Hi, This may seem like a strange question, but I am just curious about this. I was in France last summer. In certain areas of the country that I visited, like Toulouse and Sarlot, there was a lot of duck and goose on the menus at resturaunts and in the gift shops there was lots of goose figurines and art and jars of pate, etc. I saw several post cards that had a picture of someone pouring what appeared to be grain of some sort down the bird's throat with a funnel. All of the geese on the cards were either toulouse or embden. I'm just wondering why they force feed the geese like this. Is it so they will be fatter for butchering or something? Anyway, thanks in advance,
Chrissie, The Geese were being force-fed and it is sometimes called "noodling the goose". The feed is rich and causes the liver be enlarged. Then when the goose is butchered, the liver will be used for Pate de fois gras! It is canned as well as offered in restaurants! CJR
Chrissie
By Cjeanr on Thursday, March 11, 1999 - 10:12 pm: