Restaurant's one millionth duck escapes a pressing (FRENCH CUISINE UPDATE)

The Daily Telegraph ^ | April 30, 2003 | Philip Delves Broughton

[MadIvan]

Aren't you glad you just cancelled your trip to France? My question is - who had the idea to do this in the first place and how could they possibly have come up with it?

Give me Italian cooking over this nonsense any day.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[T'wit]

And just what's wrong with strangled 6-week-old blood-filled duckling, eh? Eh?

[MadIvan]

Apart from it being sadistic and thoroughly disgusting, nothing, I suppose. :)

Regards, Ivan

[T'wit]

And here's the best part. I just love watching this and thinking about all the bacteria growing in strangled 6-week-old blood-filled duckling:

The carcass is then put in a press to extract its blood and juice, which diners can watch trickle into a chafing dish.

Heck, that's more fun than the fireworks.

[Argus]

I like Peking duck myself, with the crispy skin rolled in a pancake with plum sauce. Or roast duckling German style. French cooking is too rich for my blood.

[MadIvan]

Also too contrived.

Regards, Ivan

[Grampa Dave]

Attention Peta freaks!

Attention Bambi and Duck lovers.

Read how barbaric the civilized French are when it comes to baby ducks only 6 weeks old.

Yes these evil and vile Frenchies stangle these baby duckies and then use terrible savage ways to serve their mangled bodies.

STOP THIS EVIL/VILE PRACTICE! CANCEL ALL VACATIONS TO FRANCE AND BOYCOTT THEIR PRODUCTS. SAVE THE BABY DUCKS!

[T'wit]

> Apart from it being sadistic and thoroughly disgusting

THAT, Monsieur, is a canard.

[riverrunner]

I see nothing sadistic about eating duck. I also hear they like to hang their game birds by the legs until the body falls away. Then they eat it. I prefer to kill and eat my own meat instead of having someone else do it for me.

[Beth]

It's terrifying!

And they call us gastronomic heathens?!

[grammymoon]

Ivan,
The next time you are here in this country, I will cook you a wonderful Italian meal...
Bloody Duck?
Bloody sickening....

[MadIvan]

Yes, well, the next time a Frenchman sniffs at McDonalds or barbeque, just mention the ducks in reply.

Regards, Ivan

[dennisw]

All I have to say is purposely eating the blood of animals is as un-kosher as you can get. Kosher slaughter drains the blood of the dead animal. Sounds blood lusting and primitive and no way am I vegetarian.

Ya'll who want to eat blood sausage, be my guest.

[MadIvan]

The next time you are here in this country, I will cook you a wonderful Italian meal...

My thanks. ;)

Bloody sickening....

Agreed. It's horrible. I knew the French ate some pretty disgusting dishes, but this was shocking to me.

Regards, Ivan

[Shermy]

Critics say world's best restaurant is French - but in California

[humblegunner]

bearing the number of the duck.

Beware the number of the duck.

[MadIvan]

The ghosts of the pressed ducks will come back to haunt them?

Regards, Ivan

[Shermy]

[Shermy]