Foie Gras!

[PowerYoga]

Had foie gras for the first time a few days ago, supposedly tastes like a slice of heaven so I said hey, why not.

It was smooth, velvety, very fatty... and had a very organ-y taste. I mean it is a fattened liver, but is it suppose to be so.... pungent? I think mine was cooked with some soy sauce (not sure) and served with some hazelnut brittle and crackers or something similar.

I thought the cooking process was supposed to take care of that. Is it supposed to have such a strong organ taste or did I just get a bad piece?

 

[OutHouse]

really? repost.

 

[PowerYoga]

repost what?

 

[OutHouse]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2218754

 

[slayernine]

I read up on Foie gras and listened to a ted talk thingy about it and how awesome it is.

<result> ITS STILL LIVER AND ITS GROSS </result>

 

[PowerYoga]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2218754

Not looking for a discussion on why foie gras is unethical/evil, but thanks anyways. My question is very simple.

Is it suppose to taste organy or am I missing something.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Not looking for a discussion on why foie gras is unethical/evil, but thanks anyways. My question is very simple.

Is it suppose to taste organy or am I missing something.

Read the thread.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Not looking for a discussion on why foie gras is unethical/evil, but thanks anyways. My question is very simple.

Is it suppose to taste organy or am I missing something.

No, it isn't. The foie gras I had in France tasted very buttery/cheesy and you couldn't even tell it was liver.

 

[PowerYoga]

Read the thread.

I already did yesterday. Doesn't answer my question when half of the people said they don't enjoy liver and how gross it is and the other half say they love it and half of the thread is about how force feeding geese is bad/good. Neither elaborate on the taste. Read my question.

No, it isn't. The foie gras I had in France tasted very buttery/cheesy and you couldn't even tell it was liver.

Thank you, this was what I was looking for.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Thank you, this was what I was looking for.

No problem. You might want to read the exchange between sgyzgy and I in the thread linked earlier which discussed different kind of foie gras preparation. I imagine that the preparation is what makes the difference.

 

[PowerYoga]

No problem. You might want to read the exchange between sgyzgy and I in the thread linked earlier which discussed different kind of foie gras preparation. I imagine that the preparation is what makes the difference.

I was wondering that myself, because I think the soy that was meant to mask the pungentness (is that a word?) of the liver actually ended up accentuating it. That and I can't remember if the liver was seared or not, heard it makes a difference.

But it's good to hear I might've just had a bad experience with it. Maybe I should try it at a different restaurant instead...

 

[AreaCode707]

I had fois gras a few weeks ago and couldn't even tell it was liver from the flavor (I LOVE liver) - it was way more like butter than liver. I found it sort of bland honestly, would want to try it again some other time somewhere else.

 

[KeithTalent]

Repost.

KT

 

[Perknose]

I was wondering that myself, because I think the soy that was meant to mask the pungentness (is that a word?) of the liver actually ended up accentuating it. That and I can't remember if the liver was seared or not, heard it makes a difference.

But it's good to hear I might've just had a bad experience with it. Maybe I should try it at a different restaurant instead...

I don't know what you had, but I strongly suspect it wasn't foie gras, becuase the idea of "preparing" it with soy seems akin to me to slathering a Filet Mignon with ketchup.

It's a delicacy. The very experience of this delicacy is never meant to be masked by anything else at all, but rather to be savored.

Also, as others have said, true foie gras does not taste anything like regular liver.

In short, I think you were served faux grass.

 

[Locut0s]

Would like to try some some time. Never had it. Yeah not supposed to taste like liver from what I hear. I hate liver.

 

[Fritzo]

It's goose liver. Liver is super high in iron, and you're tasting the metalic taste from that.

Not going to get around it no matter what you do. I love liver, so it doesn't bother me.

 

[KeithTalent]

Oh wow, missed the soy sauce part. That's just wrong!

KT