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[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours 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.