Chicago lifts ban on foie gras

[mawilson 2,133]

Chicago on Wednesday overturned its two-year ban on foie gras, the delicacy made

from the fattened livers of ducks and geese, the Chicago Tribune reported. The ban,

slipped into a routine City Council vote in 2006, earned the city international attention:

admiration from animal rights groups and ire from the culinary world.

Reaction to the repeal was swift. Relieved chefs, including Christophe Pouy, above,

celebrated, and began preparing the controversial dish in time for dinner last night.

Chef Didier Durand, who led the fight against the ban, told the Tribune, "We're going

to paint the town with foie gras."

Animal rights groups, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, decried

the reversal, calling it "dirty political maneuvering" by the food industry and saying

the city was "right the first time in banning this hideously cruel product."

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[Jenn! 918]

Foie gras is a diseased, rotting organ of an abused animal with a high price tag slapped onto it.

Oh thank god it's no longer banned!

[Amby 490]

I love fooey grass! My favorite is foie mousse in between poppyseed phyllo pastry YUM!

eta: my mom cried and asked me to never eat it again when she found out I like it she's so dramatic

Edited May 15, 2008 by Amby

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I am so distressed over this Im calling my congressmen! Fcukin duck haters.

[Amby 490]

I am so distressed over this Im calling my congressmen! Fcukin duck haters.

I don't hate ducks! I love them because they taste yummy

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I am so distressed over this Im calling my congressmen! Fcukin duck haters.

I don't hate ducks! I love them because they taste yummy

[sj5 4]

i don't eat ducks but i pet em

[Mononoke28 137]

It sounds disgusting. Seriously.

Diana

[HAL 9000 96]

It sounds disgusting. Seriously.

Diana

Actually it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be

There's this place up on the N. Side that serves it ala Hot Dog... not quite sure I'm willing to go that far with it beyond a taste... but I know people that swear by it.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

When I was studying in France, I was explained the way they prepared the duck and it is disgusting. They feed the duck with extra greassy food until its liver fails. After it has had a painful death, they use its liver to prepare foie gras. It is inhumane first of all; second, its taste is disgusting and worst of all, it is unhealthy as hell. Don't understand how people can eat that kind of food...

Edited May 15, 2008 by GueraYTavo

[sereia 0]

my husband went craaazy over foie gras when i made it for him a few months ago. foie gras tastes better than it sounds. but the way they treat the poor ducks and geese is really disgusting.

but hey, if you eat chickens, cows, etc they aren't generally treated THAT much better anyway!

[HAL 9000 96]

my husband went craaazy over foie gras when i made it for him a few months ago. foie gras tastes better than it sounds. but the way they treat the poor ducks and geese is really disgusting.

but hey, if you eat chickens, cows, etc they aren't generally treated THAT much better anyway!

true...

BTW... there is a vegetarian version that actually tastes much, much, much better.

[Ban Hammer 14,295]

When I was studying in France, I was explained the way they prepared the duck and it is disgusting. They feed the duck with extra greassy food until its liver fails. After it has had a painful death, they use its liver to prepare foie gras. It is inhumane first of all; second, its taste is disgusting and worst of all, it is unhealthy as hell. Don't understand how people can eat that kind of food...

exactly why i don't think highly of it, and they are force fed.

[HAL 9000 96]

[mawilson 2,133]

my husband went craaazy over foie gras when i made it for him a few months ago. foie gras tastes better than it sounds. but the way they treat the poor ducks and geese is really disgusting.

but hey, if you eat chickens, cows, etc they aren't generally treated THAT much better anyway!

true...

BTW... there is a vegetarian version that actually tastes much, much, much better.

For the veg version, do they force-feed ducks until their brains fail and they turn into vegetables?