[quote=briansd1]Not a big loss as far as I’m concerned. I think that foie gras can still be made under humane conditions but it’ll cost much more.

I prefer pâté de campagne.[/quote]

There’s a more humane way to force feed a duck? Using a clean rubber hose instead of a dirty metal pipe doesn’t seem to make it any more humane.

I’m kind of agnostic about this whole thing. I eat meat, but my kids don’t. I think it’s only marginally more humane to eat a cow that’s been shot in the head, than a duck that’s been force fed before slaughtering. I don’t really like to think about that process for either one. Though I’ve never had foie gras. I suspect it’s pretty tasty.