What foodstuff, meaning 'fat liver' in French, is made from the liver of a duck or goose fattened traditionally by force-feeding?
Foie gras Foie gras Foie gras (, ; ) is considered a luxury food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been especially fattened. By French law, foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by force-feeding corn with a feeding tube, a process also known as gavage. In Spain and other countries, it is occasionally produced using natural feeding. Ducks are force-fed twice a day for 12.5 days and geese three times a day for around 17 days. Ducks are typically slaughtered at 100 days and geese at 112 days. Foie
Chopped liver or with rye bread as sandwiches. Chopped liver is high in protein but also high in fat and cholesterol. Thus, low fat versions of, as well as mock and vegetarian alternatives to chopped liver exist that are frequently made of a combination or base of peas, string beans, eggplant, or mushrooms. Parve alternatives include the Israeli eggplant salad and vorschmack (chopped herring). Since eating chopped liver may not be appreciated by everyone, the Jewish English expression "What am "I", chopped "liver"?", signifies frustration or anger at being ignored on a social level. An alternative explanation for the etymology of the