Last year, my brother gave me a bit of Canada Goose pastrami to try. It was too salty (to the point of being inedible)... but he realized that he had missed a step in the recipe and didn't soak the meat after rinsing the curing rub off. Regardless, you could tell that the idea had a lot of promise. He went on to try it again and told me that it turned out quite excellent. Sooo... since I've got a freezer load of goose breasts I decided to give it a try myself.
Three days later and I can say it's a definite winner. The only thing I would change is that I would not apply the final rub so heavily before smoking. It is tender and juicy and unmistakably "pastrami"
Anyone interested, I used Steve Rinella's recipe and method from his youtube video

Cured in fridge for 3 days, rinsed off cure and added BBQ rub


Final product after smoking at 225F until instant read shows 155F (about 1.5 hours for this load)

I have also used that recipe on migrating geese (KS, TX, ND, etc) and it is a definite winner!!

Terrible for resident NC geese though lol

Best way to eat the darn things!
I have a different recipe but it's pretty standard.

Looks beautiful

Bite # 1 then pass the beer please !
more Please.

I don't know if I could eat purple meat.

I use the same recipe, although I age for 5 days and use apple wood.
I like better after 24 hours in the fridge to let flavors mello and mix a little bit.
We make mini Reubens with the small rye bread toasted, awesome snacks!

Anyone got a link to the recipe?
Looks great

Anybody read his book, American Buffalo.

It is a great book packed with adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. It is abound woodland buffalo. Highly recommend it.

Good book!

Moosetrot

Just FWIW, I'll throw this in here:

I have an employee that used that recipe last year. Good stuff!

Alot of the waterfowl hunters I see trapping make sausage out of the geese.

Sausage is ok, but it takes pork added to it, which is also ok, but the goose pastrami is great as is, people that claim they hate wild geese or that they're inedible can't get enough of the pastrami. It's that good.

Had a guy that does game dinners want me to make it for him, I declined, miss one pellet and some body breaks a tooth , I don't need.

Slydogx I made the same one from him afew years ago and it is good. You should try his Turkey apple sausage recipe it is also a winner.