Posted by Gabbix2 on November 26, 2004, at 20:13:13
In reply to Re: I like meat » alexandra_k, posted by Larry Hoover on November 26, 2004, at 19:32:27
> > But I do not like that chickens get tubes shoved down their throats and that they are forced fed until their stomachs explode so as to get them as meaty as possible first.
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> I don't believe you've got the details correct. Foie gras is produced by force-feeding of ducks or geese. But it hardly makes sense to burst the animals' stomachs, though I guess that might happen.
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I believe she is correct, I've also read that fowl (turkeys, ducks) are often force fed with tubes in order to fatten them quickly and efficiently for market, as well as for pate, and the stomach bursting is a not unusual side-effect.
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