There are 2 blocks of fois gras in my fridge

im of the PERSONAL OPINION that being at the top of the food chain means we get to eat any animal we want. Swim in the ocean and we're not the top- a shark can munch on you all the same...

About the Foie Gras- I too love liver of all kinds but know its tres bad for me. If that was my foie gras Id cook it how I like it- along with other liked items and have a BIT- not a ton- not my usual amt. just enough to enjoy it. Getting a work out should just be part of the daily routine so youve got the extra calories right?

As for torturing the ducks- I wonder who figured this out- that if we treat animals as bad as we possible can (think veal also ) it will taste even better ??? Ive had foie gras a scant few times in my life- not sure its worth supporting, in spite of the fact I really have ZERO qualms about eating any meat.

Once again, who said that we shouldn't eat meat? Everyone is saying that you shouldn't eat tortured birds.

"foie gras" means "fat liver".

I lived in France and although I've only tried it once (not a big fan of liver...) I have to say that in the European Union (AND in France - which is a member) it is FORBIDDEN to produce the liver the way you describe it. Nobody is forcefed. The goose eat how much they want (and they usually overeat, which makes the liver fat).

The only Western (!) country I know that allowed forcefeeding with tubes of animals until very recently (they forbid it in California, righ?) was the United States!

Just saying. In the EU it's been forbidden for years!

I can't find anything to verify this, though I hope it is true. Can you link to any articles? Thanks.

What is the name of your farm? I would love to purchase some meat from healthy animals.

We are in SC, here in Gamecock Country

Go watch some videos on those poor geese and ducks being force fed grain with a funnel so that their liver bloats to make this 'delicacy', makes most people feel sick enough not to eat it!

While you are at it, stop eating beef, veal, chicken, pork...oh and plants are living creatures too...

Sorry, but this annoys me. While yes, there are always bad examples out there, there are plenty of good ones as well. I know of what I speak, as I own a cattle farm. My cows are fat and happy and never injected, force fed, or penned. My neighbors have the fattest, happiest, most spoiled pigs I have ever seen, and like our cows, they live on hundreds of acres and have all the sex they want.

Besides, we are onmivores (hence we have canines), and meat tastes good.

Clearly you don't understand the process of making foie gras.. the geese HAVE to be force fed through a tube and have their liver explode whilst they are alive for the product to be made.

How is liver bad for you? Have you looked up the nutrient composition for liver? Offal is sooooooooooooooo healthy and good for you. (Animal fat is very very good for you)

I won't touch fois gras for the reason given...but try a grilled bacon-wrapped chicken liver (from happy pastured chickens that get to eat bugs and insects) - YUM!!

And yes, the geese are force fed grain to fatten up their liver...think about what those grains do to our liver. It's not their natural diet and it isn't our natural diet either.
Funny how they also use grain to fatten up cattle before slaughter. And they can only feed them grain for the last few months because it makes them sick (not their natural diet either). If they were fed grain from the beginning they wouldn't make it to slaughter - they would die beforehand.

If you choose to eat fois gras that is your perogative. You should not be condemned for making that choice.

Think you ought to be ashamed of yourself for not considering the outrageous medieval practice that produces this product and also for promoting and normalising the concept of foie gras on an internet forum. Selfish.

As I said before, there are good and bad in all industries, including foie gras. It does not have to be produced via la gravage...

"The (California) ban was brought about by lobbying from animal activists, and no one paid much attention to it until this year. So, for eight years California producers did not learn how to produce foie gras without force feeding the ducks.

If only they had looked to Spain, they could have learned how geese are raised, freely roaming, and then by eating the native plants, develop the most delicious foie gras imaginable.

Eduardo Sousa, raises geese as a free-range farmer in the Extremadura region of Spain and refuses “la gavage” (force feeding the animal).

Initially his foie gras was deemed too gray in comparison to the yellow livers of geese raised on force-fed, artificially colored corn. Sousa planted bright orange flowers native to the area around the grounds of his farm and the geese developed the classic yellow foie gras."


BTW, OP needs to message some of us her address, and we will gladly come help you with your dilemma! :drinker:

WOW seriously give the OP a break. It is something that is definitely not something normal that she consumes.

What should she do with it then? Waste it? Throw it in the garbage? Cry herself to sleep for buying this product?

I personally wouldn't buy it, but there is no reason to jump on her for it because YOU don't support it.


@OP make what you like, and just watch your portion! savor it and eat slow

Eat as much as you want and enjoy it! Do an extra or longer workout and/or cut back som calories from other days this week. Nothing wrong with cheating here and there.

Gah, I LOVE Fois Gras. Last time I was in Paris I had some at this little place and I almost went to heaven, it was that incredible.

I watch a ton of Food Network so I know what it is. I just wanted to see some pictures of it and Google comes up with this mess:



wtf goog, wtf.

Fifty Shades of Foie Gras

"foie gras" means "fat liver".

I lived in France and although I've only tried it once (not a big fan of liver...) I have to say that in the European Union (AND in France - which is a member) it is FORBIDDEN to produce the liver the way you describe it. Nobody is forcefed. The goose eat how much they want (and they usually overeat, which makes the liver fat).

The only Western (!) country I know that allowed forcefeeding with tubes of animals until very recently (they forbid it in California, righ?) was the United States!

Just saying. In the EU it's been forbidden for years!

THIS!!

I will be enjoying this again in a couple of weeks! Dine away, my dear! Savor it!

I feel it's one of the more disgusting things I've ever tasted, personally. Years ago it was served with some fancy cut of beef at a classy restaurant and I almost spit it out. Expensive or not, I don't like it.

I am ignoring reading all the thread of the politically/humane correctness of the product and answering the OP question of how to control her consumption.
I would eat it as an accompanment to my main meal. OR eat my main meal first. then wait 20 minutes drink two glasses of water, and eat the fois gras as an after meal treat.. by now you will feel full and will not over indulge.

Enjoy the rare treat! Try to minimize your carbs that day... Or let all your carbs that day come from wine only!
Lol but i am serious