Plucking, cutting, gutting, cooking a Snow Goose.

[auto12382]

Awesome work. Nice video. Thanks for that. I harvested alot of geese this year and love seeing people who enjoy waterfowl and appreciate it's magnificent flavor.

[Quinn000100]

I liked your video. I"m teaching First Nations Foods as part of a Global Food Unit to grade 12 students at a school inToronto. Is there any chance you'd make another video with your daughter but perhaps cut the TV in the background? I'd love to show it as a part of traditional foods. I'll be using this one this year. Thanks

[jmr604]

@Quinn000100 If I get any new birds or wild meat, I'll try to make a good quality video.

[Quinn000100]

@jmr604 wow, talk about a fast response. Thats so amazing. Ok, so yes, I"m trying to teach a bunch of inner city kids about First Nations/Inuit/innu traditional foods and preparation.....I"m new to this but this is the direction I want to go in. The ministry of education has mandated that Aboriginal STudies be included...and unfortunately at this point its totally elective...so kids can opt out and most do bc teachers don't understand it.

Are you on Face book by any chance?

[jmr604]

@Quinn000100 You were just lucky I was signed on and checking my comments, I don't come on here often. I have FB, but I only add ppl I know in person. I have a doorway you might want to access. Go to Moose Cree First Nations web site they are the local band organization in Moose Factory (where I live), their web site has many contacts and numbers emails and also a facebook page...ask someone to assist with knowledge and info... I'm sure someone would love to help.

[jmr604]

@Quinn000100 Or perhaps of someone else preparing wild meat.

[jmr604]

@Quinn000100 I'm not sure exactly who to ask, just call their main number and say who you are and what you are about... I'm sure they can point you too a good place for what you are looking for... I'd love to help, but I am not the right person. I don't do native stuff very often or prepare wild food very often... but I know other people do and I'm sure would love to support your cause.

[jmr604]

@Quinn000100 Let me know how everything works out.... Just don't call tomorrow if you do (October 19th) there is a planned power outtage up there all day.. lol.

[Quinn000100]

@jmr604 Thanks so much. I'll see if I can find the numbers tomorrow. Do you know any Echums? Emma Echum made moccasins for us for a few years when my kids where young. My husband is from Cochrane. Anyway, I'll catch up with you at some point. Would you be up for exchanging emails? Thanks, again.

[Metal8Lover]

take note people "hunting" is bullshit if your NOT eating the meat its fucking wasteful!!

[jmr604]

@Metal8Lover I agree.

[KautiousKat]

Do you use the organs for eating, like liver or heart?

[jmr604]

@KautiousKat I ate the heart, but no other organs.. but some people eat almost everything.

[masterplomo1]

looks very good, but the taste??? ILL never eat a goose, the meat looks very dark, they havent the flavor like mud'??? or swamp?? thaks i like your video

[jmr604]

@masterplomo1 The meat doesn't have a mud or swamp taste.. but it is a strong unique taste... but good... I'd rather eat this than KFC any day.

[TheStarsprinkles]

wow, the little girl is quick! Surprised she did it without submerging the goose in hot water. I guess the latter practice is more prevalent in Asia.

[PennyDreadfuI]

interesting video, but i'm glad i have a butcher. as for the plucking, is there a reason why geese aren't plucked like chickens after being submerged in a large bucket of steaming water to open the skin?

[jmr604]

@PennyDreadfuI Not sure.. I grew up eating wild meat as a child/teen and never saw anyone place the birds in boiling or steaming water to remove the feathers.. it was always done by hand.. and then the remaining little bit of down was burnt off with the fire in the smoke tent or tee-pee OR a gas torch... but your not the first person to ask that question.. seems to be a common practice in other places... but I have never seen it.

[drbluewine]

@PennyDreadfuI people don't put the goose or duck in hot water before plucking because these kind of birds have water proof feathers "oil like cover" so the water doesn't work

[drbluewine]

@PennyDreadfuI people don't put the goose or duck in hot water before plucking because these kind of birds have water proof feathers "oil like cover" .

[LunaTemari]

kitties are like yeeeey feathers everywhere! kitty heaven!

[KINGOFCHEFS7]

mmmmmmmmmmm that looks so good.....I miss goose. I noticed in the description you say you got this goose from someone in Fort Albany from whom exactly did you get it from? Because im from albany too

[jmr604]

@KINGOFCHEFS7 I don't remember their names.. the birds were shot at 415.

[monee71]

haha wow(: tht girl has guts!!

but the chicken looked nasty xP

[Amazer808]

WOW,,,,

[Twinzmommy727]

JMr604 i will be recieveing two canadian geese for xmas dinner to prepare is it the same as your goose or is there something extra i need to do for cooking it ..please help

[jmr604]

@Twinzmommy727 I am late, how was the goose?

[iLvePhillippines]

i feel hungry when i see it cooked

[iLvePhillippines]

dont u feel sad for the goose since it is so sad T.T

[TheZandy20]

that girl has guts

[lilmisswolf915]

i miss plucking a goose, cant wait when Goose Breaks comes^^

[TheMrCokeCola]

Shouldn't you slit its neck first and then pluck the feathers?

[TheNigec]

thank you! helped a lot. Brave girl you have there :)

[Sharpp01]

Hi from Australia, I always find it amazing that people do not connect killing with eating meat, i wonder if people cruzing supermarket shelves select there piece of meat are then directed out the back to a cow tied up to the fence and given a knife and told to get busy would connect the two practices?. i hunt and fish, have taught me kids the same and we have the upmost RESPECT for where food comes from, wild game is the best and ultimate organic produce. i congratulate your morals.

[thegoods34]

Great parenting. I plan to do something of the sort with my kids.

[TheDaddyNicc]

This is part of how we eat. We are humans, we eat meat. Steak doesn't grow medium well on a tree, there's a lot of not so pretty work that goes into getting the food we crave everyday. Nut up or Shut up.

Nice video, it looks delicious. Can't wait to teach my daughter how to prepare a meal this delicious.

[xdir]

Excellent getting the kid involved, they need to know where their food comes from.

Hope you did not make her pluck all 4, 1 at age 9 is more then enough :p

[sniperbait171]

cute cat and nice vid

[Eisenmond]

Tell me about using the blow torch?!?! Are you burning off any remaining feathers/down, or are you sealing the skin?

[jmr604]

@Eisenmond Burning off the remaining down.

[Eisenmond]

I love that the cat decided to help too :)

[westpur]

Is that last slice of goose for me ? Looks tasty...

[pyiheinhtet]

need to be kind on animals !!!!!!1 what 's the hell

[jmr604]

@pyiheinhtet Yes, of course... but we also need to eat.

[pyiheinhtet]

@jmr604 yes ...need but have to kill animals humanately ....u know what i mean !!

[RanieroSupremo91]

@jmr604 At least don't upload videos about that!!!

[valdihj]

Oh, yes and I would like to add that having seen some of the comments here it seems clear that some people have been watching too many Disney movies in their lifetime. ;)

[valdihj]

Hi, I'm new to hunting and have been searching for videos about how to prepare (gut) geese. Thanks for a good video. :)

[gruntsonfire911]

That is very sad



[jmr604]

@gruntsonfire911 But it's food... all meat, doesn't matter if it is hamburger, or chicken or fish... is a result of an animal dying.. it's a fact of life... but with wild meat, you have to prepare it yourself at home.... if it wasn't for this.. humans would have never survived... it also tastes very good... you see... we are designed to eat meat.

[jtblack1414]

@gruntsonfire911 Sad?? What's sad is our societies complete non-understanding of our most basic need to eat. At what point did we become so far removed form nature that showing lions tear up animals on cable tv is ok but watching a human do it is sad.

[jmr604]

@jtblack1414 I totally agree.

[lumiere2020]

@jtblack1414 Well, it is sad. but LIFE is sad. well that part is. but you're right it's only natural. humans are really messed up these days.

[oldfart74]

awwww fuck ! now i'm hungry!!

[Roch3VP]

How come you 'brown' the skin with a torch? to burn off the little bits of down?

[Roch3VP]

How come you 'brown' the skin with a torch? to burn off the little bits of down?

[tachenova]

hahaha! the part with the cat is amazing :p

[tristate1]

hey thats good

[mikeyjames]

good to see the kids learning at an early age

[Steelman985]

Nice. My buddy and I cleaned our first goose the other day and it did not go quite as well as that. Now I know how to do it a little better.

[jmr604]

@Steelman985 I was brought up eating wild food as a child.. however I have not gone hunting since I was 14 or 15... so this was all done by memory from younger teen years and watching people now and then... I'd rather eat wild meat than KFC, I'll tell you that.

[kanger80]

Nice video. What did you do with the organs and stuff? I heard that they are the best stuff.

[jmr604]

Well, some people like to cook some of the organs. We kept the hearts and ate those, but the rest was discarded.

[ziggy2sound4u]

@jmr604

Wouldn't it be easier to dip the goose in hot water, just like I do with chickens?

Those feathers sure do come off pretty easy that way.......

[jmr604]

Gutting a goose isn't entertainment. It's a part of life. Preparation of food. If humans didn't do this they would have never survived. I have a right to eat wild food and if you don't like it that's just too damn bad for you. Now shut up before I shut you up.

[SgtSnausages]

You tell 'em.

The ignorance over food is appaling

[kvg44gbs]

GREAT video. Nice to see the youngins getting involved and taught. Can still remember my dad teaching me how to clean my first grouse.

[creenativelady]

Thanks so much for posting this video. Im one who was never taught this part of my heritage and appreciated how you captured the "how to" of the whole process. You did an awesome job! Mmmm..I can just smell how a cooked goose tastes!

[wfu900]

glad to see the youth getting involved. If she didn't help kill those hopefully she'll be out hunting em some day.

[wfu900]

glad to see the youth getting involved. If she didn't help kill those hopefully she'll be out hunting em some day.

[conradyjrhigh]

how else are we suppose to eat and live

[conradyjrhigh]

its just the way life is deal with it

[Alpacaperson101]

You are powerful against mother nature, it's called adapting and making stuff for yourself.

[jmr604]

He's just mad because I called him a pussy.

[creedrocks2009]

@Gor3d you talk of nature yet you deny that humans should eat meat if we are like any other animal.

[AvonBarksdale101]

@Gor3d you vegetarians and vegans need to all collectively shut the fuck up.

[tmiller696]

@Gor3d

I think it's bad when the animals are raised in cages for commercial use. But this is a a wild animal that had been shot while hunting. Very humane, and healthy too. It is good to teach people that wild game is a better food source than commercial meat.

[pukuall66]

hey what a great video, why don't you make one for moose that would be great.

[jmr604]

I would when I get a chance.

[1744Brian]

Im surprised a little girl is ok with gutting a goose

[34tab]

you did a wonderfull job. They are not easy to pluck no matter what you do , the oil on their feathers doesn't let the water in to the skin even with added detergent. I have done many geese.

For geese for roasting we rough pluck them (very rough) then we dip them through melted wax floating on hot water. get a good coating -- 1/4 inch or so- let the wax harden then peel off- the bird will be as clean as a supermarket chicken!!

[jmr604]

That is also another good idea... I think the reason we are so use to doing it dry is because the feathers use to be used to make blankets and pillows.. now, nobody really does those things.

[dynomanGT]

the feathers come off 100% easier if you put them in boiling water for 20 seconds before you pluck them...

[jmr604]

Hmm... never heard that ever before... I guess it's worth a try...

[mikeygeneral]

What? Youv'e never heard of that?

That is with any feathered bird. The feather's damn near fall out of the skin without any trace of feather on the bird itself when you dip it in boiling water for at least 30 seconds. You wouldn't even need the torch. I chuckled a bit when i saw you just plucking like that cause i was looking around your kitchen for the pot of boiling water and didn't see it.

[jmr604]

Haven't had a chance to try this yet.. but when I do, I will try it.... been around birds all my life and I have never heard that.. but I will try. =)

[jmr604]

but how does the water get to the skin? It thought the down protects the skin from getting wet? Perhaps it's just the heat.. or steaming of the skin?... you should make a video of this and post in on youtube.

[mikeygeneral]

Don't believe me? Sounds crazy?

Just youtube it then Type in Chicken slaughter or duck slaughter. You will see countless videos of them killing the bird and feathering it.

The hot water makes the skin soft and it makes it easy to extracate the feathers without a sweat off a brow.

Check the vids out and get back to me. I'm an ol island farm boy.

[jmr604]

Doesn't sound crazy, it's just an idea I've never heard of.

[mikeygeneral]

Kewl, The culinary world is like a never ending recipe of countless ideas and new way to do things. But i was just surprised, Because this way is a very very old and traditional way of feathering a bird.

I hope you took a sec or 2 to look up the slaughter videos.

Please do it and get back to me and tell me what you think. I'm curious to see your'e reaction.

[drunkgorilla]

Harvested, hahaha. I was gonna say that girl isn't grossed out by sticking her hands inside the dead goose.

Crazy how people would get offended by something so simple like preparing food. This has been around since man was dragging his knuckles on the floor or since god put us here.

[jmr604]

Your right there buddy.

[NatureLover987]

i've been hunting canada geese with my dad for as long as i can remember, and i've always enjoyed cleaning them.. usually i just cut the breast meat off though because dad says there isn't really anything else on them, is that different with snow geese??

nice video. 5*

[jmr604]

There is meat on the legs and other parts, but a mjaority of it is on the breast.

[BeautifulNative25]

Which tastes better ...snow goose or canadian goose??? 0_0

[jmr604]

I prefer canada goose, but everyone has different preference... their tastes are not that different, but I find snow goose tastes a bit wilder.. or stronger.

[BeautifulNative25]

Oh neat-0 =o] those snow geese are so pretty ... are they mean ???

[jmr604]

Probably are if they are protecting their young... never got close to them.. they always fly away... I didn't kill these by the way. They were given to me.

[nala830]

When i was 9 I couldn't stand watching my dad just skin fish. And there I see you gutting a goose. God I was a scardie cat

[Tikmondo]

great video. i dont get why people rate it so low?

[jmr604]

Possibly because they are pussies.

[CumulusGranitis]

Have not see that since I was a kid back, then living back east. Can still remember dad reminding me not to eat the buck shot pellets. It looked delicious. (now you've made me hungary)(grin). Nicely put together jmr. Cheers mate!

[dva511]

lmao why u made a video of this?

[jmr604]

Because it's a part of life.

[ut000bs]

I'd like to see one cooked in a cooking bag. Turkey turned me into a big believer in those.

As we would say down South, "That looked fit to eat." :)

[JotageHagemann]

nice and entertaining video and cooking class

[jmr604]

huh?

[jammer4321]

jes but clean for the fich??

[jmr604]

huh?

[airbus91]

poor bird...

[jmr604]

What about your chicken? or your hamberger? or fish? Do you feel sorry for everything you eat?

[airbus91]

ya i know

[filipinoboy147]

i like to eat

duck

[jmr604]

That's good.

[JIMAXair]

Whoa thats awesome. I once did sumthng similar to this. Its pretty nasty. cool vid tho

[BeechSundowner]

Oh boy, let the PETA comments fly :-)

[jmr604]

Yeah, really. I hope they aren't that stupid. Unless they've ALL never eaten a single piece of meat in their life, even then. It's still my right to feed myself. :-)

[BeechSundowner]

They are :-) Stoooopid that is.

Lets not talk vegetarians, they will be next in line for comments to fly . LOL