Abstract: Goose liver is the liver of a goose, while the French foie gras used to make foie gras and foie gras delicacies is made from the liver of a gray goose. Because of its short neck, strong body and good liver production performance, the size of the goose liver can reach about ten times that of the ordinary goose liver after special feeding. However, the process of making French foie gras is cruel. When the goose is about 4 months old, put it in a cage and feed it with special feed four or five times a day for about a month, and the goose's liver will become fat fatty liver, and then kill the goose to get the liver. Let's take a look at how foie gras is raised. First, what is foie gras? Goose liver

Foie gras is a dish in French cuisine, which is famous for its tender and delicate taste and instant melting in the mouth, but many people don't know that French foie gras is made of special geese.

French foie gras is about ten times larger than ordinary foie gras, which is because it is raised by a special goose species-Grey Goose. Grey Goose originated from Grey Goose, which has a short neck, strong body and good liver production performance, so this kind of grey goose can be used as the raw material of goose liver, and the goose liver of Lande Goose is the best among grey geese.

Of course, the grey goose is mainly made of goose liver in France, and it is also made of other geese in other areas, such as lion-headed goose and Zhedong white goose.

second, how the geese with French foie gras are raised

French foie gras is a world-famous food, but its production method has been criticized by animal protectionists, because French foie gras actually uses the fatty liver of geese, and the liver is forced to grow to about ten times the size of normal foie gras by filling the liver, and then the goose is killed to get the liver.

French foie gras is usually raised in Lande Goose, which is native to Lande Province in southern France. After being raised, its foie gras is particularly fat, and it is a world-famous special variety for fatty liver. Lande geese are put into cages for liver filling four months after birth. They are fed with feed mixed with wheat, corn, minerals and vitamins in a "spoon-feeding" way, and the exercise of geese is greatly reduced through captivity. At this time, most of the excess heat energy absorbed by geese will be converted into fat and stored in the liver. The process of liver filling will take about 27-33 days according to the different physique of geese. After this method, someone will kill the geese to get the liver.

The production process of foie gras is cruel, so this kind of feeding method is forbidden in some countries and regions, but there is demand and supply, and there are still many places where this method is used to make foie gras.