Bastille Day is fast approaching, and with it, the second annual Pix Patisserie Bastille Day celebration. Guest chef, Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon, had planned on creating foie gras ice cream floats to be served at the event along side other, more traditional, French goodies.
This raised the ire of the Portland Animal Defense League (PDXADL):
Not only is it a shame that birds were tortured to make foie gras, but in this
case the foie gras is being used in a novelty item that is most likely going to
be thrown up by anyone that tastes it. We’re queasy just thinking about it.
That queasiness prompted PDXADL to launch a phone-in campaign against Pix in order to protest the use of fattened duck liver, a French delicacy, during the French celebration. Rucker decided to pull the foie floats from the Bastille Day menu after learning that Pix was receiving concerned calls regarding his dessert.
It will be interesting to see if Rucker’s mere presence will prompt Bastille Day protests, considering that foie can be commonly found at his famed SE Portland eatery.
Let’s just hope they don’t have to recreate that whole barricade scene from Les Miserables.
“in this case the foie gras is being used in a novelty item that is most likely going to be thrown up by anyone that tastes it. We’re queasy just thinking about it. “
Oh, come on. It’s one thing to take issue with the cruelty of foie production—but people don’t force feed geese to be mean. They do it ’cause it’s really fucking good, and they’ve decided that their desire to eat it is more important than an animal’s desire to, you know, be alive and not be force fed. Which is a controversial position, to be sure, but “foie is yucky” is no kind of argument. Not to mention that Gabe Rucker is ridiculously talented and if anyone can turn a gimmicky concept into something genuinely delicious (eg bacon for dessert), he can.
i agree.
i also wonder if it will be served, just not advertised, as was done in chicago eateries.
i love the foie gras.
I couldn’t care less about foie gras. Never tried it, doesn’t sound appealing.
But I really want to send PDXADL a ton of the stuff just for my own amusement. If people can force feed geese for the numminess, can’t I do the same for the pissoffiness?
I’m seriously considering walking down there and curb-stomping every one of these troglodyte protester. And BTW, Gabe Rucker is a fucking shit-heel for trying to whip up a foie gras float. What is wrong with Americans. Stick to cheese-doodles and chocolate milk you bunch of mouth-breathers.
These comments crack me up. These are the same upstanding citizens who shriek “Oh, I can’t stand to watch that!” when we show foie gras production videos at public events. But at home behind the computer screen, they are standing up for America by insisting on their right to abuse animals and screaming at others for using their free speech.
Good news, thanks. I had wanted to attend the pillow fight but the thought of foie gras ice cream WAS making me sick. Now I will go!
Interesting how “in this case the foie gras is being used in a novelty item that is most likely going to be thrown up by anyone that tastes it. We’re queasy just thinking about it. ” is turned into “foie is yucky” in order to put down the protester’s argument. How about YOU come up with something better.
oops, my typo bad. She didn’t even quote it correctly. The QUOTE of the activist (which is surely a small soundbite) was “Not only is it a shame that birds were tortured to make foie gras, but in this
case the foie gras is being used in a novelty item that is most likely going to
be thrown up by anyone that tastes it. We’re queasy just thinking about it.”. And “Allison Hallet” took only a portion from that and used it in a poorly chosen attack. Allison, wake up.