548. Oca Domestica

Domestic Goose

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

The goose had already been domesticated at the time of Homer, and the Romans (388 years before Christ) kept geese, which were sacred to Juno, on the Capitoline Hill.

Method

The domestic goose, compared to the wild species, has grown larger in size, more fecund, and fatter. For this reason, it takes the place of pork in Jewish cooking. I do not cook with it much, because it is not sold in the markets in Florence, and its meat is used little or