And it's not just foie gras, and it's not just ducks.

这不仅仅关乎鹅、 不仅仅鸭肉。

It doesn't produce really good foie gras, yeah!

这样做不出真正好鹅，没错！

From the chef's point of view, one of the disturbing things about foie gras is how variable it is.

在厨师看来，鹅麻烦事之一质量参差不齐。

Here you are, sir. The foie gras for the lady, and a mushroom soup for you.

先生，您好，这您点餐。这这位女士鹅，这您蘑菇汤。

But if you flip it around, to bird liver, and we think of foie gras.

但如果你把它翻过来，换成鸟类脏，我们会想到鹅。

The appeal of foie gras is partly its lush richness.

法国菜肴肥吸引力部分在于其味道之浓郁富丽。

One theory is that red wine is what allows French people to eat so much butter, cheese, cream, foie gras, and pate yet stay so healthy.

有个理论这样解释，因为法国人经常喝红酒，所以他们就算吃很多黄、奶酪、奶、鹅及馅饼，身体也很健康。

So did the Egyptians really eat foie gras?

埃及人难道也吃鹅？

The French eat foie gras, the Icelandic devour hakarl (fermented fish with an aroma of urine), Americans give thanks by baking tinned pumpkin in a pie.

法国人吃鹅，冰岛人吃哈卡尔（一种带有尿味发酵鱼），美国人吃罐头南瓜做成南瓜派来庆祝感恩节。

We had a—you know, a beautiful foie gras to start, and we had—I forget the dessert, and I realized three or four months later that it was a perfect meal.

我们前菜吃了一道美味鹅，我忘记了甜点什么，三四个月后我才意识到那一顿完美大餐。

God could or should save the King, and the nobility were dithering about, eating foie gras and songbirds, failing to make meaningful financial reform.

知识分子们正在思考君权否真， 而贵族则在犹豫吃鹅还吃蒿雀 对经济重建毫无建树。

It's very classic, langoustine, prawns, foie gras, smoked salmon.And then I'm serving veal filet with potatoes and cheese and ice cream.

这很经典，比如龙舌兰、虾、鹅、烟熏三文鱼，然后我还会做小牛肉、土豆、奶酪和冰淇淋。

Hams in wine, pressed duck, pate de foie gras, rare fruits in and out of season, were spread in profusion.

深红色火腿、蒸鸭、肥鹅肚，各种罕见应时和不应时水果，满满地摆了一桌子。

Borgel says the decrease in supply of traditional foie gras could make more people want to try such alternatives.

博格埃尔说，传统鹅供应量减少可能会让更多人想要尝试这种替代品。

Anything from the foie gras to the chicken to the shoestring potatoes, I was like, oh my God.

从鹅到鸡肉再到小土豆，我真… … 天哪。

Actually, it's the place they make foie gras. If you know about foie gras.

实际上，那生产鹅地方。如果你知道鹅话。

Upstairs, gourmet salads and soup are served in a lounge overlooking Grand Central Station; a sit-down restaurant offers foie gras, grilled scallops and other dishes from Daniel Boulud, a celebrity chef.

在楼上，能够俯瞰纽约中央火车站休息室里供应着美味沙拉和汤羹；提供座位餐厅供应着名厨丹尼尔·布卢德制作鹅、烤扇贝和其它各式菜肴。

Take this foie gras back as well, it's rubbery and completely overcooked. And look at the portion size! How can you charge twenty-five dollars for a sliver of duck liver?

把这鹅也撤回去，跟橡胶似得，完全煮过头了。你再看看这分量！这一丁点儿鹅就要25美元？

But in between the beer and the bread, and the hypothetical foie gras, you can see the logistical infrastructure of an enduring and powerful state, able to mobilise vast human and economic resources for public works and military campaigns.

在啤酒、面包和我们假想鹅之间，能够勾勒出一个强大持久国家后勤保障结构，它能够自由调动广大劳动力资源与经济资源，来进行公共与军事建设。

So Harper and Kohl were raised at a foie gras factory, and they were treated cruelly.

哈珀和科尔在一家鹅厂养大，它们在那里受到残酷对待。