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Date: 31 January 2007 15:58:22
BEWARE IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH!!!!!!
As well as being a sport lover I am also guilty of vaious other sins. These include my love of fine food, single malt whisky and cigars. By fine food I don't mean a KFC bucket meal or a plate of £50 poncey French food, which consists of a lump of pink stuff on a mound of disecatted runny cheese.
No, I love those evil things. Veal, foie gras and cavier. Unfortunately my bank balance doesn't always allow me to enjoy some of these things. Have you seen the price of good cavier or foie gras?
I'm sure that you all know that foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to fatten their livers. However those days could be coming to an end. A new more "ethical" version is starting to cause a stir. It has even won prizes in France. What is this?
Well, a producer in Spain is making it from geese who are fed naturally. They are not produced on a factory farming method but by allowing the animals to fatten themselves prior to migration, a perfectly natural occurence.
They know the geese are ready when their bodies start dragging on the floor. They are then despatched with a bullet and the liver removed. This occurs between December and February when they are preparing to migrate to other climes.
Now I know that many people will still say that this is evil. However I think its much more humane than forcing the food into their stomachs. Yes, the animal still dies but better this way I think.