Chef Gary Danko sears an inch-thick slice of duck liver in a small pan in the San Francisco restaurant where he earned a Michelin star until the meat develops a golden-brown shell.
The delicacy known by its French name, foie gras, is garnished with figs and champagne grapes, a variation on a dish he’s served since opening Restaurant Gary Danko near Fisherman’s Wharf in 1999.
“I sell probably 40 orders a night or more,” Danko said in an interview while salting the meat. “When the protesters are here, double that.”
The end is near for foie gras in California
Started by Really Nice!, Sep 07 2011 04:47 PM
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 05:12 PM
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 05:41 PM
But it's okay for people to stuff zillion-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium burger+cheese+bacon+fries+pancakes+donuts+godknowswhatelse (or even just 4 cheeseburgers combined in one bun) down their own throats. Yup. That's just dandy.
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 05:54 PM
It's not about health. It's about purported animal cruelty.
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 06:13 PM
It's not about health. It's about purported animal cruelty.
Yet eating factory farmed chicken doesn't bother them.
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 07:32 PM
I think the goal is a vegan diet but they are too chicken to say it out loud. By going after an elitist food they can look saintly.
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 08:00 PM
ducks are sacred, but it's okay to kill our children by stuffing their gullets with unhealthy foods. how is nationalized child abuse less cruel?It's not about health. It's about purported animal cruelty.
“One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no!', I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.”
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 08:29 PM
I think you mean geese. 
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 08:41 PM
here's the article, danko is serving duck liver. the protesters want to save ducks and geese, of course, of course. the reference in the original post referred to the duck liver served at danko. i wonder what the livers of obese american children taste like. they probably taste of twinkies and pop-tarts.I think you mean geese.
“One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no!', I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.”
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 08:43 PM
here's the article, danko is serving duck liver. the protesters want to save ducks and geese, of course, of course. the reference in the original post referred to the duck liver served at danko. i wonder what the livers of obese american children taste like. probably taste of twinkies and pop-tarts.
I think you mean geese.
Oh sorry! I thought foie gras always referred to goose liver! I was curious if they fatten ducks the same way. The crazy thing is, I read duck and saw goose. I'm a silly goose.
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 10:29 PM
Surely, you mean "unhealthful".ducks are sacred, but it's okay to kill our children by stuffing their gullets with unhealthy foods. how is nationalized child abuse less cruel?
It's not about health. It's about purported animal cruelty.
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 10:31 PM
whatever you say, stone.Surely, you mean "unhealthful".
ducks are sacred, but it's okay to kill our children by stuffing their gullets with unhealthy foods. how is nationalized child abuse less cruel?
It's not about health. It's about purported animal cruelty.
“One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no!', I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.”
~Jack Handey
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 10:44 PM
Wolfgang Puck seems to have banished foie gras from all his establishments with the exception of the new upscale Chinese, WP24, where he serves among other things steamed buns stuffed with bits of seared foie gras.
I'd give it all up, for just a little bit more.
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 10:45 PM
Stone, how are you on 'flammable' and 'inflammable'?
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Posted 07 September 2011 - 10:52 PM
inquiring minds want to knowStone, how are you on 'flammable' and 'inflammable'?
I'd give it all up, for just a little bit more.
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