http://www.theolivepress.es/2009/11/15/wild-goose-chase-to-extremadura/ Andalucia's Fortnightly News Publication Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:26:57 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.theolivepress.es/2009/11/15/wild-goose-chase-to-extremadura/comment-page-1/#comment-53802 Kate Janeway Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:03:01 +0000 http://www.theolivepress.es/?p=4619#comment-53802 However lofty the goals of Sousa and his American counterpart Dan Barber, reports from those who have actually tasted the elusive Spanish product say that it's faux gras, not foie gras: perfectly acceptable goose liver, but not its fatty counterpart. While it's lovely that the Obamas are willing to give it a try, it's truly a stretch to say that Sousa's liver is 'coveted by the world's leading restaurants.' Note that on the 4 US foie gras farms, all of which raise ducks, none of them are kept in battery cages either. At Sonoma Foie Gras in California [which will be banned in 2012 unless current laws are changed], the ducks live 'free range' in a walnut orchard for most of their lives. However lofty the goals of Sousa and his American counterpart Dan Barber, reports from those who have actually tasted the elusive Spanish product say that it’s faux gras, not foie gras: perfectly acceptable goose liver, but not its fatty counterpart. While it’s lovely that the Obamas are willing to give it a try, it’s truly a stretch to say that Sousa’s liver is ‘coveted by the world’s leading restaurants.’ Note that on the 4 US foie gras farms, all of which raise ducks, none of them are kept in battery cages either. At Sonoma Foie Gras in California [which will be banned in 2012 unless current laws are changed], the ducks live ‘free range’ in a walnut orchard for most of their lives.

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