Sage and Thyme Roasted Goose

Goose, although not quite as tender as other fowl, more than makes up for it with its incomparable rich flavor—and the bonus of the best fat for cooking you will ever come by. I usually associate goose with a Dickensian Christmas, or at least cold weather time, but actually the best goose I ever had was one summer when my friends Gus and Barbara of Pine Hill Farms in New Jersey accidentally came by a baby goose, weighing less than five pounds. I t