It was too much to explain that there had been a big fat mis-communication between ourselves and our neighbor, David. So, the truth is that I bought two geese.
Then, I was told David had a better and fresher goose of his own.
I also mentioned my twin geese to neighbor David's wife, Anne.
It seems that there followed a conversation at their house at which someone's mind was changed.
And then today I heard from Anne that David will be cooking our surplus goose.
And so his living goose, formerly known as Goose #2, is still walking around, with it's head on. Nobody at our house will be eating that goose.
And, best of all, I feel we are now on a level playing field.
I have just had sort of a hysterical time trying to get a romantic looking photo of these two frozen birds. The shots taken in the fridge were too embarrassing to publish. So I brought the girls out into the warm glow of my kitchen to catch a moment of their thawing for posterity.
They have just begun their two days of "half-thawing", which will end abruptly on Wednesday evening when Jon submerges each one in boiling water for a little fat melting blanch. Then they will return to the fridge, warmer and somewhat subdued, to await the great pride crusher for all fowl.....The Stuffing.
Really, aren't they lovely?
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