Foie Gras available

[robertsondavies]

Does anyone know where around So Wal I can locate a nice pound and a half, Foie Gras (Grade A, or Good Grade B) ??

I suppose the Sysco type restaurant supply companies have it available, but you have to run or know a restaurant operator to acquire through them?

 

[swantree]

if you go into some place like Criolla's you can usually strike a deal with one of the Chef's or try Modica. Charlie can just about get you anything.

 

[elgordoboy]

I think I have seen a lobe before in the Wine World at Publix in Destin, but I doubt they have that regularly. Try Cafe Tango too, maybe, for an out of the walk-in sale.

 

[Rudyjohn]

A "lobe." Somehow that makes it sound less appetizing.

 

[Matt J]

A "lobe." Somehow that makes it sound less appetizing.

Steroid loaded raw goose liver doesn't work to much either. ;-)

 

[Smiling JOe]

gayboi, I believe you mean steroid-loaded, force-fed, raw, fatty, goose liver. I think it tastes great, but after seeing the tubes shoved down the throats to force feed the geese more than they could eat, and the stapled feet to keep them from moving around and burning calories, I cannot see the benefits out-weighing the detriments, and no longer will I eat it. (just my personal choice. I will still eat many other animals which are not so humanely treated, but I draw the line with fatty goose liver.)

 

[Miss Kitty]

A "lobe." Somehow that makes it sound less appetizing.

Didn't Chicago ban foie gras?

 

[Smiling JOe]

back to the question at hand, I have not seen foie gras available anywhere around here. I think the suggestion of checking with some local upscale restaurants might be your best bet.

 

[Cil]

gayboi, I believe you mean steroid-loaded, force-fed, raw, fatty, goose liver. I think it tastes great, but after seeing the tubes shoved down the throats to force feed the geese more than they could eat, and the stapled feet to keep them from moving around and burning calories, I cannot see the benefits out-weighing the detriments, and no longer will I eat it. (just my personal choice. I will still eat many other animals which are not so humanely treated, but I draw the line with fatty goose liver.)

Yeah, I don't eat veal myself, even though supposedly not *all* calves lead horrid lives separated from mom before all-too-soon becoming dinner.
And I only rarely eat foie gras, but I do love it. My kid toured several "humane" (non-force-fed) foie gras places in France and said that the ducks and geese farms he saw were delightful pastoral scenes, with happy waterfowl.
I think Chicago did outlaw foie gras, maybe other places as well.
But then Chicago repealed it.
The avian flu scare didn't help, either.
There is D'Artagnon here in the USA, they make duck foie gras, and supposedly their farm is sustainable, free-range, and their fowl humanely treated. You can order from them online, they carry all sorts of goodies.

 

[elgordoboy]

By Jeffrey Steingarten the finest food writer and most knowledgable eater around.

"Do you think it's all right to eat foie gras? That would be an easy question if foie gras were not one of the most delectable foods on Earth. If they passed a law banning broccoli, nobody would utter a peep, except for farmers whose livelihood depends on broccoli. Plus a few peeps from people whose inexplicable yearning for broccoli cannot be satisfied by brussels sprouts.
Foie means "liver"; gras means "fat." It's French. Foie gras is the fattened liver of a force-fed duck or goose. These days 80 percent of the world's foie gras comes from ducks. Their livers expand by eight to ten times........... " follow link: http://www.mensvogue.com/food/articles/2006/08/21/foie_gras