Goose sausage feedback

[jolemons]

I'm wondering about mixing goose breast meat in with deer and elk trim for sausage recipes. Anyone ever tried it and have feedback to offer? I don't really care for goose by itself and am trying to find good ways to use the breast meat.

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[LongWayAround]

I've never heard of anyone mixing it with deer/elk. It's ok mixed with pork. Every time I have had it the texture seemed kind of weird.

Pulled bbq sandwiches have been our primary use for a few years

 

[littlerhorner]

Personally I would not mix it with deer and elk. I would mix with pork butt or a heavy mix of pork fat, 30%.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I personally just eat it sliced with mashed potatoes and gravy. Slow-cooked goose is tasty.

I might mix it with duck fat if I wanted to make sausage from it. I would not mix it with other meat.

 

[elsb0048]

I do venison sausage every year. Variety of recipes, most get some pork and or fat addition.

Last year a buddy brought a bunch of duck and goose and while we didn't mix it with venison, we did dedicated fowl batches on all recipes everything turned out fine and was not a particularly noticeable difference to me from the venison versions. I think he did do mostly spicy and/or smoked recipes because he was worried about the flavor.

My $.02 is that once it's ground and spiced most things are fine.

 

[Pony Soldier]

I the past I have done goose jerky that has been very good.

 

[Frozenlead]

I’ve done some summer sausage with a 50/50 mix of goose and pork loin. Turned out great.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

As was said....it makes great jerky.

One season about 15 years back, I killed over 75 honkers. We ran out of ways to fix them and neighbors saw me coming with a goose or 2 and wouldn't answer the door. They do make good dog food.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Two words...Goose pastrami...
I have tried a lot different things with geese..keep coming back to the pastrami recipe.

 

[hunter14870]

I mix goose with venison all the time. If you are making sausage or ground meat, I can't tell the difference, especially if you mix a third pork with it. If you make sausage, make sure you add potato starch. It makes a night and day difference

 

[hunter14870]

Also check the meat for bb's before grinding. I've started running a garrett pro pointer over the meat before I grind it, and I have almost eliminated running into a BB while grinding

 

[cowboy]

I’ve been mixing goose with elk-deer-antelope for 20 years. Biggest mistake I think people make is they don’t trim the goose breasts enough or they don’t get all the blood out.
You can play with the % of goose to other game - I’ve settled on 20-25% goose meat to deer or whatever.

Just made deer bacon with 25% goose and I can’t tell the difference from straight deer bacon.

Pork is your friend when you’re trying to use up a bunch of flying carp.

 

[spur60]

I do "freezer cleanout" sausage batches every August. Ducks, deer, canadas, snows, pheasants...grind it all, add some beef fat or pork fat, and make more sticks, brats, or summer sausuage. it all tastes the same when you add fat and season it.

 

[WoodlandCritter]

I say give it a shot and let us know how it turns out.

 

[KurtR]

I do breakfast sausage and brats with a combo of goose and deer and you cant tell the difference. I have done it with just the goose and its no different. 50/50 with pork.

I prefer cooking the goose different ways but when i get a bunch it uses it up.

made this last week with some late season honkers.

 

[Laramie]

Not all geese are created equal... If you are discussing Canada Geese, they can taste great if handled and cooked properly. I have cooked them a lot of ways but habanero pineapple jerky is my favorite. I have also had them made into brats, sausage, and sticks with success.

If you are discussing snow geese, pastrami is about the only thing they are good (and that is just "ok") for unless you can shoot young ones in the fall that haven't spend time in the rice patties turning their meat to mud flavor. Some chefs perform magic and can make snow geese taste good but I'm convinced they are pulling the switcharoo somewhere behind the scenes. Sky carp is the common term around here and that is too kind. Carp is edible.