Reduced-cruelty "Faux Gras" made from free-range chicken liver and tofu

[Ian David]

“Faux” in French meaning fake/ false and “Foie Gras” that literally translates into “fatty liver,” is made from the enlarged livers of male ducks and geese

a substitute for the real thing, this is made on ingredients such as chicken livers, tofu and truffles to recreate the smooth mousse- like texture and buttery taste of foie gras minus the guilt, of course

British- retailer, Waitrose, on the other hand, developed the version of faux gras made without force- feeding the birds- calling it an ethical alternative to the traditional foie gras

having a darker color, faux gras is made from about 50% liver from free- range poultry blended with duck or goose fat



More:
http://bloodrinako.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/faux-gras/

[wtmusic]

1. Hehe - "reduced cruelty"

Is that like "Cruelty Lite"?

[KittyWampus]

3. LOL! sounds like something from the Onion. This thread has potential. K&R

[Ian David]

4. The original post says "cruelty-free" but nothing that kills an animal is every ENTIRELY non-cruel.

For example, I will eat lobster.

However, I will drop it in the pot head-first, and not tail-first.

I also will not order live lobster at a Japanese restaurant where they put the live lobster on a hot stove at the table.

[Warpy]

7. Lobsters lack the brain structures to receive and interpret pain

but they do recognize noxious stimuli to the point they flop in the pot to try to get away from them. They get one flop and then they're dead, it's that quick.

They also lack vocal cords and are incapable of screaming. The whistling noise is the sound of air escaping from under the shell.

Still, they don't want to die to feed us. I doubt plants do, either. It's just the way the planet works.

[Ian David]

9. And a quick boiling in a pot has got to be a better death than what they usually get in the wild.

For example, being pulled apart by a big fish.

[AlienGirl]

12. "Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be."--Temple Grandin, slaughterhouse designer

[AlienGirl]

11. There are studies that suggest lobsters feel pain

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29915025/

For the second paper, slated for publication in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science, Elwood, along with Stuart Barr and Lynsey Patterson, outline seven reasons, with supportive findings, they believe crustaceans suffer.

For one thing, they argue, crustaceans possess "a suitable central nervous system and receptors." They learn to avoid a negative stimulus after a potentially painful experience. They also engage in protective reactions, such as limping and rubbing, after being hurt.

Physiological changes, including release of adrenal-like hormones, also occur when pain or stress is suspected. And the animals make future decisions based on past likely painful events.

Also http://www.iss.it/binary/publ/cont/ISSA09_0021_2571_2009_S_45_04_432_438.pdf

Tucker

[Ian David]

15. But do they also know how delicious they are? n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

16. They should have thought of that before they got so damn tasty with drawn butter.

Sorry, lobster.

[MineralMan]

2. I've never eaten Foie Gras, and I won't be eating a substitute

for it, either. I do like sauteed chicken livers, however. They're great on pasta. Rumaki ain't bad, either.

[Ian David]

5. I've eaten it, and it's very good, but not good enough to justify torturing an animal for.

(At the time, I didn't know how it was made).

I might try the faux gras if I see it somewhere, but I'm not going to rush out and start looking for it.

[AlienGirl]

6. Ever seen the thing where they cut a live fish into bits? Supposed to be a great delicacy.

The fish isn't dead until the diners have finished their meal: they just cut chunks out of the side, as the fish's tail curls and flops in a futile attempt to escape.

Tucker

[Ian David]

8. I've heard about that, and think I will pass on it. n/t

[wtmusic]

14. There would seem to be a component of sadism

that makes it a "delicacy" for some.

[closeupready]

10. I have no problem with traditional foie gras. It's actually quite delicious.

And no guilty conscience about it. These geese are livestock, raised in order to provide food for people. I disapprove of cruelty to them, but cruelty is not essential to producing that food product.

[kestrel91316]

13. This won't satisfy PETA. Only 100% vegan satisfies PETA. Like I care.

I just might try the stuff.