I feel a bit pathetic right now. I just read about foie gras. I had heard about it but I never knew what it was, so I looked it up. I haven't eaten meat in nearly 10 years for various reasons. I'm not one of those vegetarians who is loud about my vegetarianism and tries to convert people to my ways, so don't worry about this post being a diatribe intended to incite feelings of guilt in my less than 5 readers.
Anyway, I read about foie gras and how a process called gavaging is used on the ducks and geese. Gavaging is force-feeding. They put a tube down the birds' throats and pump food into their stomachs. I just imagined what that would feel like and it made me sad. I managed to keep myself from crying at my desk tough... so +10 points for me.
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