Don't bitch about Foie Gras

[tamidon]

Chris Consentino of Incanto Restaurant(who has a cool blog doing fun stuff with food) writes a well thought out explanation in defense of foie gras. I happen to love the stuff.. He's been threatened by an anti foie group that has already done some very scary things to other restaurateurs. Attacking foie gras is like protesting fur...it's much easier to attack a very small group of rich people who wear fur than bikers who wear leather. Fur animals are cute while cows that we get our leather from are not. Trust me, if you saw where the majority of your meat comes from you'ld not worry about ducks eating the way nature built them.Most people don't eat foie but most everyone eats pork or chicken. That makes it easy to single out a small group to target.

Go read the letter

Comments

[beah.livejournal.com]

A well-written, if long-winded, rant. I found the duck biology lesson and veterinary testimonials to be most compelling.

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

Very interesting! The production of foie gras was a subject of some discussion when I was in Paris with weegoddess and it would have been good to know the facts in the Village Voice article then.

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

he also doesn't get into the cortisol results. Short form is that cortisol is a hormone produced when in pain or fear in most warm blooded animals. There is no rise in cortisol levels in the ducks when gavaged. The fact they line up for it is probably also a clue. Foie gras ducks are some of the best treated animals we eat and extremists go nuts about them

[quezz.livejournal.com]

If you eat veal, foie gras is a step waaaay down in cruelty from that. Hell, eggs depending on where you get them from could be worse than foie gras.

I like foie gras, BTW -- just don't want to eat it often for fear of what my arteries will say!

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

BTW, not overwhelmed with eggs cause girls doing chickens for their respective science fair projects and want to have egg salad with them. sorry

gimme!

[dbang.livejournal.com]

Foie gras's main flaw is 1) too expensive, and 2) a lack of sauternes. *sigh*

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

When I was in school and the savory students would bring the pastry class things to eat, and they were doing foie gras apps, the other five or six girls in my class (all way younger, except the older vegetarian) all went "eeeeeuw." Our chef instruuctor tried to give them the lecture about educating their palates. I just said, "you don't want any? pass it over here!"

I learned that there is, in fact, an amount of foie gras beyond which the rest will be indigestible. :-/

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

I learned that there is, in fact, an amount of foie gras beyond which the rest will be indigestible. :-/

Now there's a lesson I'ld love to be able to ,wallet and health allowing, to learn

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

six 2oz ramekins? three too many.

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

I'ld be willing to find out

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

My mouth was happy, my gut was NOT. Stopped at three the next time they brought it over, was much happier.

[keren-s.livejournal.com]

Me too! Mmmmm ... foie gras ... [insert picture of Homer Simpson salavating here]

[skreeky]

* will take that chllenge =)

[penmillion.livejournal.com]

Interesting article. Thanks for posting. You would think that most people going to the effort to protest something would take a little time to learn about it first, but no.