"Gal Called J.J." > wrote in message
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> One time on Usenet, "Dimitri" > said:
>> "Gal Called J.J." > wrote in message
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>> > One time on Usenet, JaKe > said:
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>> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...20040930/ap_on
>> _ sc/foie_gras
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>> > I didn't realize that ducks and geese *were* force fed. There must
>> > be a better way...
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>> Nope - no better way. See Below:
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> Thank you (and Peter) for the info -- I had no idea; I just assumed
> that foie gras was made from plain old liver...


IIRC the force feeding causes the liver to overproduce bile and ergo grows
and grows....

Dimitri