Latest in the fight against the foul foie gras
For anyone who isn’t aware, this is the posh-man’s liver pate, produced by forcing tubes down the throats of ducks and geese and pumping in huge amounts of fat and grain until their livers swell. (picture ©stopgavage.com )
I have often pondered as to what sort of sicko could have first come up with this procedure and how it ever became a mainstream product.
It has also got to take some sort of monster to play a part in its production.
I am happy to say I have never, and would never touch the stuff.
If it is going to be sold, it should come with an image of the bird having its beak wrenched open as a gloved, duck-vomit streaked hand forces a metal pipe down its throat.
Putting the toffs off their lunch maybe? I am sorry if I choose not to apologise profusely.
Selfridges in London has led by example, taking it off its shelves.
A few weeks ago managers booted a chef off their premises for secretly dishing it out under the counter.
There are some high profile names that have thankfully called for foie gras to be banned in another haunt of the rich and famous, Fortnum & Mason, although as yet they have not followed suit.
Her crusade has backing of a host of celebrities, including Sir Roger Moore, Ricky Gervais, Twiggy, Bill Oddie, Peter Egan and Danielle Lineker.
In a strongly-worded letter to the famous London food store the wartime forces sweetheart said its reputation was being “tarnished” by stocking it.
One animal welfare study in the US found that many birds died from ruptured organs and others suffered horrific injuries.
Its production is so inhumane that it has been banned in Britain and several European countries including Germany, Italy, Holland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Denmark.
TV host Bill Oddie said foie gras production was “uncivilised” and sales of it were “shameful”
Yet retailers are free to import it from countries such as France where it is seen as a festive treat and tins of it are snapped up in the millions at this time of year.
In her letter, Dame Vera, 94, who became a national treasure with morale-boosting songs during the Second World War such as The White Cliffs Of Dover and We’ll Meet Again, wrote in her letter: “Britain has many things it can be proud of and I consider our respect for the welfare of animals to be one.
“I was most upset to learn that Fortnum & Mason stocks foie gras, a product so cruel that its production is not allowed in the UK and yet you continue to import it from France.
“There is no way to produce foie gras humanely and the force-feeding process is universally condemned by veterinarians, scientists and animal welfare groups. For a department store with such a proud British heritage it made me sad you would wish to tarnish it by associating yourself with force-feeding of animals.”
the hand wielding the instrument of torture appears to be female, you mght expect a crude french farmer to be in charge , but a woman? shame on her.
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