[net.cooks] use for goose grease?

bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) (02/13/86)

Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?

I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...

I just don't want to throw it away...
	andy

{ihnp4,qantel,seismo}!lll-crg!bandy, bandy@lll-crg.arpa

padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan) (02/14/86)

In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp>, bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) writes:
> Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
> left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
> what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?
> 
> I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...
> 
> I just don't want to throw it away...
> 	andy

Perhaps you should also have included net.motss on your mailing list.

Padraig Houlahan.

slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (02/14/86)

I think you are supposed to rub it on your chest when you have
a cold.  At least that's what my grandmother said.

Along the lines of eating it though, one would think that it could 
be used just like chicken fat.
-- 

                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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lewish@acf2.UUCP (Henry M. Lewis) (02/14/86)

> I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...

> I just don't want to throw it away...

I'm assuming that your note is not a hoax, although I see that it's cross-posted
to net.religion and net.rec.nude.  Goose grease is good for frying potatoes,
scrapple, etc.

--Hank Lewis    ..!ihnp4!cmcl2!acf2!lewish

mjs@sfsup.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) (02/15/86)

> In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp>, bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) writes:
> > Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
> > left over.
> > 	andy
> 
> Perhaps you should also have included net.motss on your mailing list.
> 
> Padraig Houlahan.

I didn't see the original article, but my grandmother (who used to cook ducks
& geese fairly often) would refrigerate the fat and use it as lard in recipes
calling for it (mostly for baking cookies, if memory serves me).
-- 
	Marty Shannon
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Phone:	+1 (201) 522 6063

Disclaimer: I speak for no one.

gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber) (02/15/86)

In article <367@utastro.UUCP> padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan) writes:
>In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp>, bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) writes:
>> Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
>> left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
>> what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?
>> 
>> I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...
>> 
>> I just don't want to throw it away...
>> 	andy
>
>Perhaps you should also have included net.motss on your mailing list.
>
>Padraig Houlahan.


Such humor is best left rot'ed in net.jokes.  Please keep it to
yourself next time, buddy.


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jin@hropus.UUCP (Jerry) (02/16/86)

I too was going to reply sarcastically: why post a request about
goose fat to net.rec.nude?  But if you are serious about the request
I would say to be hesitent to use pan drippings for those recipes
that can be made with chicken fat but are not usually (I believe
Joy of Cooking has gingerbread and a few cookies) because pan
drippings are a less pure fat than properly rendered fat (also see
Joy of Cooking).  However, as a veggie, I know nothing of these things ...
(But I was an omnivore and my father loves "schmaltz" on rye bread.)

					Jerry Natowitz
					The Master Baker
					ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jin

on@hpda.UUCP (Owen Rowley) (02/16/86)

In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp> bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) writes:
>Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
>left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
>what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?
>
According to the 13th century Grimoire Mallardus Howard et Arcadia
Yellow Duck fat is used in the creation of an ointment used in the ritual
celebration of the asscension of the Anti- hero. 

"The fat of a ducke is to be mixed well with the blood of three edithores
(you don't get much blood out of edithors or stones!)
thius mixture placed in a vessel of pure crystal and kept hidden on the
shelves of youe neighborhood pharmacie for two monthes beyond the expiration
date shal result in a magickal preparation that will cause George Lucas
to maketh a moving picture of your life"


>I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...
>I just don't want to throw it away...

AHA.. whats good for a goose is good for a gander!!!
Throw it away !!

:-)
LUX ..on
Owen rowley

stu16@whuxl.UUCP (Pippin) (02/19/86)

   Goose grease is great on rye bread toast that has been
rubbed with garlic, and then lightly salted. Not for calorie
counters, hypertensives or vampires.
   Since I am none of the above, I enjoy it when I can - not
too frequently as we have goose about once in every 2-3
years!
-- 
                      Pippin Stuart
                      whuxl!stu16

jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) (02/19/86)

In article <1335@hpda.UUCP> on@hpda.UUCP (Owen Rowley) writes:
>In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp> bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals) writes:
>>Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
>>left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
>>what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?
>>
>According to the 13th century Grimoire Mallardus Howard et Arcadia
>Yellow Duck fat is used in the creation of an ointment used in the ritual
>celebration of the asscension of the Anti- hero. 

And just to tie this back into religion, the Yellow Duck arises from the
Americanoid version of the Turkish farewell "Allahaismarladik", which I
guess is "Allah go with you": American embassy personnel would mumble "I lost
my yellow duck", which with a sufficiently noisy background resembled the
correct phrase.

Of course, one could throw Yellow Duck fat in lieu of Spam or vegetables at
Ubizmatists or those who revile them.
-- 
	Jim Gillogly
	{decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim
	jim@rand-unix.arpa

mgh@mtuni.UUCP (Marcus Hand) (02/20/86)

In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp> bandy@lll-lcc.UUCP writes:
>Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
>left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
>what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?
>
>I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...
>
>I just don't want to throw it away...
>	andy
>
>{ihnp4,qantel,seismo}!lll-crg!bandy, bandy@lll-crg.arpa

Well, swimmers used to coat themselves with a covering of goose fat
before going for those record marathon swims in cold water, like
crossing the English Channel (or La Manche).
-- 
			Marcus Hand	(mtuni!mgh)

phoenix@genat.UUCP (phoenix) (02/23/86)

In article <243@mtuni.UUCP> mgh@mtuni.UUCP (Marcus Hand) writes:
>In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp> bandy@lll-lcc.UUCP writes:
>>Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
>>left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
>>what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?
>>
>>I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...
>>
>>I just don't want to throw it away...
>>	andy
>>
>>{ihnp4,qantel,seismo}!lll-crg!bandy, bandy@lll-crg.arpa
>
>Well, swimmers used to coat themselves with a covering of goose fat
>before going for those record marathon swims in cold water, like
>crossing the English Channel (or La Manche).
>-- 
>			Marcus Hand	(mtuni!mgh)

Historically, as well, witches (at least the European ones) who used to
go naked to their rituals, rubbed a good amount of goose grease mixed with
something like belladonna or henbane,  partly for insulation as Marcus Hand
points out but also as a topical method of *safely* administering psycho-
active drugs.  I have no idea whether modern witches still do this or not.

-- 
					The Phoenix
					(Neither Bright, Dark, nor Young)


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