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Schwarzenegger signs bill to ban force feeding of Thursday, Spetember 30, 2004

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:04 AM

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Thursday, Spetember 30, 2004

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- California will end the force feeding of ducks, geese and other birds to produce the gourmet liver product foie gras by 2012 under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The bill will also ban the sale of foie gras in California starting that same year if it's obtained by force feeding birds.

Schwarzenegger, who received pleas from several celebrities, including former Beatle Paul McCartney, to sign the bill, said it gives producers more than seven years to "evolve and perfect a humane way for a duck to consume grain to increase the size of its liver through natural processes."

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Ok, so let's recap:
In California, you are no longer allowed to 1) have sex with corpses or 2) force feed ducks. Where have all the good times gone?

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:07 AM

I love that it doesn't happen until 2012. I guess it would be REALLY hard to stop force-feeding ducks in any less than 8 years.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:17 AM

Agreed. I read something on the internet about Schwarzenegger signing a bill to make auto-manufacturers to change their vehicles to produce 30% less emissions (or something like that). In that case, they have about ten years before the bill comes into effect. Now in this instance, it makes sense to have such a large window of time. Designing cars that will emit 30% less exhaust is a complicated thing.

But... to stop force-feeding chickens? Yep, it's going to take a bit of thinking to work out how to pull that one off.

I'm sure that the celebrities who pleaded for this bill will be thrilled when they learn that these animals won't be treated any better for another seven years.

I mean, I guess it's progress and all... but it's pretty damn slow.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 01:15 PM

I think it'll take a bit of time for the farmers , companies, etc. to adapt or make deals regarding this, because maybe the "new way" of force feeding the animals will slow down production and reduce profits?
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 04:21 PM

Damn it Schwarzeneger I just made one movie about a crazy law you enacted I can't make a sequel this soon!

By the way, I think everyone here knows this (at least I'm sure Chef does) but it's pronounced flau-grau. Not Foee grass. If anyone says that they will immediately be shot. And it actually has happened before. Really I don't blame people, I blame the French and their complete failure to comprehend the English language.

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 06:54 PM

Schwarzeneger to ducks and geese: "Yah you pitiful half men. Wea not going to feed you anymore you aw going to have to do it fowr youwselves. You think you can get strong by just having grain shoved down you throat through a tube? You make me sick you bunch of girly men!"

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 07:28 PM

I'm not a chef nor an expert of any kind, but as I understand it, you can't MAKE foie gras except through force-feeding ducks and geese. I'm open to correction, but in my limited understanding of the matter, those eight years might come in handy to turn your foie gras retailing business into some other kind of business. Like a geese and ducks petting zoo.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 08:54 PM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Sep 30 2004, 09:21 PM)
I blame the French and their complete failure to comprehend the English language.

I blame the French and their complete failure to grasp the Phonecian alphabet. Where the devil do they get the idea that "eaux" sounds like a long "o"?
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 09:38 PM

damn no more of californian nights of screwing dead people then force feeding the body to a duck to destroy the evidence...

intorduce the ducks to pot... give them the munchies....
infact feed the ducks the big Ms seeds...
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:33 PM

I think it's because Bordo sounds like an insult and not a variety of wine.

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:35 PM

..........or give the geese steroids. why do they have to force feed them?
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:39 PM

Jen- I think you should talk to the Anonymous Blonde before suggesting a geese petting zoo. That could get ugly. and I quote the non-brunette one:

"One time I totally saw this goose attack the crotch of a boy I knew."

No, I think I'll stick to safe creatures, like tigers. They go for less vital parts like my neck.

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Posted 01 October 2004 - 06:26 AM

To Jen - no, you can't make the foie gras any other way, you just have to stick a tube down the goose's throat and feed it under pressure.

And the politicians over here were even better - they made the farmers use plastic tubes instead of metal. Very humane of them.

Some years ago a magazine here run an article on how animals are treated just before meeting their fate as various dishes, and it made me go vegetarian for some time.

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Posted 01 October 2004 - 09:16 AM

QUOTE (sinister grinner @ Oct 1 2004, 03:35 AM)
..........or give the geese steroids. why do they have to force feed them?

As Madam Corvax alludes to, the reason you have to force-feed the geese and ducks is because it's their liver that needs to be fattened. Steriods, while excellent at making the fowl muscular and hefty, as far as I know don't effect the liver. Foie gras, which literally means fat liver, comes about from feeding the geese and ducks so much that their liver becomes engorged.

Disgusting process! But there are many who enjoy the fruits of it.
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Posted 01 October 2004 - 09:44 AM

This seems rather cruel and just generally a lot of trouble to go to in order to make something that probably isn't nearly as delicious as bacon.
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