Why do I need to know je m’en bats le foie gras? Literally translated, it means “I beat my foie gras” which sounds both pointless and a waste of lunch. This went down extraordinarily badly in south west France, which remains to this day a leading producer of foie gras. Local farmers staged protests – some of which degenerated into riots – in which they waved blocks of illegal foie gras in defiance at government soldiers. That’s right, beating your foie gras is not a real French phrase and if Robespierre did have any views on animal rights history has failed to record them.

Source: The Local April 01, 2021 07:03 UTC