foie gras

[pointydog]

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

a) eat it
b) politely decline

?

goose or duck liver pate. Duck in this case.

Bird is force fed during last couple of weeks of life to fatten liver to a dangerous extent (but then bird is going to choke).

The force feeding is the controversial bit.

I think that's right.

Tube stuck down throat? I think

Message withdrawn

Would eat with relish - sorry but I love foie gras

The goose might have a good life till last fortnight.

Ethics is a bugger

Depends if it is mi-cuit or entier, but love both with fig confiture or sancerre jelly and a lovely glass of montbazillac.

Would prefer to scoff the lot with DH, but DD and DS have got addicted to it also.

a)

but I would also eat factory-farmed meat if I was offered it at a friend's, and I don't buy it.

but of course it's ok to decline.