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

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

[bayourod]

You're confusing ducks with ginneys.

[El Gato]

Fireworks exploded over the Seine

Three army garrisons, five police stations and the Presidential Guard, promptly surrendered.

[CARDINALRULES]

I've seen this on a cooking show...sickening to say the least.

I think one of the chef's in the movie Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? was killed in this manner.

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I have a rule....I do not eat any animal that we ever had as a pet.

[ChefKeith]

M Terail claims to have taken only five days off since he inherited the restaurant from his father in 1947.

Thank to Our brave, NOW DEAD Soldiers saving their frog A$$E$ from the nazi scumballs!

[lasisra]

Here's my guess from reading the article:

They strangle the duck rather than decapitate it because they want to keep all the blood in the duck, right? Well, if they want to keep all the blood in the duck, then they can't very well cut the duck open to *gut* it, either. All the organs, including the bacteria-laden digestive tract, remain in the carcass.

Since bacteria populations can double every few hours, no wonder the duck has to be used within 24 hours. Ugh!

I prefer my animals thoroughly and *promptly* cleaned after slaughter, thanks!

[tictoc]

Bien, M. Chirac, entrez dans la voiture, s'il vous plait, on va vous conduire à un... pressing engagement."

[christie]

Pinging the chef!

[winner3000]

This is nothing compared to what they do to the poor ducks to make Foie Gras. The ducks in the story are strangled which is a cruel and relatively slow way to kill the poor animal. For Foie Gras the poor animal is cruelly force fed which is basic torture. But what can we expect from the French?

[T'wit]

Well.... no. I am unable to confuse ducks with ginneys because I don't know what a ginney is. I'll have to postpone my confusion until I find out. For now, I can say with great assurance that I've never mounted a duck. I am pretty hopeful I've never mounted a ginney either, but will have to wait for an official ruling.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Give me Italian cooking over this nonsense any day.

Bravo! LOL.

[nopardons]

Not Hungarian, dear boy ? :-)