October 2, 2004

Stuffed Goose

For years, animal rights activists have opposed the production and sale of foie gras - fattened duck or goose liver. The birds are shoved into small cages or pens and are forced to eat much more than they normally would. Often, a feeding tube is inserted directly down the throats of the birds and pumps food into their stomachs two, and maybe even three or four, times a day, until their stomachs and livers are practically bursting at the seams.

With two three-day-Yammim Tovim down and one more to go, I can definitely empathize.

Posted October 2, 2004 9:46 PM
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כמה רוע אפשר לבלוע?

Posted by: Danny at October 4, 2004 1:18 PM

I'm going to assume that you didn't intend that as an insult to my mother's cooking. :-)
It was all quite delicious, actually. Had it not been, I would have had a much easier time practicing restraint.

Posted by: Reuven at October 4, 2004 2:40 PM

i believe danny is referring to a slogan by israeli animal rights activists that is anti-goose liver. it has also been used in a great song by 'dag nachash' that lists all sorts of bumper sticker slogans and uses that as the chorus; implying that all the slogans are garbage too. there was an article about it in the NY Times; Israeli writer David Grossman had put together the list of slogans and approached the rap group about turning it into a song.

Posted by: chanie at October 4, 2004 5:54 PM
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