According to the Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds (yes, it is a thing):
They take the molluscs which cling to the vegetation
and also eat small fish, frogs and worms.

I am relying on nature books here and not first hand observation
but I do believe the fish and frogs etc are a minor and incidental
component of an almost vegetarian diet.

I'd believe that and would consider a small
percentage of fish not to be a big deal
(freshwater fish tend to be kind of mild
anyway).

I'm pretty sure they taste pretty good. After all they were hunted
almost to extinction here in the past and in England they're
reserved for royal feasts.

There's no unanimity on the terms of the royal
claim to swans, but the point is taken.

One hunter describes Tundra swans which are legal to hunt as looking
like long neck geese and tasting like duck ... "dark, tender, mild
and clean-tasting.

I'm in.

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Title: Donald Keen's Wild Goose
Categories: Goose, Game
Yield: 4 Servings

1 Goose

1st, shoot him
2nd. pick and clean him
3rd. wash him in olive oil
4th. Stuff him with 1 apple and 1 potato Steam him in roaster with 1
cup water for 1 hour. Then remove apple and potato and stuff him with
dressing (your favorite turkey dressing). Add 1-1/2 cups water to
roaster, cover breasts of goose with a grease soaked tea towel and
cook covered for 2 hours in 275 degree oven. Uncover and cook 1 more
hour in 250 degree oven. Goose can be cooked by recipe for wild duck.
Simply increase cooking time about 1 hour.

From: "Drkeen" <drkeen@family-Net.Org>

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