Just a short note to give those of you who really love or hate goose liver something to get excited over.

The comedic Chicago City Council yesterday decided it was wrong two-years ago when it told the chefs of the culinary Mecca of the Midwest that they could no longer serve foie gras.

According to Chicago Sun-Times reporter Fran Spielman, Mayor Richard M. Daley said the ban made Chicago an international laughingstock. The mayor argued that the animal cruelty issue has been debated ad nauseam, that "everybody knew" about the repeal and it was high-time to reverse a foie gras ban that damaged the city's reputation in international dining circles.

Daley noted that restaurants found ways to get around the ban, Spielman reported.

"You can buy it in retail. You can bring it with you. They can't sell it to you, [but] they can put it on your salad and increase [the cost of] your salad by $20. They can put it on a piece of toast and charge you $10. Does that make sense? This is what government should be doing…? " the mayor asked.

Foie gras, French for "fatty liver," is produced by force-feeding geese and ducks -- by jamming a steel pipe down a bird's esophagus three times a day for a month -- to create livers 10 times their normal size.

For those of you who want a refresher on the wacky world of Chicago politics, check out Fran's story.