Soaring goose prices threaten German St Martin’s Day celebrations

Martinsgans – or martin goose – is eaten around 11 November, but restaurants are dropping dish to save cash

Soaring inflation threatens to cast a shadow over one of Germany’s most popular cultural festivities, which culminates in eating roast goose.

A Martinsgans – or martin goose – is eaten on or around 11 November – St Martin’s Day – when the 4th-century Roman soldier turned saint for sharing his cloak with a poor man is remembered in lantern parades, song, bonfires and theatrical reenactments of his life throughout the country.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/06/goose-prices-german-st-martins-day-martinsgans

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