Oca Padovana
Oca Padovana is the gray farmyard goose of the Padua area, traditionally raised for meat.
- Animal
- Goose
- Area
- Padua and its province, Veneto
- Plumage
- Gray
- Main use
- Meat
From the farmyard to pasture
Veneto Agricoltura describes a slender gray goose with orange bill and legs as an adult. Goslings spend their first weeks indoors before being released to pasture. The regional account emphasizes meat production and grazing rather than egg laying.
Roast goose and preserved preparations
The regional atlas lists roasting, sauces and preserved goose preparations among its uses, including breast ham and oca in onto. These are different ways of using the bird, rather than identical products.
