What does half a catty of roast goose mean?

Half a catty of roasted goose is half a catty of roasted goose.

Half a catty = 500g = 0.5kg, in which catty, also called tendon, is the standard municipal unit stipulated in 1929.

Roasted goose, a special dish of Han nationality, belongs to Cantonese cuisine and is a traditional barbecue in Guangzhou. Roasted goose originated from roast duck. Small and medium-sized Qingyuan black brown goose is the best. Remove the wings, feet and viscera of the whole goose, blow it clean, coat it with five spices, sew it, scald the skin with boiling water, peel it evenly with cold water and sugar water, air dry it, then marinate it, finally hang it in an oven or an open flame, rotate and bake it, cut it into pieces and serve. Roasted goose is golden in color and delicious. There are many roast goose shops in Guangzhou, the most famous of which are the roast goose in Yuji Roast Goose Hotel in Chang Di and the roast goose in Shenjing in Changzhou, Huangpu District.