On Feb 07, 2005, at 5:44 pm, Christy wrote:
> Interestingly enough an old remedy for a cold or flu is rubbing a
> persons chest with goosefat. For coughs, pneumonia, and other
> lungproblems it was THE remedy.
> Never tried it but it's worth considering. Might get chased by all the
> dogs in the neighbourhood though ;-)
>
> Christy

If you want to be really traditional, you need to plaster brown paper
to your chest with the goose fat too :)

I have to say I'd rather *eat* the goose fat than rub it all over me.
There's a lard/dripping crisis in the UK at the moment (maybe it's
over, I haven't tried to buy any for a while) and the only fat I've
been able to buy for a long time is goose fat.  Expensive but nice.

When I cook duck I try to do it as quickly as possible so that the fat
is preserved on the meat.  I eat duck legs a lot (they are almost a
staple for me) because of the high fat content.  Tends to me slightly
rare but I like that, and it hasn't hurt me yet.  The other day though,
I left them in too long by mistake and what was left was as lean as
turkey.  I pretty much had to throw then away :(

Ashley