650206 Sat Sep 05 09:31:57 -0700 2009 15 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 5007281 Looking to prepare a eastern european meal and the centerpiece will be a roast goose. Any suggestions or hints would be welcome. I know its traditionally only sold around holiday times but I have seen the odd one here or there this summer. Sat Sep 05 09:31:57 -0700 2009 65937 foodfanUSA 1 5007424 You can order goose from pretty much any full-service butcher. Polarica sells wild goose. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/32511 Sat Sep 05 10:43:52 -0700 2009 5007281 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5007534 You might check Sonoma Poultry...they have some pretty big ducks. http://www.libertyducks.com/price.html Sat Sep 05 11:55:22 -0700 2009 5007281 12274 OldTimer 1 5007956 Cheung Hing on Clement St had fresh geese in the case when I was there in May. Many Chinese butchers in SF and Oakland have fresh geese available. Sat Sep 05 16:33:10 -0700 2009 5007281 10039 Melanie Wong 2 5013945 Cheung Hing still had geese recently, maybe in July when I stopped in to check them out. I think it's a year around thing for them. Tue Sep 08 12:40:47 -0700 2009 5007956 17221 SteveG 3 5120622 I called Cheung Hing today to see about picking a goose and was told "no goose, no more". Wed Oct 21 13:44:52 -0700 2009 5013945 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5012571 Raley's / Nob Hill has been carrying frozen goose. Mon Sep 07 23:29:56 -0700 2009 5007281 10264 rworange 2 5201087 In case anyone is looking for a goose for the holidays, this was a great tip. It saved me last month when I'd planned a wine dinner for 14 people around Julia Child's braised goose stuffed with sausage and chestnuts, then I couldn't find a goose! I would have preferred fresh, but the frozen goose that I bought from Nob Hill in Alameda was pristine, and it had all it's giblets. Price was higher than I expected costing me nearly $70 for a 9+ lb. bird. http://twitpic.com/mr863 I talked to the meat guy in the store and he said that he gets a shipment of frozen geese once a year and once they're gone, that's it. At that time, there were about 6 in the case with weights between 9 and 10 lbs. I was in the Petaluma Raley's recently and noticed that it had several frozen geese, bigger ones around 12 lbs. Lucky for me I didn't buy a bigger one. Once I defrosted it, I tried to fit it in my covered roasting pan. If I cross the legs and cinched them up tightly with a firm trussing, I could close the lid. Whew! The recipe came out fantastic and that size bird was just right with many other dishes for that size of dinner party. I made some very rich stock with the carcass. The little bits of meat went into a bowl of goose rillettes and I had some very good gravy leftover. The 9+ lb bird rendered nearly a quart of goose fast. Sun Nov 22 18:50:45 -0800 2009 5012571 10039 Melanie Wong 3 5201126 Glad that worked out. I was glancing at the Raley's frozen geese last week. The San Pablo store had quite a few in the freezer. The goose I looked at was $57 though I'm not sure the weight because it made me go 'wow'. Sun Nov 22 19:14:05 -0800 2009 5201087 10264 rworange 4 5201148 Oh yeah, the checker did a major double take ringing up my purchase! The price as about $2 per pound more than I'm used to paying. I wonder if the Chinese butchers will have geese again after the holidays, maybe they only can get them in off season. Sun Nov 22 19:23:09 -0800 2009 5201126 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5013103 I suspect that you will be able to get Goose in Chinatown in either Oakland or San Francisco. I do know that Polarica will definitely have Goose. Tue Sep 08 07:53:53 -0700 2009 5007281 280762 skwid 2 5155824 Polarica did not have any geese available when I called two weeks ago, but expected to have them for the holidays. Wed Nov 04 12:27:18 -0800 2009 5013103 10039 Melanie Wong 3 5156463 about 2 years ago I got at Polarica and it was frozen and rather "ribby". There used to be a farm outside of Sebastopol that had them fresh every year , I cant remember the name as it has been at least 5 years, Wed Nov 04 15:45:32 -0800 2009 5155824 171209 celeryroot 1 5121969 You'll find lots of geese hanging out at the Marin County Civic Center lagoon. :-) Thu Oct 22 01:25:45 -0700 2009 5007281 13619 Sharuf 1 5155756 Safeway has frozen goose in the freezer cases around the holidays only. I sometimes see them at Golden Gate Meats in the Ferry Building, and the Bristol Farms at the Westfield Center. Guerra's says they have them on their site: http://guerrameats.com/products2.aspx?cid=7 Drewes Bros. also has them but you have to call 1 day in advance. Wed Nov 04 12:08:20 -0800 2009 5007281 24783 Kosmonaut 1 5202257 I noticed frozen geese at Berkeley Bowl yesterday. Mon Nov 23 08:57:40 -0800 2009 5007281 11369 Robert Lauriston