Foie Gras available

I'm not so sure that the size of the brain is that which matters. Humans have rather large brains, but reportedly use only approx. 10% of it. Other animals may have smaller brains, but maybe they use a larger portion of it, and when comparing it to relative body size, maybe they use more brains than we humans. I certainly understand your question regarding brain size. In the end, I think it should all go back to respecting the life of that which we consume, regardless if it has a brain. Respecting that life doesn't mean not killing it for your own consumption. It simply means treating it with respect and honor, and acknowledging the fact that you are taking the life to fuel your own. As Jambone noted, even Broccoli is a living thing, until we kill it.

I'm not so sure that the size of the brain is that which matters. Humans have rather large brains, but reportedly use only approx. 10% of it. Other animals may have smaller brains, but maybe they use a larger portion of it, and when comparing it to relative body size, maybe they use more brains than we humans. I certainly understand your question regarding brain size. In the end, I think it should all go back to respecting the life of that which we consume, regardless if it has a brain. Respecting that life doesn't mean not killing it for your own consumption. It simply means treating it with respect and honor, and acknowledging the fact that you are taking the life to fuel your own. As Jambone noted, even Broccoli is a living thing, until we kill it.

respect for all living things... YES agreed, its difficult to mount a good polemic retort to that proposition to be sure. Respect for Broccoli? Sure, and even more respect that George Herbert Bush gave to the lovely vege......

I agree with all the platitudes... my only point is that I have more concern on a relative basis for humans, dogs, and pigs, than ducks and geese or broccoli.

I don't think that's a tough call, but I don't think everyone needs to agree with me.

This is the dining forum...not the political forum!

Foie Gras is a delicacy...it is a fact of life that these kinds of foods will always be consumed.

Now...to the subject at hand...Chan's Wine World carries Duck Foie Gras.

http://www.hudsonvalleyfoiegras.com/abouthvfg.html


Excellent product, made in the U.S.