Administrators Naomi Posted January 9, 2012 Administrators Posted January 9, 2012 White Truffles or Dark Truffles? How much would you pay for a fungus that grows in the ground? Quote If your dreams are not big enough to scare you, they are not big enough for God
Dottie Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Nothing! I don't like fungus of any kind, especially if it's on my plate at dinner! Quote
Liz Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 I like chocolate truffles. Quote For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Mat. 16:26Please, support the JDRF and help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Please, support the March of Dimes.
Administrators Naomi Posted January 9, 2012 Author Administrators Posted January 9, 2012 Hi Liz, I have never eaten one ... what do they taste like? (And, if you say Chicken ... LOL) They must be really, really good to even be sold on the black market and controlled by some orginazed crime families. Quote If your dreams are not big enough to scare you, they are not big enough for God
Moderators Gerr Posted January 9, 2012 Moderators Posted January 9, 2012 Is it true that the French even use pigs to find them? Quote
Administrators Gail Posted January 9, 2012 Administrators Posted January 9, 2012 Chocolate truffles are not like real ones... Real ones: Chocolate ones: The chocolate ones just LOOK like the real ones I have never tried one, but I like mushrooms, so I might be okay with those. Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Administrators Gail Posted January 9, 2012 Administrators Posted January 9, 2012 Is it true that the French even use pigs to find them? Sensitive noses... as the truffles grow underground Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Moderators LynnDel Posted January 9, 2012 Moderators Posted January 9, 2012 I've never bought or eaten a fungi truffle as far as I know. They bring $25 to $30 per pound, I understand. "The record price paid for a single white truffle was set in December 2007, when Macau casino owner Stanley Ho paid US$330,000 (£165,000) for a specimen weighing 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb), discovered by Luciano Savini and his dog Rocco. One of the largest truffles found in decades, it was unearthed near Pisa and sold at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, Hong Kong and Florence. This record was then matched on November 27, 2010 when Ho again paid US$330,000 for a pair of white truffles including one weighing nearly a kilogram. (Wikipedia) According to reports, the truffles and other mushrooms downwind of the Chernobyl nuclear plant were poisoned with radiation and have now passed it on to the boars who eat them. This makes me wonder about the safety of mushrooms anywhere downwind of Japan. California, for instance... http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/contaminated-truffles-irradiating-wild-boars.html LD Quote LD
Moderators Gerr Posted January 9, 2012 Moderators Posted January 9, 2012 Ugh!!! No wonder why they have to coat them with chocolate! Who would eat them otherwise? They grow underground without anything visible above ground? How in the world were they discovered? Quote
Moderators LynnDel Posted January 9, 2012 Moderators Posted January 9, 2012 Surely you are joking about fungus being covered with chocolate, Gerry! The best thing about chocolate truffles is they are so smooooooooth. Chocolate all the way through. No fungus there. I think the boars went so hog-wild over the fungus truffles that humans had to check them out and found them to their liking. LD Quote LD
Moderators Gerr Posted January 10, 2012 Moderators Posted January 10, 2012 Surely you are joking about fungus being covered with chocolate, Gerry! The best thing about chocolate truffles is they are so smooooooooth. Chocolate all the way through. No fungus there. I think the boars went so hog-wild over the fungus truffles that humans had to check them out and found them to their liking. LD They also go hog-wild over poop & garbage! Quote
Neil D Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 They also go hog-wild over poop & garbage! and lets avoid talking about covering it and wasting good chocolate....;-) Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Administrators Naomi Posted January 10, 2012 Author Administrators Posted January 10, 2012 Gerry, that says it all Quote If your dreams are not big enough to scare you, they are not big enough for God
Members phkrause Posted January 10, 2012 Members Posted January 10, 2012 Originally Posted By: Gerry Cabalo They also go hog-wild over poop & garbage! and lets avoid talking about covering it and wasting good chocolate....;-) Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
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