're just a memory away.  I believe that family is one of our greatest blessings and Christmas holds so many treasured memories of  our time spent with our brothers & sisters, aunts & uncles, moms & dads, and those beautiful new additions celebrating baby’s first Christmas.

Remember another baby, be sure to make room for Him today and every day:


“Joseph went to Bethlehem, to register in the census along with Mary, who was with child.  While they were there, she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
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Nearby some shepherds were keeping watch over their flock. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.  But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:4-11)

Joy to the World!  The Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
Let heaven and nature sing
Let heaven, and heaven and nature sing

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all at Christmas time and all the year long.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Heavenly Father, thank you for the many blessings of this year and for sending Your Son to walk among us, to teach us, to save us. My Redeemer lives in my heart forever.  Amen


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Remembering on Veteran's Day

11/11/2010

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Tomb of the Unknown

President Obama put it perfectly when he said, "freedom is not free but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share."

Today, on the 60th anniversary of the conflict, the President is marking this Veteran's Day by remembering "The Forgotten War": Korea (1950-1953)


Korean War Newspaper
A short summary of the conflict:

North Korea invaded South Korea and the United Nations jumped into the frackus backing the South in the first unified effort on the part of the free world to thwart communist aggression.  President Truman mobilized American forces under the direction of General MacArthur.  The U.S., beneath the UN umbrella, engaged in the first armed conflict of the Cold War as we faced down communism from the intervening forces of China and Russia. 

Korean War Memorial DC
The 3 year Korean Conflict was chaotic as a new kind of fighting emerged and classical front lines disappeared.  Casualties in the war were heavy: at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives, 85% of the Korean's killed were civilian, U.S. losses are estimated at 37,000.

The Korean Peninsula remains divided today and the U.S. still has over 30,000 troops stationed near the Korean DMZ. 
Inter-Korean relations have chilled to their lowest point in years under President Lee, a conservative who opposed providing aid to the North while it was developing nuclear weapons. Lately tension has been high after Washington and Seoul blamed North Korea for this year's March sinking of a South Korean ship, which killed 46 sailors.

Roy Kee Sr.
Roy Kee Sr.

Grandpa Kee was a Marine and he served during WWII and Korea, he and Grandma actually met during WWII shortly after she joined the Marine Corps as one of the first Women Marines. Grandpa never spoke of his time during the Korean Conflict.  After watching the above clip, I can see why. 

If you've visited the Korean War Memorial here in DC, you're often struck by your sense of "there-ness".  You can see the emotion on the faces of the statues and look at those enormous packs they're carrying under their ponchos.  But the thing I never imagined was how crazy cold it was in Korea.  Having spent a little time at sea in Alaska, I can appreciate that terrible wet coldness that gets right down in your bones.  At least I could take a hot shower and get warmed up enough to feel my hands and feet after my watch on the flybridge.

So often when we think about our deployed military we only think in the abstract.  When you think about our folks serving in the Middle East you aren't feeling the heat shimmering off the desert floor or the sand stuck to the sweat on the back of your neck, in your ears, in your eyes...  

Korean War Memorial DC

So while we can't put ourselves in their place, we can remember the sacrifices, we can take a moment to really, really be grateful that they're out there right now paying most of our share, and we can say a little prayer that they come home safely.

Coast Guard Commandant Bob Papp noted in his Veteran's Day message to his Coast Guardsman that less than 1 percent of U.S. citizens choose to join the military.  We are truly blessed in America to have an all volunteer service.

Enjoy your holiday today; men and women fought and died so that we could savor our freedom, to literally bask in it, and to possess it without acrimony.  They also fight today - right this very moment - so that other nations will have the opportunities that we typically take for granted.  So thank a soldier, sailor, or airman - they have chosen a profession that is working hard to retain the liberty that we love.

To steal a slogan from the National Guard: "Sleep Well Tonight Your U.S. Military is Awake!"

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