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> Why single out France or four gras? Because foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by force feeding. If the animal wasn’t force fed,

> Why single out France or four gras? Because foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by force feeding. If the animal wasn’t force fed, it literally wouldn’t be foie gras. Most other forms of animal cruelty in food production is because of industrialization. We could clean up many of those and still sell the products without so much mistreatment. Foie gras can only be made by mistreating the animal. So it’s gonna be specifically called out.

lechatpito1 2y ago
This is a misconception, migrating birds naturally overfeed before taking their long flights [1] and a few farms actually produce natural foie gras [2]. There was also a NYT article about a farm in Spain producing natural goose foie gras by trapping migrating geese. [ref needed] Obviously this is totally marginal compared to the size of foie gras industry. See [1] https://honest-food.net/wild-foie-gras-is-real/ https://honest-food.net/wild-foie-gras-is-real/ [2] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/food-trends/tasty-foie-gras-without-the-burden-of-guilt/article4182065/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/food-tren... [3] https://modcarn.com/natural-foie-gras-in-the-wild/ https://modcarn.com/natural-foie-gras-in-the-wild/
iamacyborg 2y ago
> Foie gras can only be made by mistreating the animal. This is not true.
salad-tycoon 2y ago
Mistreating? They sure like to eat. Mistreatment if you were aiming for a long healthy life but this may not be what you are assuming it to be.
- Loughla 2y ago
  It's certainly mistreatment. They're fed until they can literally hold no more. It's not great.
- bobthepanda 2y ago
  the "force" in "force-feeding" is a pretty important distinction
  - samatman 2y ago
    The word 'gavage' does not have the same effect. Funny what can turn on a phrase.
    - bobthepanda 2y ago
      It turns out people understand uncommon foreign loanwords less.

lechatpito1 2y ago

This is a misconception, migrating birds naturally overfeed before taking their long flights [1] and a few farms actually produce natural foie gras [2]. There was also a NYT article about a farm in Spain producing natural goose foie gras by trapping migrating geese. [ref needed] Obviously this is totally marginal compared to the size of foie gras industry. See [1] https://honest-food.net/wild-foie-gras-is-real/ https://honest-food.net/wild-foie-gras-is-real/ [2] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/food-trends/tasty-foie-gras-without-the-burden-of-guilt/article4182065/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/food-tren... [3] https://modcarn.com/natural-foie-gras-in-the-wild/ https://modcarn.com/natural-foie-gras-in-the-wild/

iamacyborg 2y ago

> Foie gras can only be made by mistreating the animal. This is not true.

salad-tycoon 2y ago

Mistreating? They sure like to eat. Mistreatment if you were aiming for a long healthy life but this may not be what you are assuming it to be.

Loughla 2y ago
It's certainly mistreatment. They're fed until they can literally hold no more. It's not great.
bobthepanda 2y ago
the "force" in "force-feeding" is a pretty important distinction
- samatman 2y ago
  The word 'gavage' does not have the same effect. Funny what can turn on a phrase.
  - bobthepanda 2y ago
    It turns out people understand uncommon foreign loanwords less.