Free writing article - Why people should stop the production of foie gras

For those that don't know what duck pate de foie gras (or also commonly known as foie gras for short) is, it is basically just force-fed duck or goose liver. Although it's just force-fed duck/goose liver, the process of making it is just unbearable to watch. Here's why.

First off, wild ducks are catched from the forest. Why not use barn ducks? Because they have a healthier liver compared to normal farmhouse ducks. They eat nuts, berries and plants that were grown fresh instead of artificially harvested or made duck feed. Next, the wild ducks that have been caught will then be force fed with either duck feed filled with growing hormones to ensure quick production of a fatty liver, or they were just fed with fresh grown nuts and fruits to produce a higher quality pate.

Farmers would grab the duck by the throat, and then stretch the ducks neck to ease up their muscles. They would then turn on the force-feeding machine. It has a funnel attached to it on the top, and on the side or at the bottom there would be a tube as long as 13 to 15 inches attached to the machine. As much as a kilogram of food would then be placed into the funnel, where it would all drop into the machine. The mouth of the duck would then be opened, and the metal tube would be inserted into the ducks mouth. The farmer would then turn the machine on, and the machine would churn all that food into the duck. This cruel process would be repeated 4 to 5 times a day, forcing the liver to expand 5 to 6 times larger than the liver of a normal barn duck.

This is the difference in size of a normal duck liver and a piece of foie gras.

The one on the right is a normal ducks liver, whilst the left one, the foie gras. Look how much larger it is compared to the healthy one. It isn't even red or dark red in color. Normal livers that are healthy should be filled with blood vessels. Foie gras has so much unsaturated fat, it turns into white or bright pink.

Although it has a flaky and buttery texture to it when eaten, and tastes good, people should ban this. This wrong etiquette of food should be stopped no matter what. It's against nature to force animals to do things they don't want to do. And top it off, it's expensive. Why waste so much money to buy this when you can use that money to feed the poor or donate some money to cancer patients. People pay top dollar for this. Unbelievable.

For more references, click here to watch a video about foie gras and how it's made.

To be honest, the only thing I hate about Chinese New Year is the amount of time it takes to go back to my grandparents houses. I mean seriously. I hate sitting in the car for about 2 hours, doing nothing. I get cramps sometimes, and cramps never feel great, if you've every gotten one. I can't sleep in the car because I just can't. People ask me to sleep in the car to past time, but I just can't.

As for Valentines Day, the thing about it is that I'm single. Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing much I can say about this.

Well apparently a bull ton of stuff happened on my birthday, 2nd of April. On my exact birth date, 2nd April 1998, the World Mens Figure Skating Championship was held in Minnesota. In 999, the French voted for their first ever French pope, Gerbert of Aurillac. Well hats off to him then. In 1443, Mehmed II started his attack against Constantinople, also known as the current Istanbul, which ended on the 29th of May with him wining. This Mehmed II fella sure is famous, because I just saw him in my history reference book.

In 1550, the Italians in Genoa hate Jews so much, they expelled them. I can't believe to such extent people would do to get rid of other ethnicities. In 1912, the great revolutionary Sun Yat Sen formed the Guomindang party. Qatar also gained independence from the British on this same exact day in the year 1970. Now look at them posh business men and their oil.

On another note, during the 1992's 2nd of April, John Gotti, an infamous gangster, was found guilty of murdering five people, doing loan shark activity, tax evasion, bribery, obstruction of justice and bribery. He was also conspired for killing Gaestano "Corky" Vastola, a New Jersey mobster who was working for the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey. Well this guy must be the top dog for some family too. Who knows.

By doing this article, I have found out that a lot of stuff has happened during my birth date during other years. I sure never regret my decision to actually do this piece of work. Oh well.