Question on Russian culinary history

[James Partridge]

There's another brief goose feeding moment in Alexandr Petrovic's film
"Skupljaci perja", ("I even met happy gypsies"), which is set in the
Vojvodina region.
James

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James Partridge
St Edmund Hall
Oxford University


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> There is an excellent scene of force-feeding a goose in Czech director
Jiri
> Menzel's film classic "Closely Watched Train".  In light of Milos's
> problem, the act becomes absolutely hilarious.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> Jeff Holdeman
> The Ohio State University
> holdeman.2 at osu.edu
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>
> >A friend of mine, Edward Schneider,  who is a culinary historian, asked
> >whether in Russia and Eastern Europe there was/is the same practice of
> >force-feeding geese and ducks as in France, and, if so, whether the same
> >kinds of techniques are used. Please answer either to the list (if you
think
> >others might be interested!) or feel free to contact Mr. Schneider with
> >replies at ems at worldnet.att.net
> >Thank you,
> >Lynn Visson
> >
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