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.