Pan-Seared Florida Pompano and Spiny Lobster in Squab Consomme, and Poached Foie Gras

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This delicious food certainly doesn't deserve political attacks from misinformed animal rights proponents, especially considering the number of untruths repeated about this technique. Foie gras is NOT the result of mistreating ducks or causing "disease" in ducks. Ducks are not human and their livers react to gorging on grain totally differently than humans would. In ducks, the result is a natural fattening of the liver that enables them to make long flights south in the fall without eating. Ducks had been fattening their own livers by overeating for millennia before the Romans noticed the phenomenon and imitated it with domesticated ducks so they could have fatty liver year 'round. Anyone who has ever bothered to visit a modern duck farm that specializes in foie gras has realized that the ducks are not mistreated and actually take to the overfeeding with no apparent discomfort or fear. The simple non-hysterical truth is that the ducks' livers go back to normal size, with no discernible damage or disease, once the over-feeding stops. Enjoy!!!