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Old 10-03-2005, 02:10 PM   #1
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Question What is "Fogwa"? (foie gras)

I watch the food network all the time and the Iron Chef show uses this ingredient quite often. I'm not sure of the spelling. I think it's something like goat liver but I'm not sure.

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Old 10-03-2005, 02:17 PM   #2
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I believe you are thinking of foie gras (pronounced the way you spelled it). It is duck or goose liver.
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Old 10-03-2005, 02:18 PM   #3
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Foie Gras. It's liver. Considered somewhat of a delicacy.

French meaning "fatty liver" and it is produced by force-feeding ducks or geese to produce a grossly enlarged liver.

Controversial. After I saw how it's made on "A Cook's Tour," I know I'll probably not eat it again.
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Old 10-03-2005, 02:26 PM   #4
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Thanks very much for the quick response. I thought it was something like that.
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Old 10-03-2005, 02:28 PM   #5
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Not a problem, and welcome to the site
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Old 10-03-2005, 02:33 PM   #6
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Thank you :)
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Foie gras is also one of my friends favorite running jokes when it comes to cooking thanks to Iron chef.
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Old 10-04-2005, 12:46 PM   #8
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I would like to taste it some day...but I'm afraid I might develope a taste for it, and it's a real artery clogger.
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After I saw how it's made on "A Cook's Tour," I know I'll probably not eat it again
Good call, I saw that too (A Cook's Tour is the coolest food-travel show of all time! Lol, before I was married I had a crush on him )

Can't say as though the idea of Foie Gras really excites me, but I've tried it here and there at parties and pricier restaurants. I see the appeal but would rather eat goose meat, than the poor creature's engorged liver
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Old 10-04-2005, 01:23 PM   #10
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Call me mad - call me a plebian - I don't care! I'd rather have some good old fried chicken livers than fois gras! Have had it several times, in several different ways - maybe the old palate just isn't sophisticated enough for it.
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