Appeals court takes foie gras off the menu in California

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Brian Melley, Associated Press
Updated 3:15 pm, Friday, September 15, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court reinstated California's ban on foie gras Friday, finding that a state law preventing sales of the luxury liver pate made by force-feeding ducks and geese was not pre-empted by the federal government's authority to regulate poultry products.

Animal rights activists and lawmakers who pushed the ban through the Legislature said the process of fattening the livers of the animals was cruel and inhumane.
 
PETA celebrated the unanimous ruling by three judges and said they planned to protest outside a Hermosa Beach restaurant that put the delicacy on the menu when it won a ruling two years ago from a lower court judge who blocked the ban.

"The champagne corks are popping at PETA," David Perle said. "PETA has protested against this practice for years, showing videos of geese being force-fed that no one but the most callous chefs could stomach and revealing that foie gras is torture on toast."

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[Pachamama]

1. Foie gras....

I confess I love foie gras....would eat it guilt free if I knew it was an old duck or goose that lived a good life, ate food and then was humanely slaughtered for consumption.

But knowing they are force fed the way they do is not okay and is cruel and inhumane and so I gave it up....

I suppose if someday there is foie gras allowed on a menu that didn't involve that process, I would eat it again...

[truthisfreedom]

2. I know someone who breeds and feeds fattened ducks

You should see how happy they are, and how they chase him around to be fed. He's got one of two remaining farms in the us and I've never seen happier ducks. "force fed" is a prejudicial term. The ducks force him to feed them, more like.

[Hortensis]

7. Must be cute to see. But do you think all commercial growers

are like that? I have no information to offer, but I do know we don't purchase one local brand of chicken because broken bones are way too common.

[truthisfreedom]

10. no such.

[alphafemale]

12. I tried it once on a whim

I hate to report that it is mind-blowing delicious.

[Sunlei]

14. I don't like the taste of any liver- a question is there a difference between taste of foie gras &

"taste" of foie gras & regular goose liver pate?

There is quite a difference between "chicken egg" and "goose egg" taste.

IMO, an organicchicken egg tastes like meadows & sunshine, egg from a goose under the same exact conditions/feed- has a stronger/slightly liver/gamie? taste.

[GulfCoast66]

15. Like night and day.

Think of it as poultry butter. It was my gateway to learning to like liver.

I leave for France next week. One of the things I am most excited about is the easy availability of for foie gras.

Because I hunt and I appreciate life more as I age, I try to use the entire animal. It just seems more respectful. I make a deer liver country pate the no one has tried and disliked. Even people who hate liver. Of course it is 1/3 pork fat!

And I am with you; I don't enjoy duck nor goose eggs. But I could eat half a dozen chicken eggs a day. We buy ours from a man down the street whose chickens run all around the place. Best eggs in the world.

Have a nice weekend

[Coventina]

3. Hooray! n/t

[procon]

4. No foie gras for me, but I do love liver and make a good substitute.

Just lightly saute chicken livers and shallots in butter, keeping the liver pink inside. Put it all in the blender while you deglaze pan with cognac, then puree to the desired consistency. Very yummy sub for old school foie gras.

Ask you butcher if he had get a pound of two of regular duck of goose livers and render down some
goose, duck, or even chicken fat instead of butter would probably give an even closer taste.

[Brother Buzz]

5. My mom used to made a killer Chicken Liver Pate....

and I far preferred it to overpriced genuine foie gras. But then again, I prefer Oregon Blue over Roquefort cheese.

[Hortensis]

8. Awake 3:10 a.m. and now I'm craving liver pate? :)

[GulfCoast66]

16. I have some duck liver is in the freezer

I make the exact same pate. And I have made it with poultry fat and it does not seem as good to me. The butter makes it more like foie gras.

Think I know what I'm doing when I get home from work today! Thank you.

Have a nice weekend.

[Plucketeer]

6. My late great aunt

used to share her goose liver sausage (consistency like braunswager) when I was a wee one. She would get it from an old fashioned Polish butcher shop down the street from her place. Is that basically the same thing?

[GoneOffShore]

9. Stupid PETA, stupid law.

[Sunlei]

13. lot of people suffer from fatty liver disease- perhaps someone could buy those from corpses?

spread that delicious fresh dead- tasty fatty liver on the toast?

[GoneOffShore]

17. Just stop.

As I said - Stupid PETA - Stupid law.

[Sunlei]

19. thought how painful a fatty liver is for humans, no wonder the fowl die if not slaughter in 20 days.

ok I'll stop now

[Sunlei]

11. so few almost NO GROUPS, 3 or 4? willing to take to the courts those who torture the voiceless.

Peta one of the very, very FEW.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

18. I think it's nauseatingly rich. I'd much rather

have some good ham or salami, or cheese, or red wine, or roasted vegetables, or spicy Cajun potatoes, or Caesar salad ...

Caviar is nasty, too.