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[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Funny that the tradition in France, Ireland and UK is to eat a new-world animal.

[โ€“] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It has vaguely been, when the americas were discovered, because it was exotic. So the court would have turkeys instead of geese (probably a terrible substitute though). It's not really a thing anymore though. And neither is goose because it's much too large.