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Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has dropped his supplier of foie gras after embarrassing footage of ducks being force-fed was released on the internet.


The owner of the Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire dropped his French foie gras supplier due to animal rights concerns.


A spokesman for the Fat Duck said: 'We were shocked at the video and the conditions in which the ducks were apparently being kept.' The restaurant said the farm had shown the highest levels of animal husbandry when they inspected it.


http://www.viva.org.uk/victory-heston-says-au-revoir-foie-gras


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2872569/Heston-Blumenthal-drops-fois-gras-supplier-video-shows-ducks-treated-poorly.html


Cant believe he was never aware of the cruel way Foie Gras was produced.

But he's now done the right thing.


Probably due to bad publicity and decent animal caring people boycotting places serving Foie gras


DulwichFox

Loz Wrote:

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> He dropped his supplier, Foxy. Quite rightly if

> animals were being kept in the conditions

> described. Nothing to do with the feeding aspect,

> though.

>

> He'll find another supplier of foie gras. One

> with better conditions for the animals.



Its a possibility / probability he will find another supplier..


After all, the name of his restaurant The Fat Duck is a bit of a give away.


But

Word has reached us that celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has taken the ethical decision to remove foie-gras from all his menus ? both in the UK and Australia. This comes after years of campaigning by Viva! to educate chefs and the public about the way foie-gras is produced. Thank you to everyone who took the time to support the campaign!


read the viva link


And it had everything to do with the feeding process.


Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has dropped his supplier of foie gras after embarrassing footage of ducks being force-fed was released on the internet



yet another case of Selective reading...


People are coming round to getting the point about Foie Grass.. It is Cruel.


DulwichFox

And the UK is the biggest consumer


Maybe turn your amazing detective spotlight on Kebab 'meat' prodution Foxy


You know that minced up Elepahant leg product in the widow, going round and round, hot cold, day after day


That'd make an interesting story, then see how many of the Kebab joints drop thier suppliers on this one


Oh hold on, they already know what's in it do they?


NO!

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> read the viva link

>

> And it had everything to do with the feeding process.

>

> Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has dropped his supplier of foie gras after embarrassing footage

> of ducks being force-fed was released on the internet

>

> yet another case of Selective reading...


... and yet the quote from the Fat Duck itself said, "We were shocked at the video and the conditions in which the ducks were apparently being kept". i.e. nothing to do with the traditional feeding process.


Which is unsurprising, as if you think someone like Heston Blumenthal didn't know how foie gras was made... well you'd be quackers!

Lowlander Wrote:

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> I think more people eat battery chicken and eggs

> than foie gras.

>

> If they knew how the chickens were treated, they

> would think twice!

>

> Yet foie gras get all the attention!


Yes and that is another subject for debate..


This thread was to purely highlight Heston's decision to take Foie Gras off his menus.

There are already threads on Foie Gras.


As far as I'm concerned in this thread the matter is over.


DulwichFox

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Lowlander Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I think more people eat battery chicken and

> eggs

> > than foie gras.

> >

> > If they knew how the chickens were treated,

> they

> > would think twice!

> >

> > Yet foie gras get all the attention!

>

> Yes and that is another subject for debate..

>

> This thread was to purely highlight Heston's

> decision to take Foie Gras off his menus.

> There are already threads on Foie Gras.

>

> As far as I'm concerned in this thread the matter

> is over.

>

> DulwichFox


I was merely making an observation DulwichFox. My point is made and I have nothing more to add!

Seabag Wrote:

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> Foxy

>

> You're ignoring the Elephant (leg) in the room

> here


Elephant Leg. ???


Do you mean D?ner ? From the Turkish verb D?nmek To Turn


Well some are made on site.

They are made mainly from Lamb Shoulder and arranged in Slices on the central upright of the grill.


Some are produced in factories and have a smooth Pate appearance and may well contain chicken in it's makeup.


Any question on the ethicality of the meat used needs to be addressed on an individual restaurant basis.


Suggest you start your own thread if you wish to discuss Kebab meat.

I'm sure it won't be the first one.


DulwichFox

Seabag Wrote:

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> And the UK is the biggest consumer

>

> Maybe turn your amazing detective spotlight on

> Kebab 'meat' prodution Foxy

>

> You know that minced up Elepahant leg product in

> the widow, going round and round, hot cold, day

> after day

>

> That'd make an interesting story, then see how

> many of the Kebab joints drop thier suppliers on

> this one

>

> Oh hold on, they already know what's in it do

> they?

>

> NO!


Very strange comments.. after reading your opinions in the K?z Thread


You seem to be a seasoned Kebab eater naming several you seem to use frequently.


DulwichFox

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > And the UK is the biggest consumer

> >

> > Maybe turn your amazing detective spotlight on

> > Kebab 'meat' prodution Foxy

> >

> > You know that minced up Elepahant leg product

> in

> > the widow, going round and round, hot cold, day

> > after day

> >

> > That'd make an interesting story, then see how

> > many of the Kebab joints drop thier suppliers

> on

> > this one

> >

> > Oh hold on, they already know what's in it do

> > they?

> >

> > NO!

>

> Very strange comments.. after reading your

> opinions in the K?z Thread

>

> You seem to be a seasoned Kebab eater naming

> several you seem to use frequently.




I sometimes eat kebabs, but I never eat doner kebabs.


There are different kinds of kebab, Fox :)

More and more of the better kebab shops are making their own (much tastier and meatier) doner these days. I remember years ago (like late 90s) hearing on the radio a prank call to a supplier. They said they'd opened a new kebab shop and needed some cheap meat because funds were tight. The supplier immediately offered them past it's sell by date meat.


But surely no one buys a doner kebab thinking they're eating anything that's not a bit dirty. See also maccas / KFC etc.

Sue Wrote:

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> I sometimes eat kebabs, but I never eat doner

> kebabs.

>

> There are different kinds of kebab, Fox :)


Yes I'm fully aware of that and although street kebabs have been virtually banned in Tourist areas of Turkey.

Street D?ner Kebab is difficult to find as many outlets have been closed down like the mobile Hot dog Stands

in the West End were.


Traditionally Turkish kebab shops sold only one type of kebab So you would have


D?ner kebab shops,


K?fte kebab,


Shish kebeb Shops,


Iskender Kebab Shops


Adana Kebab shops


And several more..


I eat all of them..


Foxy

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote:

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> You love your little Turkish inflections Foxy.

> Dots here and dots there. Can you ask for little

> more than a small beer and what time the next bus

> leaves though in reality with your grasp of the

> language?


Evet elbette, T?rk?e biraz daha konu?uyorum


Southwark'e y?ksekokul 2001 2003 gidim


T?rk?e dilbilgisi, k?lt?r ??reniyorum .


Nas?l eslenik fiiler


If you want a small beer


Bir k???k bira istemiyorum l?tfen


What time is the bus from East Dulwich to Waterloo at.


Saat kat?ta otob?s East Dulw?ch'tan Waterloo'ya dir. ?


Sorry some of the Turkish Character cannot be displayed correctly on EDF


? = i with no dot. ? = s with a cedilla beneath it. ? = g with a little thing above it called yumasaka


DulwichGox

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote:

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> You love your little Turkish inflections Foxy.

> Dots here and dots there. Can you ask for little

> more than a small beer and what time the next bus

> leaves though in reality with your grasp of the

> language?


You may of been referring to K?z as opposed to Koz


Well spotted but they are two very separate words..


Koz means.


1. a chance (to attack or to defend oneself); a trump, an ace up one's sleeve.

2. playing cards trump.

3. walnut.


K?z means.


1. ashes (containing a few live coals).

2. live coals.


Misspelling some Turkish words can be lead to some very embarrassing results.

Trust me ?


There is only one letter difference between the verbs To Pester and To F*** be careful :)


Foxy

red devil Wrote:

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> Google Translate i?in lanet ederiz!...



I do not need Google.. but the sentence does make much sense as a stand alone statement.


In Turkish there are verbs ie Demek To Say


and there are verbs that use an Auxiliary like Lanet etmek To Curse


Turkish uses Vowel Harmony so all verbs end with -mek or -mak according to the nearest preceding vowel.


the short infinitve -me -ma can be used to make commands Koy+me -- Put but is not always necessary


Koy -- Put familiar

Koyun -- Put formal

Koyunuz -- Put Very Formal.


So your statement 'i?in lanet ederiz ' literally ??


i?in = for


lanet etmek = To Curse


lanet ederiz = We curse / lanet ederim I Curse / lanet ederin You Curse / lanet eder He/She It Curses


Note. in Turkish the t changes to d to aid pronunciation ..


So your sentence means :- 'For we curse'


It only makes any sense in the context of what was previously said. There is a lot of that in Turkish.


That why there are no words for 'a' and 'the'


Hope that helps.


DulwichFox

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