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Governor Spitzer Is Seeking To Block Ban on Foie Gras

Submitted by Haddon, Feb 27, 2007 22:09

Is foie gras halal? In other words, can good practicing moslems consume foie gras? I have heard that some makers put alcohol in the final product. Is this true?


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Is foie gras halal? In other words, can good practicing moslems consume foie gras? I have heard that some makers...

Haddon 

Feb 27, 2007 22:09

From Ancient Egypt to Gaul. Foie gras has a long-standing tradition in the history of gastronomy. Foie gras "pâté" only... [MORE]

Hangbuddy 

Feb 14, 2007 19:11

I believe there should be a question of morality here. Is it moral to forcably stuff a human being? I... [MORE]

Debbie Walter 

Feb 11, 2007 15:20

Just plain disappointed & disgusted Gov Spitzer would support eating parts of a goose or duck that has suffered HORRIBLY... [MORE]

toosh....... 

Jan 29, 2007 10:41

Foie grass is the diseased tissue of a tortured, sick animal; the result of farmers pumping up to four pounds... [MORE]

Annelise 

Jan 31, 2007 01:37

I can't believe all these militant commenters coming out of nowhere just to put in their 2 cents' worth about... [MORE]

DH 

Jan 29, 2007 10:37

Someone should look into that side of the foie gras production. Do we care more about the animals than the... [MORE]

mop 

Jan 20, 2007 10:25

I hope it is ignorance and human weakness that keeps us torturing animals , and humans as well. Shame on... [MORE]

carla 

Jan 19, 2007 20:47

Wouldn't we be better off if we just directly acknowledged that all the factory farming that produces almost all of... [MORE]

Tom in Chicago 

Jan 19, 2007 17:26

Remember those frat boys in college who stuck tubes down their throats in order to ingest as much booze as... [MORE]

Audrey 

Jan 19, 2007 09:07

Governor Spitzer has a chance now to educate himself and learn the facts about what happens to the ducks on... [MORE]

Julie Van Ness 

Jan 19, 2007 00:14

Why are the animal rights activists not making the "cruelty to animals" case, as was done in Chicago?

Are the ducks... [MORE]

Joan Robinson 

Jan 18, 2007 20:40

Never mind that Foie Gras--really any organ meat--has been proven to be completely unhealthful, contributing to high cholesterol. Nevermind that... [MORE]

Peter 

Jan 18, 2007 14:43

The short lives of these ducks and geese consist solely of torture three times a day, having a metal feeding... [MORE]

Paula von der Lancken 

Jan 18, 2007 14:35

I hope Spitzer changes his position. Foie gras is produced by sticking a pipe down ducks' and geese' throats, then... [MORE]

Daniel 

Jan 18, 2007 13:27

Governor Spitzer should take a tour through a foie gras plant. Foie gras is one of the most cruel and... [MORE]

Rina Deych 

Jan 18, 2007 13:17

All of you make comments about having a "tube rammed down" the esoph. of a duck and even have the... [MORE]

Brigitte 

Jan 28, 2007 08:28

Hi Brigitte,

Lets hang out tonight and I'll stick something that's 3 times the normal inside diameter of your esophagus down... [MORE]

Vincenzo Verrelli 

Jan 28, 2007 12:59

I guess Spitzer doesn't realize he's not Attorney General anymore? I hate to say it but after everything I've hard... [MORE]

Erica 

Jan 18, 2007 09:56

Why are ducks any more important than cows, calves, chickens? Why aren't the same people who oppose foie up in... [MORE]

gustofsteel 

Jan 18, 2007 11:37

How could you possibly imply that people against foie gras are not also against the factory farms that abuse cows,... [MORE]

Peter 

Jan 30, 2007 16:06

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