gmonkey wrote:If it is, enjoy your last legal foie gras-purchasing day, Chicago. May you have many amuses-bouche (i know the plural is wrong) and pay good money for garnish with a side of free foie gras in the future.
Here in Vegas, I am off to buy hookers, purchase alcohol 24 hours a day, gamble in a grocery store and legally enjoy foie gras without the (alder)man keeping me down.
'Tis a travesty, and I offer my deepest sympathy.
*edit: Okay, so the hookers aren't exactly legal.
gleam wrote:Is today the last day? If it hasn't taken effect yet, Hot Doug's has three foie gras sausages on the menu:
eatchicago wrote:gleam wrote:Is today the last day? If it hasn't taken effect yet, Hot Doug's has three foie gras sausages on the menu:
According to NBC5 this morning, the ban takes effect today, but enforcement does not begin until tomorrow. A variety of restaurants that do not normally serve foie gras have added it to their menus for today, including Connie's on Archer which will serve you a foie gras pizza.
Best,
Michael
eatchicago wrote:including Connie's on Archer which will serve you a foie gras pizza.
gleam wrote:eatchicago wrote:including Connie's on Archer which will serve you a foie gras pizza.
Uh, ew.
Maybe if it was spacca napoli or something that would sound good. But given how awful Connie's is...
gmonkey wrote:Here in Vegas, I am off to buy hookers, purchase alcohol 24 hours a day, gamble in a grocery store and legally enjoy foie gras without the (alder)man keeping me down.
:*edit: Okay, so the hookers aren't exactly legal.
Antonius wrote:Any foie gras gelato or Italian ice available?
"Duck, Duck, Goose"
Pan Seared "Labelle Farms" Foie Gras accompanied by a Duck Confit Cake topped with Foie Gras Gelato and Gooseberry Coulis
eatchicago wrote:Antonius wrote:Any foie gras gelato or Italian ice available?
I could not resist a google search on this:
House of Blues Cleveland's Foundation Room serves:"Duck, Duck, Goose"
Pan Seared "Labelle Farms" Foie Gras accompanied by a Duck Confit Cake topped with Foie Gras Gelato and Gooseberry Coulis
Antonius wrote:eatchicago wrote:Antonius wrote:Any foie gras gelato or Italian ice available?
I could not resist a google search on this:
House of Blues Cleveland's Foundation Room serves:"Duck, Duck, Goose"
Pan Seared "Labelle Farms" Foie Gras accompanied by a Duck Confit Cake topped with Foie Gras Gelato and Gooseberry Coulis
In light of this, I'm starting to think the ban wasn't such a bad idea.
A
BR wrote:Antonius wrote:eatchicago wrote:Antonius wrote:Any foie gras gelato or Italian ice available?
I could not resist a google search on this:
House of Blues Cleveland's Foundation Room serves:"Duck, Duck, Goose"
Pan Seared "Labelle Farms" Foie Gras accompanied by a Duck Confit Cake topped with Foie Gras Gelato and Gooseberry Coulis
In light of this, I'm starting to think the ban wasn't such a bad idea.
A
Funny . . . and I was thinking it sounds amazing (albeit a bit rich!).
PETA wrote:The USDA requires that "free-range" animals have access to outdoor areas, but there is no provision for how long they must spend or how much room they must have outside. The Associated Press reported that the USDA's regulations don't "require the birds to actually spend time outdoors, only to have access."(3) An eyewitness revealed that on a farm advertising that its hens were raised in a "natural setting," the birds were actually crammed "wall to wall--6,800 chickens with one rooster for every hundred hens. They never set foot outside."(4)
justjoan wrote:is everyone too cowed by the apparently unanimous opposition to the foie gras ban on this website to stand up for the ducks (and geese)?
justjoan wrote:is everyone too cowed by the apparently unanimous opposition to the foie gras ban on this website to stand up for the ducks (and geese)? frankly, i'm tired of reading all the sneering posts. i've read a lot on the subject and believe that there is no consensus among experts as to whether the birds suffer through their forced feedings. but the birds certainly don't enjoy them and as long as there is any doubt (and i see no reason to think they arent suffering as much as they can suffer) i'll stay away from the stuff.
i love foie gras as much as anyone-my one visit to the banchet run le francais included foie gras with every course except dessert, but frankly, i think there are enough other things to eat so that i no longer feel comfortable eating it. while i would agree that the ban is pretty ineffectual (with the suburbs so close) i see no reason to make fun of it. i'm not always consistent, but i do try to buy only free range chickens, eggs, and meat. i see no moral reason to be a vegetarian, but i also see no good reason not to treat the animals and fish that i eat as humanely as possible. it gets easier every year to avoid cruelty to the food we eat and i think its a good policy to follow. justoan
nr706 wrote:So, I haven't read the wording of the law, but does it apply only to force-fed poultry, or does it apply to anything carrying the label "foie gras?" Does it mean that any dish containing duck or goose liver is illegal? And if poultry liver isn't going to be illegal, how does the city plan to test whether or not the liver came from a force-fed or naturally fed bird?
nr706 wrote:Antonius - I still think we need to collaborate on a restaurant that's a combinaion of Guts 'n Such and the Foie Gras Hut.
that's a combinaion of Guts 'n Such and the Foie Gras Hut.
Doesn't Foie Gras qualify as a gut?