# Colonial goose

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**Colonial goose** is a preparation of roast leg of [lamb](/source/Domestic_sheep) or [mutton](/source/Mutton)[1] popular as a dish in New Zealand until the last quarter of the 20th century.

Early [colonial](/source/Colony) pioneers in New Zealand had [sheep](/source/Sheep) aplenty, but [goose](/source/Goose) was relatively scarce. To prepare dishes similar to those they had back home in [the old country](/source/England) the pioneers were very inventive. Colonial goose is now a recognised classic, with some restaurants featuring it as a main attraction at [midwinter festivities](/source/Winter_solstice) (21 June in New Zealand).

It involves the careful boning out of a leg of lamb, stuffing it with [honey](/source/Honey) and dried [apricots](/source/Apricots), in addition to traditional stuffing based on [breadcrumbs](/source/Breadcrumb), [onion](/source/Onion), [parsley](/source/Parsley) and [thyme](/source/Thyme) or [sage](/source/Salvia_officinalis), and then [marinating](/source/Marination) it in a [red wine](/source/Red_wine)-based marinade which gives it the appearance of goose when cooked.

The 1919 cookbook *First Catch Your Weka: A Story of New Zealand Food* by David Veart, contains a recipe for colonial goose.[2]

## See also

- [List of lamb dishes](/source/List_of_lamb_dishes)

## References

1. Manns, Howard & Burridge, Kate (23 September 2019). ["How Australians talk about tucker is a story that'll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant"](http://theconversation.com/how-australians-talk-about-tucker-is-a-story-thatll-make-you-want-to-eat-the-bum-out-of-an-elephant-121492). Mountain, Wes & Dunn, Amanda (eds.). [doi:10.64628/AA.wu5xdwqnf](https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.wu5xdwqnf). Retrieved 7 October 2019.

1. Heaton, Thomas (14 March 2017). ["Sam Mannering cooks a colonial goose recipe from 1919"](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/88709097/sam-mannering-cooks-a-colonial-goose-recipe-from-1919). Retrieved 7 October 2019.

## External links

- [Colonial goose recipe at Wikibooks Cookbook](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AColonial_Goose)

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