French PM Knocks Halal, Kosher Laws as Campaign Heats Up
Heh. I'm linking to the procedures for creating foie gras.
Culture • March 2012 • Views: 1,075
France’s prime minister urged Muslims and Jews to consider scrapping their halal and kosher slaughter laws on Monday as President Nicolas Sarkozy and his allies stepped up their efforts to woo far-right voters.Here’s how to make foie gras:Prime Minister Francois Fillon made the suggestion after Sarkozy called at the weekend for butchers to clearly label meat slaughtered according to religious laws and his allies warned immigrants might impose halal meat on French schoolchildren.
The production of foie gras (the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened) involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild, and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically. The feed, usually corn boiled with fat (to facilitate ingestion), deposits large amounts of fat in the liver, thereby producing the buttery consistency sought by some gastronomes.It only gets worse. At least the goal of both Halal and Shechitah is to avoid having the animal feel pain. Is the goal of having foie gras to feel French? Very noble.