Have you ever eaten Foie gras?
Foie gras is a food product made of the liver
of the duck. It is well known in French cuisine for its buttery and delicious
flavor. It can be served as an accompaniment to another food item, such as steak.
But do you know how Foie gras is
made?
According to the PETA Organization (People
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to “produce foie gras workers ram pipes down male ducks’ or geese’s throats two
or three times daily and pump as much as 4 pounds of grain and fat into the
animals’ stomachs, causing their livers to swell to up to 10 times their normal
size. Many birds have difficulty standing because of their engorged livers, and
they may tear out their own feathers and cannibalize each other out of stress.”
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The birds spend their whole live in
small cages where they hardly can move. It is the same if people spend their
life locked in a small room. Can you imagine living in a room forever? Animals
do not deserve such treatment. I have to admit that I am not vegetarian, but I
am totally against the massive production of meet under these conditions. And despite
being a cook and worked in many restaurants that did use this “delicacy” I have
to say that I hate foie gras.
This is a link to a video that
explains how foie gras is made:
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