New York to ban foie gras over animal cruelty concerns
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Most foie gras is produced through a process known as gavage, in which ducks are force-fed a fatty corn-based mixture that engorges their livers...The process requires tubes to be inserted into a duck's throat for a 20-day feeding regimen, swelling the liver to up to 10 times its normal size. The procedure can leave ducks too big to walk or even breathe before they are slaughtered, animal activists say.
"This is one of the most violent practices and it's done for a purely luxury product,"
The Cost to Culinary Heritage:
It's like taking letters from the alphabet; they will take something out of our kitchen vocabulary that's integral to the restaurant."
For qns on animal rights, food, etc...
Most foie gras is produced through a process known as gavage, in which ducks are force-fed a fatty corn-based mixture that engorges their livers...The process requires tubes to be inserted into a duck's throat for a 20-day feeding regimen, swelling the liver to up to 10 times its normal size. The procedure can leave ducks too big to walk or even breathe before they are slaughtered, animal activists say.
"This is one of the most violent practices and it's done for a purely luxury product,"
The Cost to Culinary Heritage:
It's like taking letters from the alphabet; they will take something out of our kitchen vocabulary that's integral to the restaurant."
For qns on animal rights, food, etc...
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