>Ah, BTW, in all those years in the US we bought a goose once. When we opened the thickly printed shrink wrap, it was all moldy. Seems to be one of those items that nobody buys and the retail gives it a token attempt to sell once in a while, then tries the next year again. And we almost forgot about them even when we returned - and now we're through our fourth goose in the last six months :).

My grandparents from county Kerry cooked goose for Christmas.
That stopped with their passing.