eat liver is desirable.

seitan wrapped soy shit keeps you constipated

"Friends Don't let Friends Donate to Animal Rights Organizations"

HSUS is a sham for money raising run by a vegan ( now now.. vegans don't get upset..it is all about CHOICE) who has banned all non vegan products from his organization and events. The HSUS runs on what is called "conflict fund raising".. create a "problem" advertise it.. get money.. repeat...then repeat again...until coffers are overflowing with donations from little old ladies who think they are saving puppies and kittens.. then woo politicians ( easy to do with lots of cash)to pass laws that suit your 'agenda".. and then tell the rest of US what to eat and drink.. NO THANKS... I like my foie gras.. with a lovely glass of Yquem .. a once in a while treat.. meanwhile I will continue to support the farmers of our land.. how else would we get the delectable items like foie gras along with the "cheap eats' listed in another article in this paper..

i don't have a strong opinion on foie gras as cruelty, though i do think it's one of the most unhealthy things you can eat this side of a stick of deep fried butter.

it's disingenuous at best, however, to suggest that preventing a farmer from selling foie gras for whatever usurious rate he chooses will result in the permanent loss of four-for-a-dollar dumplings, mofongo,pickled herring, chapli kebabs or anything else on this list. that's akin to suggesting that my decision to avoid going to per se or masa will result in the jamaican street cart on 51st going belly up.

Thank you HSUS for speaking up for the poor birds being force fed by having metal pipes shoved down their throats. Foie gras is not only cruel because of the force-feeding. It is cruel because the ducks (waterfowl) are kept out of water. It is essential for these birds to swim and fly, but when confined to tiny cages, they suffer every minute of their lives. It's as if a person is made to sit in a pool of water all day long. It's an unusual and cruel punishment for a creature who has done nothing to deserve it. Please come to Canada and shut down all of our operations too!

No, apparently it's NOT all about "choice"; it's about "compassion," or the lack there of.

Turns out that compassionate thought & behavior are not some effete personal choice.

In 2007, researchers at the National Institute of Health discovered 3 drives at the core of the healthy human brain: hunger, sex and COMPASSION. We are hard wired to be compassionate.

Behaviors that objectify, torture or destroy other living beings are contrary to our very "biological hard wiring".
Conversely, destructive, objectifying behavior is characteristic of the sociopath or of those who suffer from blunt force cranial trauma.

Remember, tradition makes any atrocity palatable.

You are what you eat; if not vegan then you're dead meat.

Good riddance to them.

The Village Voice, a paper known for it’s evocative insights and sensitivity to oppressed parties of all races, genders, sexual preferences and, often, species, keeps missing the boat on this issue. A search on "Foie Gras" in its search engine returns nothing but puff pieces on the food and restaurants serving it. The only supposedly critical look at whether the production of foie gras is a cruel process was also a puff piece, riddled with errors, where the author (Ms. DiGregorio) followed the tour guide around while dutifully parroting his spin for her article.

Foie gras production has been banned in nations such as some members of the European Union, Turkey, and Israel because of the force-feeding process. One veterinarian who accompanied the police on a raid of Hudson Valley Foie Gras (then known as Commonwealth Enterprises), noted, "Many of the ducks...were lame or unable to walk without using their wings for support. Some ducks moved by pushing their bodies along the floor."

Is the production of foie gras cruel to geese and ducks? Does it cause the animals to suffer?” The answers to these questions are, undeniably, “Yes”. Would you allow a loved one to undergo that same treatment that Hudson Valley forces on the baby ducklings? The movie “Silence of the Lambs” comes to mind, and it is hard to find a more evil film villain than Hannibal Lecter. Then why is it not abusive when those acts are directed toward another species? Our culture works in many ways to dampen sensitivity to the many horrors we impose on nonhuman animals.

Is Hudson Valley a large scale polluter? The Humane Society of the United States has won the case against Hudson Valley Foie Gras for violating 800 water pollution laws. And the Village Voice is on the side of the firm that would have gladly continued its illegal pollution unabated without the investigation by the HSUS?

In 2006, the HSUS also filed a suit that alleged that the state's use of $400,000 of taxpayer money to underwrite foie gras production violated several state laws and rewarded a factory farm that has a track record of polluting New York waters.

Foie gras is unhealthy: As one team of medical researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, people with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or other amyloid-associated diseases should avoid consuming foie gras and other foods that may be contaminated.

So, let's recap: The HSUS is the lone protector of taxpayers, clean water, human health and baby ducks from Hudson Valley Foie Gras, while the Village Voice again offers a puff piece for the firm and apparently saw no problem with taxpayer subsidized pollution, animal cruelty and health risks. And it does this because they think restaurants don't have the option of dropping foie gras from the menu? Or maybe the horrors of Hudson Valley Foie Gras aren't so bad as to risk advertising revenues from foie gras-related businesses? Shameful. Really shameful.

Why does it seem as though the village voice is defending foie gras? Are you all foodies over there or what?

Let's use some common sense here. The foie gras industry is pointless. It produces a product that is only purchased by foodies and the wealthy. Getting rid of this product will not result in anyone going hungry.

The truth is, we don't know for certain how much pain we are inflicting on ducks by force feeding. But, shoving a tube down the throat of an animal and feeding them 1/3 of their body weight does not accurately mimic the natural overfeeding that occurs in ducks seasonally.

To say that this is the case is just plain ignorant. Show me a duck in nature that has a liver which has expanded to 10 times it's normal size and I will say that you might have a point. No such natural duck exists.

In addition, this tube down the eosophagus method has been shown through autopsy to indeed cause damage and often results in infections in puncture wounds. Infected puncture wounds = pain, suffering - for any type of animal.

If anyone can really defend this pointless industry just so that they get a few minutes of pleasure, then they are incredibly stupid and cruel. Way to validate the stereotype that the rich are insensitive exploiters only interested in their own pleasures and enjoyment.

I found a web site is Thailand that sells those fish oil pills that take care of the fatty acids. I am not sure that they are safe to eat but I am tempted by the cost. Any suggestion how to have better control over the food safety of my diet supplements?