I like chasing ducks just as much as the next cat, but mention foie gras and my claws come out. French for “fatty liver,” foie gras is made by shoving pipes down the throats of male ducks or geese and force-feeding them until their livers swell up to 10 times their normal size.
The birds that survive this agony are then killed and their livers sold as delicacies.
Why am I straying from the focus of this blog?
Because I’m already reading about restaurants serving “untraditional” Thanksgiving Day meals that include foie gras. And because if civility is defined as polite behavior, then exchanging civilities over foie gras should be considered obscene.
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