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To: JenB
Maybe you're foie gras...

Although the literal translation from French is "fat liver," foie gras is the term generally used for goose liver. This specialty of Alsace and Perigord is, in fact, the enlarged liver from a goose or duck that has been force-fed and fattened over a period of four to five months. These specially bred fowl are not permitted to exercise, which, combined with the overeating, creates a huge (up to 3 pounds), fatty liver.

OK - I'm still waiting here for a follow up, and I can't find a way to read that as remotely friendly. Am I missing something?

146 posted on 01/16/2006 11:43:31 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Well ... it's fancy chopped liver.

Maybe you're fancy!

149 posted on 01/16/2006 11:46:49 AM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... as opposed to plain ol' chopped liver ...])
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To: HairOfTheDog

I think it was supposed to be an upgrade from plain liver. I'd ask her, but she went out fer a bit.

I wasted most of a morning tagging a bunch of MP3s that had no information. Heh...it was bugging me!


150 posted on 01/16/2006 11:48:09 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: HairOfTheDog
These specially bred fowl are not permitted to exercise

Sign me up, baby! :-)

Oops! I'm not supposed to be here.

155 posted on 01/16/2006 11:52:44 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: HairOfTheDog
foie gras is classier than chopped liver. ;o)
158 posted on 01/16/2006 11:58:13 AM PST by SuziQ
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