Fois Gras on Top Chef last night/graphic pix added not by me!!!!!!!

[RioLindoAz]

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You are right, terrie. Every good person in this world shouldn't allow this. And you being a duck owner, are probobly pretty offended. I am, even thought I don't own ducks. Its animal cruelty! And it looks nasty too

Oh and Terrielacy, did you get that information from Wikipedia? just wondering....

Can't wait to see what other people haveto say about this...

 

[chickfillhay]

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Dear moderator grefields. Please help. Do you know of anybody making fois gras in a humane way? If you do, please fill me in. It would make me feel much better to know there are other(better) ways of causing duck/geese livers to be overgrown and diseased. (I am sorry if I sounded condensending but is as with respect) I am hoping. I did find a recipe for vegitarian fois gras on U Tube. It is in portuguese though.
Found it by google. Complete coincidence that I can read portuguese!

There is a forum (I forget now but you can google/msn it) It is a formal petition to ban This form of fois gras

 

[DuckLady]

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No it is something that we at Duck Rescue feel strongly about. We are not activists, but we educate.
In being able to educate, we research and read and interview. We don't advertise whow we feel, but if the opportunity comes up, we try to get the word out.

 

[greyfields]

Non forced fed duck/goose liver is generally marketed as "Fatty Liver" grade 1 or 2. Bascially they get it by fattening ducks/geese without the forced feeding, which prior to going into winter the animals start putting on a lot of fat. I've certainly seen 'humane' and 'ethical' fois gras on many restaurant menues, I just can't remember the names of the farms who were providing it. It seems to me it was coming out of California somewhere.

 

[Guitartists]

If Fois Gras is the deliberate diseasing and fattening of the liver... how can you "humanely" raise it?

I JUST saw your post Greyfields.... makes sense... it wouldn't be the same as the other, but I can see where it would come close without the inhumane treatment. Interesting.

 

[greyfields]

My understanding (I could be wrong) is that to be called "Fois Gras" it must be forced fed. Otherwise it is just fatty liver. I remember there was a ruckus in recent years where a US raised "fatty liver" won a blind tasting in a European "Fois Gras" tasting.

 

[RioLindoAz]

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No it is something that we at Duck Rescue feel strongly about. We are not activists, but we educate.
In being able to educate, we research and read and interview. We don't advertise whow we feel, but if the opportunity comes up, we try to get the word out.

Well thats good, as long as your not constantly protesting about some life-less animals

 

[Bizzybirdy]

Aaaarrrggghhh....I watched Top Chef last night and didn't even know what Fois Gras was. Thanks for the heads up. Am glad he didn't win. Sad what some humans do to animals.

 

[DuckLady]

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I would never bring it up. You did, so I responded.

Besides, we are not talking about lifeless. Ducks and geese used for foie gras are very much alive during the process of creating it.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

This is very interesting. I can see how plain old Fatty Liver would be exceptable, at least for me. From the sounds of it, Fatty Liver is just letting the ducks/geese gorge themselves on fatty foods. I personally do not see that as cruel, simply because the animals are enjoying the eating and they probably won't live long enough to feel the affects of their poor eating habits.

The forced feeding, I'm totally against. A liver 10 times the size it should just sounds painful. If the animal cannot eat that amount of food on it's own, it's for a reason.

So, Fatty Liver exceptable by my standards, but the forced feeding for Fois Gras is a no-no in by my book. Just like eating live animals(fish, monkey, etc) is a no-no. I remembered watching something when I was younger and it just made me cry and cry and cry, I remembered a group of people sitting around a table taking forkfulls of meat of a fish still gasping for air on the plate. Just my opinion.

-Kim