Offal news for Foie fans

Dave there was a full story in the Merc Food and Wine section yesterday.

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Originally posted by Dave Tong:
According to a report in the New York Times, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, Sonoma Foie Gras, Rougie (Canada) and D'Artagnan have teamed up to form the North American Foie Gras Producers Association. Their first act was to hire Ag Associates, a lobbying group.

Hopefully this new NAFGPA consortium (I am assuming that is their acronym) will wield enough influence & pressure with the slaughterhouses to counteract market factors such as Whole Foods. It will be a sad day for me when I have to scrounge for Foie Gras.

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Originally posted by Alta Skier:

Hopefully this new NAFGPA consortium (I am assuming that is their acronym) ...

That might cause them to be confused with the North American Faux Grass Producers Association.

In the past, I have occasionally confused fois gras with faux grass, much to my detriment (one goes well with Sauternes, while the other is better with Sancerre). They should re-name one of these products.

I am a great beliver in naming products properly.

I never thought it would come to it, but it might be time to become an underground artisan. Give me Foie Gras or give me death!

Ban it. Who cares.

Eat Chicken

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Originally posted by Hunter:
Ban it. Who cares.

Eat Chicken

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foie is one of the most unhealthy items on a menu, and I think it's discusting anyway. Ban it and eat a stick of butter instead.

Like the Chick-fil-A cows say...

"Eat Mor Chikin"

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Originally posted by 99¢ Boones Strawberry Hill:
foie is one of the most unhealthy items on a menu, and I think it's discusting anyway. Ban it and eat a stick of butter instead.

Somehow I just don’t think that a stick of butter would appeal to my gustatory senses in quite the same manner that foie gras does. Besides, when I eat foie gras I am not thinking about my health. Remember, everything in moderation!!

Very hard to sauté a stick of butter and then put a nice sauce on it.

Butter just doesn't deliver the goods, I'm afraid.

If the money that is being spent by the animal activists were to be spent on cancer research or some other fatal disease, we would all live to be 100.