Your Foie Gras Countdown Clock

LJ Williamson

This ban hurts small scale farmers and restauranteurs and leaves the far vaster and more horrifically-scaled animal abuse at factory farms untouched -- it's a silly, pretentious, niggling strategy. That's why I don't support it.

Yoman61

The ducks on small artisan foie gras farms are subject to far less torture than any chicken raised on a commercial farm. Why did this ban pass? Small farmers are an easy target. The animal rights lobby does not have the resources to go after Foster Farms or KFC, so they attack the little guys because it is an easy victory. Anyone who supports this ban, yet still consumes any commercial meat product is a hypocrite.

Rodzilla

The ban should absolutely be lifted. Instead we should set an example by making Cali have the best farming standards in the country! http://chefstandards.com/

MSROADTRIP

HAVE TRIED THE 'CAPTCHA' OVER A HALF A DOZEN TIMES AND STILL WRONG!!! ALL I'M DOING IS TRYING TO SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTER BUT VERY HARD TO READ!!

jannisswerman

There are still tix for the Foie Gras North / South battle on 5/14 at Lemon Moon for $150. http://chefslemonmoon.eventbri... Melisse is nearly sold out at $200 per.

George Smith

If you can make it up to San Francisco before the ban, be sure to get the fois gras from Isa in the Marina - http://goo.gl/xIFPy

I've never had anything like it, in my life...

Mjec13

Sweet, ban it. It's an AWFUL process. All the process' for meat it awful, but this one is ridiculous. No protesting needed folks. what's your defense? It tastes good? Not really good enough. The regular folk can't afford it anyway, you rich folk can do without that form of liver. It'll be ok. Go to France.

Joe

Spoken like an Idiot who has probably never been/seen or smelt a farm.I grew up on a farm and we had ducks.Ducks eat by shoveling food in. We never made foie gras but raised them for eggs and meat and everytime I held out a cup of wheat soaked in water they would just shovel it down.The feeding process evolved from observation of this feeding method

Mjec13

Oh Joe, you could benefit from reading my above reply to the ignoramus such as yourself, Shawn

Shawn Burnette

Awesome to actually hear someone who is actually qualified to weigh in. http://www.seriouseats.com/201...

Backs you up 100%

Great reply and info.

Jason Marino

I didn't know Vincent Vega turned into a complete pussy. WTF?

Vincentvega121

How would you like to be force fed through a tube that had been jammed down your throat? This ban is long overdue.

Bpascal

It's not a throat, it will be helpful for you to learn the physiology of a Duck. We are not design to eat that way, duck and geese are, they have a went-pipe like snakes, and the food is only 35% of the storage capacity they have in the front of their body.I agree that for human it will be a problem, and animals do dye on a farm, around 3.5% before slaughtering, it can go up to 25% when free range.God was Chef not a VEGAN, so please help to find solution and help the farmers to find good and better solution for all of use, only if you care.Thank you for your interest in the animals welfare.

Shawn Burnette

The animals are not human. These animals do not have the gag reflex that makes this seem so unpleasant to so many. It is a natural process during the preparation for migration where fat is stored around the liver. We manipulate vegetables in far more radical ways. This is no different than farming chicken, though my Foie purveyor's farm is beautiful and the animals are happier than any chicken farm I know of. They actually run up to the farmers to "be force fed through a tube that had been jammed down your throat". So here is an idea; If you do not like how it is made.... don't eat it. Whatever you do don't let your ignorance and brainwashing force the rest of us suffer. Legislation of morality is a bad way to go Mr Vega.

Mjec13

And you leave no room for replies. Your retort is God. Making me the 3rd year reading level because your statements are heartless and your cause is about your own personal greed.I know about corn and Guess what, I try not to eat it. And, wait, the big argument here, IT's NOT A LIVING BREATHING CREATURE! Your argument is MootI am not a treehugger, and I am the farthest thing from a follower.Since I didn't take any presumptuous stabs at your character and make assumptions by your asinine comments, let's discuss. Beating around the bush and speaking in ludicrous metaphors (geese vs corn????) does not a cohesive argument make. I have grown up around ducks and animals all my life. So before you jump at my character and call me ignorant, just because you read about a farmer who has touched a duck in his or her life you are the expert.I'm glad you can go to your purveyor and make friends with the animals who will be tortured. That says a lot about your character. Of course they come running. It's feeding time, all animals come running for feeding time. They are not equip with the brain capacity to know whether it is a good feeding or bad, they just know it's time for food and if they are gorgers by nature of course they come running. How do I know this? Oh, yes, my experience with farms my entire life Ass.They would gorge themselves as a dog would do if you left food out for them to do so. So do you have dogs or have you killed them all by letting them eat as they will and gorge themselves to death? Didn't shove a tube down their throat. Just let nature take it's course. You and "Joe" can go on your animal killing spree together and call me ignorant all you want. You sir are the one who has decided that I am too ignorant to have an opinion on something that is truly pointless for the general public. You have decided to profit from animals being the ignorant ones. Good for you. Bring on the money and fight the pointless fight. You are only upset because you may not have One item on a menu. Take that away and all you have are angry words.Last I checked we are not a country of torture. Dog fights and cock fights are a form of entertainment for some. These animals are born and bred into it. Why should we take away the fun and excitement for these owners? The animals have fun. They enjoy it. It's what they were meant to do. Should this not be illegal in your world?Just because it is an animal does not give us the right to decide the level of torture that is ok for a luxury item that can be done without.We were born as humans eating meat. We are going to eat it. That's fine, we eat ducks and geese and cows and chickens etc. How about we stick to nature and eat them as intended instead of adding torture to the mix. I don't give a fuck if they don't have a gag reflex and come running for feeding time. You can NOT tell me it's not torture. If it wasn't, this conversation would never be had and it would be legal all over the U.S. without controversy aside from those you have decided are treehuggers and whatnot.

Mjec13

Because they can't feel it, it's just like Manipulating a vegetable? What? Please! Speaking of ignorance.

Shawn Burnette

Sorry, I thought most people's reading comprehension was above a 3rd grade level. The manipulation is of their eating habits. They will gorge themselves naturally. The only manipulation humans do is to adjust when.

Have someone help you read about the things Monsanto does to corn and then get back to me. I guess that is not so bad since the animals possibly harmed there include humans. I eat corn and will continue to or should I become a strict carnivore? (that actually sounds nice, but I digress.)

Being a treehugger and crowd follower does not absolve your ignorance nor does it imply mine. Check out the reply below from Joe. He is a farmer and has actually touched a duck.

Are you for eating animals? What about animals that eat animals -- should they be forced into vegan diets?

Humans are omnivores and like it or not animals used for meat, organs or otherwise, are a commodity product. I see nothing wrong with eating meat from non-endangered species and certainly would never favor laws that restricted anyone from doing something as trivial as choosing to eat one food product over another.

Vincentvega121

If humans were omnivores we wouldn't have to cook our meat before consumption. Our intestinal tracts are not designed for it. Animals feel pain and suffering just like us, the fact that you view them as a commodity speaks greatly to your immoral character.