The price of goose

AlisonHarrison

At what price did M&S sell goose for last Christmas?
Can you get it cheaper anywhere?
I am thinking of doing goose this year for Christmas and was wondering what price I was looking at, and possibly the cheapest way to do it.

rachbc

no idea what m&s were selling at but I do know that I could get a local one for a lot less

beemuzed

Do you live anywhere vaguely rural? Local farms often much cheaper and you know exactly where they're from.

red_devil

why dont you go to a butcher;)

Ballymackeonan

Lidl did frozen geese (from Hungary) for £21.99 last Xmas - I've had these for a couple of years and they're excellent.

dogstarheaven

i got mine from aldi 2 xmases ago for £20 for a frozen one. originally wanted a fresh one from the butcher's but it was way too expensive. still i had lots of meat on mine and had loads of jars of goosefat from it too that lasted me for 6mths worth of roasties!!

Seakay

do you want free range/organic/local/fresh? All these things make a big difference to price.
eg
http://goodmansgeese.co.uk/index.html
http://www.hebgoose.com/order.html
http://www.clerkesgeese.com/services.html

The cheapest ones that I saw last year were frozen ones in Lidl
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2910922

Rebelle

No idea about the price of goose I'm afraid but just a little warning if you've never cooked it before - I remember when I was a kid we had goose for New Year's Day and my dad was in charge of cooking it. After a whole afternoon in the kitchen slaving over the stove and smelling it roasting, when it came time to eat he just couldn't face it, and had a plateful of trimmings with no meat! The rest of the family thoroughly enjoyed it, but now anytime goose is mentioned he grimaces at the mere thought! :rotfl:

meritaten

we had goose from Aldi a couple of years ago and I believe it was around the £15.99 mark. It was gorgeous, and totally unlike what I expected (to taste like turkey), it didnt, it tasted more like a very mild lamb. and the fat was brill for roasting potatoes (and enough left over for many more weeks of roast spuds). If I remember rightly there were 8 adults and 6 kids and I had just enough leftovers to do a curry for me and OH!

purpleivy

aldi one was about £20 and nice. Locally produced (E Yorks - not local to me) was £30

Pink.

Hi Alison,

As your thread has dropped down the Old Style board I've moved it over to the Food Shopping and Groceries board to see if you can get more replies.

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