Pate de fois gras

Victoria · Post by **Victoria** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:59 pm

Yesterday 3 major hotel chains in the Netherlands announced that they will no longer be offering pate de fois gras on their menu because of the animal welfare concerns.

It is illegal to produce in this country and so has to be imported from France, animal welfare groups have welcomed the news but still want a total ban on the cruel method of production used for the pate.

Post by **spot** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:25 pm

Only five countries [within the European Union] still produce foie gras: Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, France and Hungary. [Outside the EU it's made in the US, China and Quebec]

"Until new scientific evidence on alternative methods and their welfare aspects is available", the production of foie gras is prohibited by treaty except for "where it is current practice" among 35 countries bound by the Council of Europe's European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes.

That and more background are on Foie gras controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

farmer giles · Post by **farmer giles** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:26 pm

tut just like the spanish and french ....... the sods

Post by **spot** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:30 pm

I don't eat the stuff but I've less objection to making it with outdoor free-range birds than I have with factory-farm production of beef, milk, eggs or bacon. Victoria's "cruel method of production" applies far more to those.

farmer giles · Post by **farmer giles** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:47 pm

spot;1201735 wrote: I don't eat the stuff but I've less objection to making it with outdoor free-range birds than I have with factory-farm production of beef, milk, eggs or bacon. Victoria's "cruel method of production" applies far more to those.

totally agree i'm pretty much veggie now

Victoria · Post by **Victoria** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:51 am

spot;1201735 wrote: I don't eat the stuff but I've less objection to making it with outdoor free-range birds than I have with factory-farm production of beef, milk, eggs or bacon. Victoria's "cruel method of production" applies far more to those.

The cruel method I referred to was indeed the factory method where birds are force fed serveral times a day via funnels or tubes by pneumatic systems increasing thier liver to betwwen 5 and 10 times it natural size.

unfortunaltly very little is made with natural free range birds..

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:04 am

Quebec ahahahaha love it you rattle off all the countries and I think that is awesome you singled out Quebec from the rest of Canada :yh_rotfl

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:21 am

Nasty stuff. What kind of people eat that crap?

Post by **spot** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:29 am

YZGI;1201817 wrote: Nasty stuff. What kind of people eat that crap?

Toutes les gormandes du monde.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:30 am

spot;1201820 wrote: Toutes les gormandes du monde.
Just a sec, I'm googling to see if I have been insulted..

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:33 am

spot;1201820 wrote: Toutes les gormandes du monde.

YZGI;1201821 wrote: Just a sec, I'm googling to see if I have been insulted..

Whew. wasn't insulting me.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:14 am

YZGI;1201822 wrote: Whew. wasn't insulting me.

It was a dreadful attempt at french though.

It ought to be "Tous les gourmandes de la monde", according to Google.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:25 am

spot;1201843 wrote: It was a dreadful attempt at french though.

It ought to be "Tous les gourmandes de la monde", according to Google.
LOL. I found that out when I went to yahoo babel to have it translated. See I'm not a French spelling nazi.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:00 am

I love the stuff---------maybe there is a great financial opportunity now for "BLACK MARKET PATE DE FOIS GRAS"

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:02 am

Lon;1201883 wrote: I love the stuff---------maybe there is a great financial opportunity now for "BLACK MARKET PATE DE FOIS GRAS"
It's been my experience that more white people eat it.

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:03 am

The delicate feeding process to ensure the liver tastes to the highest qualityâ€¦

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:13 am

mikeinie;1201906 wrote: The delicate feeding process to ensure the liver tastes to the highest qualityâ€¦

Isn't that what Hannibal Lechter said?:wah:

farmer giles · Post by **farmer giles** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:14 am

YZGI;1201884 wrote: It's been my experience that more white people eat it.

come on guys that was really funny would it hurt anyone to laugh:rolleyes::rolleyes::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:19 am

farmer giles;1201935 wrote: come on guys that was really funny would it hurt anyone to laugh:rolleyes::rolleyes::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Its me and you bud.

farmer giles · Post by **farmer giles** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:25 am

YZGI;1201938 wrote: Its me and you bud.

your damn right :yh_rotfl

Chockygirl · Post by **Chockygirl** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:22 pm

spot;1201820 wrote: Toutes les gormandes du monde.

Seems that they don't have a conscience past their own greedy appetites.