Annabelle was a bit of a snob when it came to cooking for a festal day. There was always the turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas and hers was always bigger and better than anyone else’s.
“Oh, your turkey sounds awful. Ours was delightful! And the stuffing!”
But on a particular Christmas, Annabelle had the chance to replace the traditional turkey with a traditional goose.
“Oh, are you having humdrum turkey? That’s very run-of-the-mill. We’re having goose. Hubert’s getting one from the farmer down the road.”
Annabelle had never done a goose before. Being a domestic goose and not a wild one, it had plenty of wonderful goose fat. But who cared? Christmas came but once a year.
The goose fat overflowed in the roasting pan. The oven caught on fire. The house caught on fire. The whole shebang burnt down.
“She certainly cooked her own goose,” observed a witty neighbour.
Annabelle didn’t think that funny at all. Some people have no sense of humour.
Weave a Web 
😀 My apologies,
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LOL!!
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Nor have some people The Sense of an Ending! Maya Angelou never trusted anyone who didn’t laugh. Thanks for the Joy in The Morning, Bruce.
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Maya Angeleu, I see, died in Winston-Salem North Carolina. I have never read her, but I did visit the furniture museum in Winston-Salem. I am not joking, but I was the only one on the “tour” and the women took three hours to explain ever screw in every cabinet. I still want to scream… and scream… Thanks for the round-about reminder!
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Witty as ever, Bruce. https://derrickjknight.com/2013/11/19/goose-fat/
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Indeed – I shall put a penny in the old man’s hat (a literary reference!)
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Oh good grief! I snorted my coffee. She should have looked up how to cook a goose! (You sear it first in a really, really hot oven to keep the fat from leaking). Good one, Bruce!
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One of the goose recipe’s problems of those online, is that it doesn’t explain the difference between a fat domestically grown goose, and an almost fatless wild one (such as a Canada goose). If someone uses a wild goose recipe for a fat goose, it’s a fat lot of use!
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hey, i like your new photo. Teaching driving lessons, isn’t it?
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I think in the photo I was teaching in music what they call a “Neapolitan 6th” – which should appeal to your Italian tastes… but don’t ask me now what it is because I can’t remember!
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I think I’m staying in the 6th Neapolitan district, so I can report back, not only on the music, but also the driving styles.
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I look forward to hearing about it!
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