Schiltz Goose for the Holidays

Photo by Yuri Krasov
Schiltz Foods of Sisseton, South Dakota, the largest goose farmer in America, is now producing a hickory-chip smoked goose, fully cooked and ready to eat from the refrigerator, served at room temperature, or warm from the oven. Whole Smoked Goose has rich dark meat, and can be used as an entrée, hors d’oeuvre, or sliced for sandwiches. Because the goose is fully cooked, the fat has already been discharged so there are only traces underneath the skin. Schiltz Foods also sells goose livers from geese raised in an animal friendly environment with no force feeding. Unlike foie gras, the fatty goose liver occurs naturally as a result of more fat being produced in the animal than can be transported for storage elsewhere in its body. Fats and fatty acids, from the naturally fed food that the geese eat, travel first to the goose liver where they are combined with protein and then sent throughout the body for storage for later use. Some birds genetically produce more fat than the proteins in their bodies can accommodate. The fat remains in the liver where it accumulates, thus the liver grows to about two to three times the size of a normal goose liver, approximately 1/3 to 1/2 pound in weight. Birds producing this fatty liver are roughly twice as old and therefore, larger in size than most birds from the flock sent to market. Other available products include goose breast, goose eggs, goose fat, and others. Place your order at: www.roastgoose.com.