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foie gras

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 17:40

If you were invited for a meal at friends and they served pate foie gras would you

a) eat it
b) politely decline

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 17:47

if it was a good fois gras served with champagne I'd eat it with great joy...

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 17:48

champagne, yes

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littlelapin · 06/05/2007 17:48

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PeterAndreFanCLub · 06/05/2007 17:49

yum

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 17:49

what are you not comfortable with? is it the ethics or the taste? thre's nothing wrong refusing to eat something!

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 17:50

yes, you are right, I was in fact going to wite sauternes, but didn't know how to spell it....

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 17:51

write obviously

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 17:51

I bet peter has it everyday chez jordan

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 17:51

wasn't my discomfort. Ethics.

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 17:53

so what did you do? I wouldn't have been offended, btw

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 17:53

no, not I.

Friends served it to me and dh. Dh declined.

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 17:54

were you the guest or the host?

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 17:57

Dh was flustered, tried it, couldn't eat it, apologised, went on a bit.

It is a bit of a controversial thing to serve I suppose.

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pedro · 06/05/2007 17:57

poofs

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pedro · 06/05/2007 17:57

call yoursleves dogs?

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 17:58

pedro

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 17:59

dh is a bit of a soppy dog at times

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pedro · 06/05/2007 17:59

arf arf ahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaugh

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franca70 · 06/05/2007 18:03

Really, there's nothing to be embarassed about!

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pointydog · 06/05/2007 18:16

I think things would be much simpler if we returned to a vegetarian household

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littlemissbossy · 06/05/2007 18:18

Well I'd love it
but at the same time if I was the host I certainly wouldn't have been offended if a guest declined it, we don't all like everything

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compo · 06/05/2007 18:20

I can't remember what it is.. someone remind me?

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Pruni · 06/05/2007 18:21

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