Foie gras news.Foie Gras foie gras (fwä grä) [Fr.,=fat liver], livers of artificially fattened geese. Ducks and chickens are also sometimes used in the making of foie gras. News: California banned force-feeding ducks or geese to make pate de foie gras pâté de foie gras n. pl. pâ·tés de foie gras A paste made from goose liver, pork fat, onions, mushrooms, and often truffles. [French : pâté, pâté + de, of + after 2012 under a bill sought by animal-rights activists, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] . The delay of almost eight years is intended to allow time to find a way to produce foie gras without using tubes to force-feed geese. The force-feeding makes bird livers 10 times larger than they otherwise would be. |
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