Foie gras alternatives on the rise in France for those fed up with force-feeding

RFI ^ | 25/12/2022 | Sarah Elzas

[DugwayDuke]

I don’t care for liver in any form or fashion and that includes faux liver.
The most common response when I state my dislike for liver is ‘I have recipe you should try. It doesn’t taste like liver’.

[ansel12]

French C-rations used to have canned foie gras, canned cheeses, a small bottle of brandy, and a full 20-pack of Gauloises cigarettes, and of course, you could openly fill your canteen with wine.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Not surprising, you seem like a wuss.

[pops88]

McDonald’s. Similarities? Skinny and happy is not much off which to feed.

[Liz]

Foie gras seared in a port wine, garlic and shallot reduction en bruchetta.

[Libloather]

...her daughter, who loved eating meat but decided about a decade ago to become vegan for ethical reasons.

[outofsalt]

Have I proposed to you recently?

[Liz]

My, that’s quite a repast.

The French wont skimp on elegance.......even on the battlefield.

[Liz]

Awwwww........foie gras’ hidden attraction....romance.

[ansel12]

Every morning on training exercises one soldier from each team would also collect an armful of Baguettes (bread).

[KarlInOhio]

Have they tried American foie gras? You don't force feed the goose. You just sit it on the couch with as many potato chips as it can eat. Then you cut out the fatty liver when it dies of a heart attack.

[nickcarraway]

Actually, in Spain the get the geese to stuff themselves.

[lastchance]

I had no idea people in France were forced to eat foi-gras. You learn something new everyday.

[Liz]

Cant eat foie gras without a baguette.......every Frenchman knows that.

[DugwayDuke]

Trailerpark Badass wrote: “Not surprising, you seem like a wuss.”

So, you think I’m a ‘wuss’ because I don’t believe in force feeding ducks till their liver explodes?

[Honorary Serb]

.......After seeing a link between gut bacteria and fatty livers in humans and rodents, he turned to geese, and he has been developing a mixture of bacteria to feed to newborn chicks that makes their livers fatten up over the course of several months......

Thar’s much better than the vegan fake product!

[nickcarraway]

I think it’s geese, not ducks, but geese have living on easy mode too long. Time to go Rambo on them.

[Trailerpark Badass]

You said “any liver,” you lying sack of crap.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Fois gras is amazing with a good French bread and a red wine. I love the stuff.