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Many restaurants in South Africa continue to serve Foie Gras, with full knowledge of the cruelty it inflicts. Please write to these restaurants and ask them to remove Foie Gras from their menu's.  View Restaurants Desmond Tutu Quote
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. - Desmond Tutu Brigitte Bardot Quote
One should not eat foie gras. It is a cruel, inhumane, tradition and, as all traditions synonymous with suffering, it should be ended - Brigitte Bardot |
Faux Gras NewsREADY, STEADY, BID IN THE JO’BURG WINE SHOW CHARITY AUCTION
MEDIA RELEASE APRIL 2008
READY, STEADY, BID IN THE JO’BURG WINE SHOW CHARITY AUCTION Excitement is mounting for the charity auction to be hosted by the organisers of The Jo’burg Wine Show with only days to go before online bidding starts on Monday, 5 May. Ten individual portions of the Sexy Duck and Jozi Bling pie will be on auction at www.bidorbuy.co.za at a reserve price of R5000 each to raise funds for the Give Me a Chance trust fund in aid of needy children. The most expensive pie in the country will feature some of the world’s most exclusive fresh produce and will be prepared by Melrose Arch executive chef Wicus Prinsloo. The pie will, however, not include foie gras as originally planned. According to organiser John Woodward, the inclusion of the imported duck liver might exclude some potential bidders. “It has come to our attention that some people have objected to this ingredient and might feel disinclined to bid at the auction should foie gras be used in the pie. As we want to allow as many bidders as possible to be a part of this exciting fundraising opportunity, we have taken the decision to substitute it with an alternative product, a pure duck liver mousse with Thiol Port produced at one of France’s top free range duck farms,” mentions Woodward. The proceeds of the auction will benefit youngsters from the Kylemore community near Stellenbosch in the Cape. The trust fund offers financial assistance to its young beneficiaries by providing scholarship and mentoring programmes, bursaries, and sports equipment. The online bidding will run for three weeks and the highest bidder will also receive a weekend breakaway at the Melrose Arch hotel valued at R10 000. The winning bidders will be able to enjoy these culinary masterpieces crafted from imported smoked and slow-roasted duck, Morel mushrooms and Périgord truffle, topped and served in a 1998 Rupert & Rothschild Baron Edmond red wine jus at the Friends for Dinner Theatre during The Jo’burg Wine Show at Gallagher Estate from 27-29 June. Each pie will be served with a glass of Billecart-Salmon Millésime Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon 1998 champagne retailing at R1400 per bottle. For more information, click to www.wineshow.co.za. ENDS
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Colleen McDuling
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