Comments on: Sunday Snapshot | Fine French Cuisine, Foie Gras | Paris, France

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Sat, 31 May 2014 10:52:43 +0000

In reply to Elena. Hahaha that is too funny!! We completely agree with you on the taste though. The taste is good, just not really for us I guess :)

By: Elena

Elena — Thu, 29 May 2014 11:36:52 +0000

I’ve tried foie gras shortly after moving to France. It was the duck one. To tell the truth, it did taste nice, yet it wasn’t something I’d like to try for the 2nd time. Just not my taste probably.

When you walk through the park, there’s usually a lot of ducks at the lakes and all the French are feeding them with bread crumbs and baguettes. Constantly. I just can’t help thinking that they do it on purpose, fattening the future to be foie gras :))

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:27:06 +0000

In reply to Marsha. Thanks for sharing your experience! It's definitely not a straightforward issue in our opinion.

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:25:10 +0000

In reply to Agness. Wow! What are you doing your master's degree in?!

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:23:59 +0000

In reply to Zara @ Backpack ME. We started talking about exactly the same thing... how many problems there are in the food industry that we aren't even aware of that are probably much worse. Not to say that force feeding is okay because it is the lesser of the evils, but still. That's interesting you came to know about it from one of Bourdain's books!

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:22:30 +0000

In reply to Franca. Thanks for sharing your opinions Franca! We definitely agree that it does't seem right to force feed the ducks. It's always hard when something is a part of the culture, but it still doesn't seem right.

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:20:55 +0000

In reply to Naomi. Oh how interesting! We had no idea how it was supposed to be served, but paired with gingerbread sounds great!

By: A Cruising Couple

A Cruising Couple — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:16:03 +0000

In reply to Amanda Davis. Haha that is so awesome! What a great way around the dilemma! I had heard of foie gras where the geese aren't force fed, but nothing like this! Thanks for sharing the link :)

By: Amanda Davis

Amanda Davis — Tue, 27 May 2014 13:08:12 +0000

I had foie gras this weekend at a French restaurant in Charlotte! What a coincidence haha. There are actually farmers who don’t force feed the geese to produce the foie gras. I watched a show about one farmer who lets his geese roam eating various plants that he has which then season the meat. So he’ll plant for example basil and it will season the meat! Then he waits until their natural death to make the foie gras. His geese lead such a good life that when other flocks of geese fly overhead, his geese call to them, and those geese land to eat. And they always come to stay. So he never even buys new geese because he gets them for free! So cool!

http://neweconomy.net/publications/articles/barber/dan/a-perfect-expression-of-nature

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 26 May 2014 07:57:56 +0000

I have to say, as much as I am morally conflicted, foie gras is tasty and there’s a place in Paris that does the best foie gras ever. I still remember the taste now! It seems a bit strange that it was paired with brie though, the norm is usually something like pain d’epices (a sort of gingerbread).