Show me your Classic Roman Geese

[Goosebaby]

How is the classic Roman goose situation in Europe, do you know? I think I saw somewhere that the American population of the breed was problematic anyway due to a severely small gene pool.

I feel like goose breed survival in America isn't great across the board, mostly because there isn't a demand for goose products the way there is for other agricultural animals. What is that quote? Something about the surest way of bringing an animal back from the brink of extinction is making its meat marketable? Whatever the exact quote is, I do believe it's true, especially in cases like this. If we could get geese and goose fat to be a regular feature in grocery stores, it would go a long way towards helping. I'd love to see a good cookbook come out that features goose recipes - that would be helpful as well. I can see the smaller size of a Roman goose carcass finding its niche in American kitchens, but only if goose as a whole becomes more of an accepted meat option beyond just the occasional roast goose at Christmas.

They’re rare in Europe too but definitely doing better than over here.

 

[AGeese]

Pretty sure they're crossing them with Embdens here.

 

[AGeese]

Just a hunch.