It is no exaggeration to call foie gras noble food. In French, foie gras means "foie gras", and the word "gras" means "top class". You really can't eat French food without trying foie gras. For example, the preciousness of foie gras is equivalent to shark fin and sea cucumber in our Chinese food.
The history of eating foie gras can be traced back to the Romans more than 2000 years ago. They really discovered the delicacy and fun of eating foie gras. At first, they ate figs together and presented them to Caesar, who thought it was delicious food. Later, it spread to Alsace and rural areas in southwest France, and gradually people began to use foie gras to make aspic and meat sauce, which was simple, convenient and approachable. Until Louis XVI, France, foie gras was also presented as a gift to the court of Louis XV. After tasting it, it was deeply loved by the king, and it became famous and praised by many famous writers, musicians and artists at that time. Since then, it has established its noble and exquisite extraordinary status. 1870, foie gras was first cooked. Mar6a.chal de contades's pastry chef, foie gras is wrapped in dough and used at the reception. Since then, Strasbourg has been associated with foie gras. Many people think that the foie gras in Strasbourg is the best in the world. Many people may misunderstand foie gras, thinking that eating foie gras has high blood fat and cholesterol. Actually, it's not. On the contrary. According to experts, the fat content in general foie gras is only 2%~3%, while the fat content in fat foie gras can be as high as 60%. However, fatty foie gras is mainly unsaturated fat, which is easy to be absorbed and utilized by human body, and will not gain weight after eating it. It can also reduce the cholesterol content in human blood, and implies that lecithin, which is indispensable for human life, is three times higher than that in normal foie gras. Fat foie gras is also rich in oily and sweet "glutamic acid", so it has a particularly attractive fragrance after heating. This fragrance is indescribable, and only when you are in it can you know its beauty. When heated to 35℃, its fat begins to melt, which is close to human body temperature, so it has the feeling of melting in the mouth.