From Yahoo's main page:


Hot dog seller gets first foie gras fine

Fri Mar 30, 9:15 AM ET

"CHICAGO - The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller of
all people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing its
specialty dogs with the duck liver delicacy.

Doug Sohn, who runs Hot Doug's "The Sausage Superstore and Encased Meat
Emporium," agreed to pay $250 Thursday (29 March) for the first-time
offense.

Sohn had been openly serving foie gras-laced hot dogs since the ordinance
took effect in August. He says he knew about the rule - when he got a
warning letter from the city, he had it framed and placed on his counter.

He could have faced up to a $500 dollar fine under the ordinance, Health
Department spokesman Tim Hadac said.

Animal rights activists oppose serving foie gras, saying it is inhumane the
way geese and ducks are force-fed through a pipe to plump up their livers.
They have been pressing other cities, states and chefs for similar bans.
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck announced earlier this month that his
restaurants would stop serving foie gras.

The Chicago City Council had approved the ordinance despite Mayor Richard M.
Daley's objections. He called it the "silliest" ordinance they had ever
passed."

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On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:41:00 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>From Yahoo's main page:
>"CHICAGO - The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller of
>all people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing its
>specialty dogs with the duck liver delicacy.
>
The fine should have been for defacing a hot dog!

Why did you have to type OT this time ???
All your posts are OT and uninteresting.

"Gregory Morrow" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
news: [email protected] k.net...
>
> From Yahoo's main page:
>
>
> Hot dog seller gets first foie gras fine
>
> Fri Mar 30, 9:15 AM ET
>
> "CHICAGO - The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller of
> all people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing its
> specialty dogs with the duck liver delicacy.
>
> Doug Sohn, who runs Hot Doug's "The Sausage Superstore and Encased Meat
> Emporium," agreed to pay $250 Thursday (29 March) for the first-time
> offense.
>
> Sohn had been openly serving foie gras-laced hot dogs since the ordinance
> took effect in August. He says he knew about the rule - when he got a
> warning letter from the city, he had it framed and placed on his counter.
>
> He could have faced up to a $500 dollar fine under the ordinance, Health
> Department spokesman Tim Hadac said.
>
> Animal rights activists oppose serving foie gras, saying it is inhumane
> the
> way geese and ducks are force-fed through a pipe to plump up their livers.
> They have been pressing other cities, states and chefs for similar bans.
> Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck announced earlier this month that his
> restaurants would stop serving foie gras.
>
> The Chicago City Council had approved the ordinance despite Mayor Richard
> M.
> Daley's objections. He called it the "silliest" ordinance they had ever
> passed."
>
> </>
>
>
>

(Carole Allen) wrote:


> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:41:00 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"<[email protected]> wrote:
> >From Yahoo's main page:
> >"CHICAGO - The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller of
> >all people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing its
> >specialty dogs with the duck liver delicacy.
>
> The fine should have been for defacing a hot dog!



Lol...

There was a pic of it in the local paper (_Chicago Tribune_), it
didn't look very toothsome...

This story was all over the nooze here the last coupla days, the guy
sure got a LOT of great publicity for that measly $250.00 fine he
paid...

He was apparently cited once earlier this year. Reports say the city
has a "low priority" for busting purveyors of foie gras...

It's a silly contretemps. I'd expect something like this in San
Francisco or Berkeley, not Chicago, which was once "meatpacker to the
world". The meatpackers are all long - gone, soooo...I guess things
change. <shrug/>

I posted this for it's "silly" content, we must look like rubes or
parvenus to the French or whoever...

--
Best
Greg

Lol morrow don't ask what you look like !!!!

"Gregory Morrow" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
news: [email protected]. com...
> (Carole Allen) wrote:
>
>
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:41:00 GMT, "Gregory
>> Morrow"<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >From Yahoo's main page:
>> >"CHICAGO - The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller
>> >of
>> >all people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing
>> >its
>> >specialty dogs with the duck liver delicacy.
>>
>> The fine should have been for defacing a hot dog!
>
>
>
> Lol...
>
> There was a pic of it in the local paper (_Chicago Tribune_), it
> didn't look very toothsome...
>
> This story was all over the nooze here the last coupla days, the guy
> sure got a LOT of great publicity for that measly $250.00 fine he
> paid...
>
> He was apparently cited once earlier this year. Reports say the city
> has a "low priority" for busting purveyors of foie gras...
>
> It's a silly contretemps. I'd expect something like this in San
> Francisco or Berkeley, not Chicago, which was once "meatpacker to the
> world". The meatpackers are all long - gone, soooo...I guess things
> change. <shrug/>
>
> I posted this for it's "silly" content, we must look like rubes or
> parvenus to the French or whoever...
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
>
>
>

Carole Allen wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:41:00 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>From Yahoo's main page:
>
>>"CHICAGO - The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller of
>>all people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing its
>>specialty dogs with the duck liver delicacy.
>>
>
> The fine should have been for defacing a hot dog!

Doesn't sound very "cost effective" for the hot-dog seller!
(Foie gras is a lot more expensive than the by-products
used in most hotdogs.)

She saw OT and jumped on the occasion
Duuh

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le
message de news: [email protected]...
>
>
> Carole Allen wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:41:00 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>From Yahoo's main page:
>>
>>>"CHICAGO - The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller
>>>of
>>>all people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing
>>>its
>>>specialty dogs with the duck liver delicacy.
>>>
>>
>> The fine should have been for defacing a hot dog!
>
> Doesn't sound very "cost effective" for the hot-dog seller! (Foie gras is
> a lot more expensive than the by-products used in most hotdogs.)