Dimitri wrote:

> "Gal Called J.J." > wrote in message
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>>One time on Usenet, "Dimitri" > said:
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>>>"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...
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> IIRC the force feeding causes the liver to overproduce bile and ergo grows
> and grows....
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> Dimitri
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Don't think so. The physiopathology behind it is that large amounts of
calories over a short period of time, cause a condition known as acute
fatty liver. Hence, the liver is infiltrated with fat (taste,) and
becomes quite large.

There was a documentary (Biggie size me?) in which a man was placed on a
McDonald diet, and after one month, he developed a fatty liver.

Rich

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