Foie gras: Although nowadays when we talk about foie gras, we will think of elegant French people and exquisite French food, it is actually a modern thing to eat foie gras as a representative of French food. Historically, the history of people enjoying foie gras can be traced back to the 25th century BC. The first person to eat foie gras was ancient Egypt, one of the famous sources of the Mediterranean. Goose liver with bread: At that time, the ancient Egyptians found that wild geese living in the Mediterranean region would eat a lot of food and store up energy before migrating every year. At this time, the geese are so fat that it is easy to catch them. When they eat foie gras, they are even more amazed. The liver parts of these wild geese that make them fat are so delicious, so eating foie gras, especially the foie gras of fat geese, has become a culture. Goose liver: However, people didn't domesticate wild geese at that time. It wasn't until ancient Rome that people began to think that if we domesticated geese ourselves and then artificially filled them, wouldn't there be enough fat goose liver to eat? So humans began to keep the geese in captivity and feed them with figs, which made them grow up quickly and become fat, which also made the combination of figs and foie gras a classic.
Figs and foie gras: Why is foie gras now the representative food of the French, and only the French can make foie gras that the whole world can praise unanimously? Because Louis XVI, a king in French history, really likes to eat foie gras. He not only recommended foie gras to other kings, but also asked the chef who made foie gras at that time to continue to study the delicacies of foie gras. With the expansion of the foie gras industry, this kind of food has become popular, so that France is still the largest producer of foie gras.
Louis XVI: Nowadays, foie gras is very expensive. Even in the price of foie gras, there is a clear grade. A whole piece of foie gras is a top food, and several pieces of foie gras may be pieced together, so the price is lower, and the price of foie gras is the lowest, because the foie gras used is usually not very good, but it is still expensive. It is precisely because foreigners like foie gras so much that we have to ask a question, why not buy cheap foie gras from China?
Michelin foie gras: People in China also eat geese, but there is no special habit of eating foie gras. In the braised goose shops in Chaoshan, Sichuan and other places, maybe you can find the braised goose liver in the platter. These goose livers are equally dense and delicious, but the price is not so expensive. Since foreigners love foie gras so much and the price of foie gras is so expensive, why not consider the foie gras in China? Braised foie gras: Actually, in terms of size, our foie gras in China has lost, because the French foie gras is too big, and it is extremely huge. As far as the source of foie gras is concerned, the French foie gras generally chooses Southwest Grey Goose, a kind of goose that lives in Lund, France, and is a world-famous goose for fatty liver. The grown foie gras itself has a lot of fat and is huge in size, which conforms to the French people's pursuit of plump foie gras. Southwest Grey Goose: From the formation of foie gras, farmed fat geese generally adopt the "stuffed goose" feeding method. Because they only want foie gras, they don't want goose meat and other parts, so they can concentrate on raising the foie gras big, fat and thick. All the nutrients are accumulated in the foie gras, which makes the foie gras very huge, which is totally different from China foie gras.
Lionhead Goose: The geese in China, for example, the Lionhead Goose in Chenghai, Shantou, is the largest goose raised in China so far, and it is also the largest goose breed in the world. The foie gras of Lionhead Goose is still too small compared with French foie gras. This is because China people not only eat foie gras, but also eat different parts such as goose head, goose meat and goose feet, and there is no special urge to enlarge a certain part to control the size of foie gras, so China foie gras can't be a favorite option for foreigners.