Posted on 02/05/2019 11:55:46 AM PST by OddLane
No more foie gras in New York City because it’s cruel to force-feed ducks and geese to make their livers tastier? A bill introduced in the City Council by member Carlina Rivera, who represents lower Manhattan, would outlaw its sale, as The Post reported on Monday.
But like many politically correct council brainstorms, it’s not really about humane treatment of animals. It’s a selective-outrage thumb in the eye, or the gullet, of the “rich.” Who eats foie gras except the rich?
Many animals and sea creatures are brutalized before they’re brought to our tables. We ignore it because our lives wouldn’t be the same without the pleasure that meat and fish provide...
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I’ve never had foie gras but I buy them tubs of chicken livers occasionally. Never had truffles either but would be happy to try them and foie gras.
Not even then for me. It was good, but there are other good things too
I thought they were force-fed to make the livers larger, not tastier.
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