Storing a goose (oven ready not live!) in the garage

daivid

I will be collecting our goose tomorrow morning and there is no way it will fit in the fridge. So the garage is the best option, I've been monitoring the temperature and it has been a steady 7 C for the last few days, so a bit warm. The goose will be kept in there for about 24hrs. I have a blue plastic barrel to keep it in (so no risk of vermin) and was considering putting a bag or two of ice in with it. Wondering what your thoughts are?

babyshoes

Is the goose frozen or fresh? If frozen, it'll defrost fine in the garage. If fresh, you'll definitely need the ice, or maybe ice packs. You could even freeze a bottle of water to pop in with it.

daivid

babyshoes said:

Is the goose frozen or fresh? If frozen, it'll defrost fine in the garage. If fresh, you'll definitely need the ice, or maybe ice packs. You could even freeze a bottle of water to pop in with it.

Fresh, good idea freezing bottles of water, I'll see what bottles I have in the recycling.

Brambling

Do you have non meat items you could put in the garage and leave the goose in the fridge for example fruit, vegetables, cheese and those jars we all seem to clutter our fridge with?  Having said that I can remember when we got our first fridge and the turkey being put in the bathroom but we didn't have central heating either

Whitefiver

Hmmm, well our turkey is in the garage too, but it's probably going to be colder than the fridge tonight. It's well protected from the little varmints too, which I think pose a bigger threat (or extra protein - depending on your point of view).

daivid

Brambling said:

Do you have non meat items you could put in the garage and leave the goose in the fridge for example fruit, vegetables, cheese and those jars we all seem to clutter our fridge with?

I think it will simply be too big for the fridge, but will investigate that possibility tomorrow. I certainly have some things in the fridge because that's where they keep better rather than where they need to be.

Mickey666

Some form of ice packs would certainly help lower the temperature, but for the sake of one day at around 7C I wouldn't be too concerned.  I usually hang pheasants in our outbuildings for a week or so at this time of year and haven't been poisoned yet.  Remember that fridges are a mainly a post-war appliance as far as most homes were concerned and people used to manage fine without them.  Just be careful to ensure it is properly cooked right through.

gwynlas

Dependent on temperature car boots are also useful for short term storagr.