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Article: Ore. Lawmakers Weigh Outlawing Foie Gras
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- March 28, 2005
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NIKI SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-28-2005
Dateline: SALEM, Ore.
At Hurley's restaurant in hip Northwest Portland, foie gras isn't anywhere on the menu. You have to ask for it.
Servers will tell you of at least three ways the fattened duck liver delicacy is served, including chef and owner Tom Hurley's signature savory foie gras flan with wild mushrooms.
Hurley's is among several Portland restaurants that have removed foie gras from their menus because of protests by animal rights activists, who would gather outside restaurants with gruesome images of dead and diseased ducks they say are the result of inhumane force-feeding techniques used to produce foie gras.
Opponents say ...
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