Would you forcefeed your pet to make his liver swell up so you can feast on it with fava beans and a nice Chianti? No? But are you OK that it's done to ducks and geese to make foie gras? We had pet ducks growing up, and I recoil at the thought. Thank goodness foie gras is banned in California starting tomorrow. Who the hell invented foie gras? The answer here: http://scrollwork.blogspot.com/2012/06/au-revoir-foie-grasa-nightmare-ends-in.html