PIc of the day - betcha haven't seen this sushi before

[Norman]

http://1-2-3-direct.com/forum_stuff/foisgras.jpg

Seared foie gras topped with caviar. It was goooood.

[Gimp Pimp]

Do you know what they do to the geese to get that???!!!:censored: :nono:

[LOBOTIDULATOR]

is that a real lemon?! wow now ive seen everything!

[biggles604]

Silly Rabbit. Foie gras doesn't really exist. It's just a Kitchen Stadium prop :)

[slang]

where?

[the Master Plan Dan]

What is "foie gras"?

Dan

[xy9ine]

yeah, sushiman does those. i believe they're on the new all you can eat menu.

[Buzom]

What is "foie gras"?

Dan


Duck liver

[the Master Plan Dan]

Are you kidding me? I never liked liver when I was a kid! My mom use to make me eat it until the whole question of eating the impurities that are conatined in the liver.

Holy man people will eat anything!

I ate black pudding when I was in England... well saying that I ate it is a wee bit missleading. I chewed it for about 3 seconds and when I thought it tasted like blood... I couldn't finish it! Then my buddy let me in on what it was!

Never again!

The meal in the picture looked good!

But I'll pass... thanks!

[DaveM]

What is "foie gras"?

Dan

Foie gras, French for "fatty liver," is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of male ducks and geese. The birds are kept in tiny wire cages or packed into sheds. Pipes are repeatedly shoved down the birds' throats, and up to 4 pounds of grain and fat are pumped into their stomachs two or three times every day. The pipes puncture many birds' throats, sometimes causing the animals to bleed to death. This cruel procedure causes the birds' livers to become diseased and swell to up to 10 times their normal size. Many birds become too sick to stand up. The birds who survive the force-feeding are killed, and their livers are sold for foie gras

It's supposed to be really fricken good though.

[BrendanHowey]

i dont know shit, but i dont see the thought put into it. thats all, i know im wrong, i guess i just felt like saying that. the quality is awsomee ! !

[the Master Plan Dan]

It's supposed to be really fricken good though.

Okay now I am sold on never eating that stuff. I hope that it was worth it!

Dan

[stillgoing]

Geez - enough already

http://www.sushinyc.com/forum.asp
http://boards.epicurious.com/forum.jspa?forumID=9
http://www.topix.net/forum/food/gourmet
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=SNYI,SNYI:2005-12,SNYI:en&q=gourmet+forum

[trout]

To each their own but I wouldn't eat anything that is supposed to filter toxins from blood.

[Norman]

where?

Japan.

I'm pissed off that fugu is out of season. Arg...

[Marsenault]

is sushi all you eat? how is that enough food to fill you up? how much more did you eat? dont get me wrong, I dont mind sushi as an appetizer but thats all you have been posting.

[Faithless]

hes in japan.

[JJ 666]

Thats crazy stuff. I've had sharks fin soup and weird jellyfish stuff before; the sharks fin soup was actually edible the jelly fish on the other hand... not so much.

[Marsenault]

hes in japan.


I realize that. but what else is there to that meal? that cant be enough to supress someones hunger.

[connor]

Duck liver

yeah actually it's "fatty" duck or goose liver.

from wiki.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Gavage.jpg/180px-Gavage.jpg\

Many contend the method of feeding the geese and ducks to be cruel. Force feeding results in unnatural effects on the birds' bodies including livers swollen to many times their normal size, impaired liver function, expansion of the abdomen making it difficult for birds to walk, and death if the force feeding is continued. In addition, force feeding methods can cause scarring of the esophagus. They use the term gavage, a French term for stuffed feeding (and a medical term for feeding those who can't feed themselves). After political pressure from organizations lobbying for animal rights, certain jurisdictions have banned gavage.

not cool.

[DUDEONABIKE]

holy shit
wtf is up with people torturing animals just to have food?

definatly not cool.

[freerider-1]

Hey I've got a quick question. Do people ever give you weird looks for whipping out your camera and taking pictures of your food?

[ito]

It's supposed to be really fricken good though.

It is one of the most amazing tastes in the world. Whatever they do to the duck is fine by me, the taste is worth it!

The Ito

[Buzom]

Hey I've got a quick question. Do people ever give you weird looks for whipping out your camera and taking pictures of your food?

This is Japan right? I'm pritty sure they would give him a weird look if he didn't...

[white ri0t]

It is one of the most amazing tastes in the world. Whatever they do to the duck is fine by me, the taste is worth it!

The Ito
QFT.

[Norman]

holy shit
wtf is up with people torturing animals just to have food?

definatly not cool.

Do you eat chicken eggs? Well, they're cooped up in a little cage and forced to lay eggs everyday. How is that any less torture?

Do you eat cows.. or any farmed animal for that matter?

If you answered yes to any of those, you're a hypocrite.

[Norman]

Hey I've got a quick question. Do people ever give you weird looks for whipping out your camera and taking pictures of your food?

naw, not really. We're just stupid tourists after all. I'm sure they expect it.

[Norman]

I realize that. but what else is there to that meal? that cant be enough to supress someones hunger.

They are just random highlights. That meal, we had something like 16 plates of sushi between two people.