The Truffle- Ugly, Smelly and Expensive As All Get-Out! LOL
These days truffles go for about $1500.00 US for an ounce, making truffles more expensive than gold, and I'm at a total loss as to why...
The main varieties are the white truffle from Italy and the black truffle from France, but don't be fooled, these ugly fungi, can be found almost anywhere there is moist forest vegetation and damp soil...
Dogs and Pigs are usually trained to sniff out these underground stinkballs, but Humans can find them by smell, too-- Those who use animals are simply too lazy to crawl around and find them...
Truffle's smell strongly of, well..... Urine, after eating asparagus and drinking beer all night. Or like Mushrooms that have gone bad in your veggie bin...
Top chefs and cooks though, cherish these little delights, use them so sparingly, you would think that the average diner would be able to taste them at all... But that strong aroma comes right through even the steamy-est dishes like Rissoto.. which is simply starchy rice and broth, boiled down to a pudding-like consistancy- Add truffles and this side dish will cost you about $15.00- $25.00 US! :)
More about Truffles and Mushrooms here- One Truffle was recently auctioned off at $208,000 US- That's Porsche Cayenne Money, Dammit!:)
http://www.luxist.com/2007/11/15/record-setting-truffle-makes-one-pricey-meal/
http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/vegetables/specialty-mushrooms.asp
Although I like to eat mushrooms and truffles, I can't see paying a kings ransom for them... I'll take a walk in the woods after a light rain, and they are everywhere! As for truffles, please don't kick me in the butt if you should happen to see me crawling aroung on all fours and sniffing the ground...
I know exactly what I'm looking for, and I'm using my Lycanthropic instincts to find "Stinky Gold"! LOL!
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Comments (21)
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
Depending on your tastes, you can make fine Foie Gras substitutes:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1739,157191-231193,00.html
If you simply must have some Duck in your Pate', use the fat from one that you cooked, or but duck fat from a store, and add it to your chicken liver, or calves liver... Truffles can be substituted with black dried Shiitake flakes... be creative, eat well, save bucks, so you can buy a house from me! LOL! :)
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
I tried it once. YUK!! give me my calf liver and chicken liver any day. Foie gras just tastes greasy to me.
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
The spelling that I used is the correct one, but it can be spelled in many different ways.. nobody but a French person can seem to pronounce it anyways! :)
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
Foie Gras is over rated-- expensive and controversial... Why eat something that makes you feel bad?
Great cooks can create wonderful subsitutes for it... I have used calves liver as a substitute-- With a little kitchen trickery, there are many ways to please palettes and ease minds! :)
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
If there is anything less appetizing or more expensive than a truffle i don't know what it is. But in my book for sheer stupidity in glorifying and pricing foods Froie Gras has to run a close second! (See I can't even spell the crap right LOL!)
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
Yes, Fishie- I will always cook for two or more! :)
Which wine will you select? I thinking White Merlot for the Oyster mushrooms and Pinot Noir for the Pasta, Bellas and Salmon-- Ces't Bon?
Theresa6
Is there enough for 2
I will bring the wine ;)
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
Ummmmmmmmmm! I'm having wild Oyster mushrooms- lightly grilled with onion and garlic for an appetiser, and broiled baby Bellas with Salmon and Pasta for lunch-- LIFE IS GOOD! :)
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
This blog is now officially the most accurate blog on the Internet! :)
Theresa6
ewwww--- there aint no WAY, I am spending money on truffles ever again!
LOL, thats another good one!! HAHAHAHA!
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
See? I toldja so! LOL!
Ya just gotta love contextual advertising! LOL! :)
Theresa6
OMG!! LOL-- now that is hilarious!
just goes to show how stinky they really are -ROFLOL!
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Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
Hey be sure to check out the Google Ads around this blog... They seem to stink, er think we are talking about Feminine itch or caviar! LOL! :)
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
Anybody who can make puns out of fungi, has got to be a Great Cook! LOL! :)
Theresa6
Maybe they just chanterelle the difference -HA!
Personally, I am just happy to see Portobello season arriving :-)
Theresa6
I guess if a person is living in chocolate bliss, they might accidentally spend a fortune on mushrooms---
naw.
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
If somebody is willing shell out $208,000 bucks for a damn underground fungus, I'm going to make it my business to learn EVERYTHING, about them! :) LOL!
Are people insane????
Lisa G.9
Health Wellness & Wealth Consultant
LoL...stinky gold, good name for it Peacful!
I did not even know about these little stinky morsels..ha..ha.
Theresa6
wooohooo!! I cant wait!!
I love your gifts ;-)
Jeff Greene8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
That's a Good One, Fishie! LOL!
So Ya like Chocolate Truffles, Do Ya? I going send you into Chocolate Shock! LOL! See your PM....