The Chicago City Council has voted to criminalize foie gras. An alderman who is a member of the questionable culinary group maintains that the delicious delicacy represents a case of cruelty to animals, since the geese and ducks that produce it are force fed through tubes placed in their throats. He neglected to add, or is unaware of, the fact that mother geese and ducks feed their children buy sticking their beaks into their throats.
The council also gave an incidental nod to the high cholesterol content of the delicacy and affirmed its determination to spare Chicagoans and visitors to the metropolis of the Midwest the cardiovascular consequences of the indulgence.
On the day the Windy City was to become the first in the nation to outlaw the delectation, various restaurants staged a foie gras fest. The fatty substance even found its way into Chicago