“Goose really aren’t that hard to cook.
Just pierce the skin in many places to allow the fat to render out.
Really, it’s very easy to grill a goose. After all cooking a goose over an open flame is the tried and true method. Start by letting the goose warm up for about 30 minutes. Wash and pat dry with paper towels and season to your liking.
A little salt, thyme or sage and perhaps some lemon juice will suffice.
If you are using charcoal you will want to use about 4 to 5 pounds. You might have to replenish the fire after an hour or so. Expect to be grilling for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours for a 15 pound goose. The bird will be done when the internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F.
Let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes before you carve and serve.”
- brooklynq on “Belt Parkway Neighbors Prep For Geese Migration“
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Photo by nolastname
You know spring is near when the South Brooklyn coastal communities are getting ready for the birds. Our area, blessed by the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, is a stopping point for more than 325 species of migrating birds.
Over by the golf course near Flatbush Avenue on the Belt Parkway, locals are kicking off the season with a word – and drawing – of warning to drivers getting on the highway. Scores of Canadian geese take to the area, many landing in the golf course itself. Sections of the fence are down to allow the birds access to the shore, but not before a perilous journey over the Belt.
Drivers, heed this advice: drive slowly on this section of the Belt Parkway (not that you have a choice).
Tags: belt parkway, bird life, birdwatching, flatbush ave, jamaica bay, jamaica bay wildlife refuge
The Parks Department is removing a tree that fell on a house on East 19th Street, between Avenue X and Avenue Y near the P.S. 254 playground (currently closed for construction).
The street has been closed to vehicular traffic, but pedestrians have not been prohibited from standing nearby. One of them has set up a lawn chair to sit on while watching the work being done. A few are taking pictures of the crane and mulcher in action.
The sound of the mulching machine pulling in and pulverizing the branches will be heard until the tree is fully gone. Hopefully, that will be before school is out, because we wouldn’t want anyone distracting the workers from operating the dangerous wood chipper.
Tags: crane, east 19th st, fell on house, mulch, p.s. 254, parks department, removal, trees fallen
We previously reported about Brand Z For Less at 1805 Avenue U closing a few weeks ago and we had no idea what whould replace it. We do now – the last few days saw some renovations and minor construction at the site, and yesterday I saw the new sign go up.
Come this Friday, Value Depot will be open for business! If you’re wondering what they sell, it’s a little bit of everything. In fact the only thing they don’t seem to sell is food. If you want a better idea of what to expect, you can check out the Value Depot on Kings Highway and East 17th Street, or wait ’til Friday!
Tags: ave u, brand z for less, businesses, clothing stores, retail, shopping, value depot
What a beautiful day it was on March 17, 2010. I was hoping to roll out to the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Manhattan, but they made me work instead.
When I heard that the Marketeer was going out of business, I figured that would be my chance to finally do some things I always wanted to do. One day after that news hit the presses, I overheard some of the guys at Bagel Boy on Avenue Z saying that they didn’t need to advertise online, ‘cuz the Marketeer was coming back. A little later, I heard someone else say that some other major news outlet was going to take over the sales circular market, because the need exists.
“The need for what?” I thought. Sopping wet messes of goopy packets that got caught in the rain, which people don’t even bother to take the plastic off to recycle the paper?” Sure, there’s a need for that. Needed by some people, but not by me. I get all my Sheepshead Bay shopping information online, these days. Sheepshead Bites does not get wet and goopy and I don’t have to bend to pick it up.
So, there I was filing for my unemployment payment for the week, and these people roll me out. Layoff over. Well, I guess I can still get an after work Guinness.
Tags: brochures, flyers, markeeteer, newspaper, saint patricks, sales circular, shopping carts, st patricks day, st. pattys day
These scene, at East 23rd between Avenue W and Avenue V, is repeated on many local streets. Four days after the weekend storm toppled scores of trees in our area, many roads remain blocked. What streets do you know of that remain blocked?
Tags: damage, fallen trees, photos, severe weather, storms, weather
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Late last night we told everyone we were making it our goal to reach 1,000 Facebook friends by next week. Well, lo and behold, the desperate goons over at GerritsenBeach.net declared war on us, betting they could reach 1,000 Facebook followers first!
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Courtesy of Daily News
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has signed a five-year lease on 3157 Coney Island Avenue, after a fierce battle with the landlord to keep the Brighton Beach Post Office branch open.
The agreement caps an almost year long fight in which the new landlord attempted to jack up rent in excess of 30 percent of market value. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, Congressmen Jerrold Nadler and Anthony Weiner, and City Councilman Michael Nelson, joined the fight when their Brighton Beach constituents expressed outrage that the neighborhood’s only local office would close.
“Losing such an important neighborhood asset would have been unacceptable, as this is the only post office in Brighton Beach,” Weiner told Brooklyn Eagle. “The outspoken members of this community rallied to prevent this closure, and they deserve a great deal of credit for helping to avert what surely would have been a severe blow to those who live and do business in Brighton Beach.”
Tags: brighton beach, brighton beach post office, coney island ave, east 18th st, jerome ave, post office, sheepshead bay post office
Reader nolastname was wandering about yesterday morning, and watched as the beautiful weather kicked off with an awesome sunrise. She saw this crane at work in the Marine Park Salt Marsh. Snazzy…
Tags: ave u, marine park, nature, parks, photos, salt marsh nature center
Garbage overflows regularly at public trash cans. (Photo by Ray Johnson, two weeks before the storm.)
The storm has caused so much destruction, sending boats, trees and their limbs, signs, and houses crashing to the ground. But it’s not just the trees that got whipped in the wind. Garbage like this gets blown onto the streets by the strong winds, just as well.
Sheepshead Bay, we have a major cleanup to do. Let’s hurry and clean up our act before our streets become one big trash heap.
Tags: garbage, illegal dumping, pollution, quality of life, trash
