to accept a present of foie gras

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...leastways I assume it's for me. I found it by accident, it is my birthday in a few days' time, and I like foody things.

I don't eat foie gras because I think force-feeding geese is cruel. I have mentioned this to my DW. I suspect she has forgotten about this, and accordingly forgotten that I don't eat foie gras.

AIBU to smile and accept the gift and "forget" to mention my reservations until perhaps a few months later? After all, the stuff has been bought now.

it would be worse to waste it really, at this point.

Having seen my dd have a nose tube inserted without sedation I can never touch foie gras again. The panic, the fear, the helplessness. Horrible. Force feeding is not kind.

And I used to love the stuff.

Foie Gras is gorgeous, one of my friends is French and always brings some back aroud Christmas - really is lovely. I have no qualms about the supposed welfare aspect. People are way too squeamish.

Animals are not human and don't have human feelings - these creatures are bred for our pleasure to eat. Foie gras makes my Christmas, every year!

I'd chuck the stuff in the bin. It's disgusting and cruel. They might not have human feelings but they still feel pain when they're force fed.

the plodder are you for real?

You are one heartless cruel creature. In fact comparing you to a creature is wrong as no other animal would subject any other animal to the inhumane torture that you are condoning and actively supporting.

hope you choke on your xmas turkey

Plodder I salute you. The hypocrisy of the majority of meat eaters is astounding. The few meat eaters who eat ethically farmed meat I shall let off the hook but the majority of meat consumed is farmed animals bred solely for our consumption. Face the facts these are not pets farmers do not cuddle them call them fluffy names and cry when they are slaughtered. They try to get these beasts to a slaughterable size as quickly as possible so they can sell them and therefore survive.
Balotelli (by the way Balotelli is a petulant child who should be sold by City in January. Up the City!!!). As for no other animal torturing others what about cats and mice, chimpanzees who have a history of chasing and attacking other monleys, killer whales who toss seals about the whole animal kingdom is littered with animals who toy with their prey before eating them.
By God haven't I woken up in a joyous controversial mood this morning. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Cats playing with mice is completely different to force feeding geese to the point that their organs start to fail. They're in significant amounts of pain.

Luckily it's banned where I live.

It would go straight in the bin if I got given some.

Absolutely, meat eaters need to be honest. Animals are deliberately bred to be killed and eaten by us, slaughtered intentionally, "murdered".

It's great if they don't endure pain and are treated humanely whilst alive, but it's really just a bonus - the animal doesn't know what's happening really.

If the type of product being produced involves a procedure which some aren't comfortable with, they can always not eat it. But i won't be losing any sleep over it myself.

Practically the entire population of France eats foie gras at Christmas. It's as much of a staple as turkey.

But you're your own person, only you can decide! I think the question of whether you only eat organic/ethically farmed meat, or if you also eat the factory-farmed kind could be relevant though.

YABU because it is rank

It's a fundamental part of the gastronomic heritage of France. But then you can buy horse meat there too, and in other places like Switzerland, which probably also has the bed wetters here going crazy too.

Reading this thread with interest.....I am in France.

"bed wetters"
restorting to insults tends to indicate you've run out of argument

I would regift it. I couldn't eat it. I do eat meat (after many years as a veggie) but I always eat free range meat where possible. The conditions in which farm animals are kept and slaughtered sadden me, but I do believe that we are by nature omnivores and I am a lot more healthy since going back to eating meat. So I can't avoid that animals are killed for me, but I do try to avoid eating animals that have lived or died in needlessly cruel conditions.

Who gives pate as a gift

What next, KY jelly and pile cream.

Id rather have KY jelly and pile cream Jimmney!

If you don't want it, send it my way! Bloody love the stuff!

It is a difficult one IMO.

Geese are contrary creatures, they cant be factory farmed because they up and die on you. They have to be kept outside. The force feeding stage actually lasts less than 3 weeks for geese and two weeks for ducks.

Bar the last couple of weeks it is actually quite a good life and probably a lot nicer than your average chicken's.

I guess it's fatty enough you could potentially use it as either BigShinyBaubles. Probably better for your heart if you DO stick it up your bum!

I absolutely love fois gras but stopped buying it for ethical reasons (unless someone happened to serve it to me and then it would just be rude not to). I noticed waitrose had some "faux gras" in for Christmas. Does anyone know if it's any good?

By the way YANBU - I would eat it since it's already been bought. Otherwise, the goose would have suffered for nothing - to bin it would be even worse than not eating it IMO.