What EXACTLY is the 'dressed weight' of a goose???

[Glutton4...]

I thought Geese were naturally lean - mine are. If we ever have cause to catch one, they always seem lighter than they look.

Incidentally, we're having Goose this year, too! No, not my two!

Oscar gets three Chicken wings for his brekky every day - loves 'em!

[binley100]

Now I've heard of clipping the wing feathers but isn't that taking things a tad too far............

[jessmorris]

Mum and I had a goosey for Christmas one year. It looked, smelled and tasted great but there was very little meat for our £60!

Lots of lovely fat for roast tatties tho'!

[binley100]

Have you seen the price of goose fat ............

[Scarlet]

I've never kept geese but i have cooked a few. The fat lies under the skin which bastes it as it cooks - you can drain it off after cooking and keep in the fridge for a month. You don't get as much meat pound for pound as with a turkey

[Hilary B]

Reckon on feeding half as many people as you could from the same oven-ready weight of turkey. Geese only put on a LOT of fat if they are fed lots of grain for their last couple of weeks (and if they have plenty of grass they don't need much else from feathering up to that last 2 weeks).
I always dry-plucked everything, but if you don't want to keep the down, the easy way to remove it is to use a hot iron and a damp cloth (a bit like pressing trousers). After applying wet heat this way the down (and most smaller feathers) will just about rub off.
Wild goose is lean, farmyard goose tends to be fat, but mainly because that is how they have traditionally been bred, reared and fed for several centuries now!

[Nicos]

Like the idea of the hot/damp ironing Hilary- will certainly give it a go next year! Thanks