jmdesignz2

Leaving Paris for USA, buy canned confit canard at duty free or market?

ekscrunchy

Market for much better prices. But do you mean confit or foie?

Bedar

Are you sure it's available at the airport ?

lincasanova

My friend had 6 cans of foie confiscated at Miami airport a few years ago.

StuDudley

My local store sells it - but I don't know if they ship.

http://www.thegourmetcorner.com/b2bi...rner/index.htm

Stu Dudley

Michael

A couple of years ago I was inspected by a supervisor at JFK. Even pork products properly labeled were allowed, according to him; although confit should have no pork. Only beef was not allowed because of mad cow disease, again according to him. But this does not mean that the customs inspector who looks at your imports will know this, or might claim otherwise, and his supervisor might very well agree with him. Products sold at the airport would tend to be more acceptable. Confit is available in the States.

https://parisgroceryseattle.wordpres...ck-leg-confit/

http://www.dartagnan.com/on/demandwa...-Show?q=confit

Robert2533

The last can of foie I brought back sold at the airport for 50€ and was allowed in, but since then we normally don't declare certain food items, including small tins of foie.

StuDudley

>>The last can of foie I brought back sold at the airport for 50€<<

IMO, canned foie gras is just a little better than Spam. Mi cuit is what you get in restaurants in France - they would never serve "canned", which has been heated and overcooked to make it last for a long time. I purchased mi cuit last week at our local place for $50 and it was fabulous - about 10 one-tranche servings.

Stu Dudley