Monsieur, the pigs refuse to find any more truffles until you leave...

It was a grim year, no doubt about that. Not that the truffle supply in southeastern PA has ever been any great shakes, but this year, just forget about it. Have some nice chanterelles. A few pounds of morels, maybe.

Are truffles as exciting as coke?

Dammit. At least we'll always have a steady supply of lesser mushrooms.

/mmm, mushrooms

ultraholland: Are truffles as exciting as coke?

Sadly no.

Hoe Moe

Maybe I FAIL, but truffles just taste...kinda mushroomy to me. I don't get what the big deal is.

...and today he can fit his entire weekly harvest in a single plastic bag.

He's not the only one.



/low hanging fruit

"I'd ask for the world's rarest truffle. Then while they were searching for it, I'd tunnel my way to freedom. Of course, then I'd miss eating the world's rarest truffle. Quite the quandary."

"At the Aups market, the black truffle's price has more than doubled over the past five years, to about $560 a pound."

Damn, at the Whole Foods I shop at in Vienna, VA, they go for $999.99 a pound.

Needless to say, I skip.

....

This guy is the French version of me.

Literally. He stole my name! :(

Marcus Aurelius: It was a grim year, no doubt about that. Not that the truffle supply in southeastern PA has ever been any great shakes, but this year, just forget about it. Have some nice chanterelles. A few pounds of morels, maybe.

Morels are truffles? Didn't know that. Pretty tasty though. Meaty.

Reminds me of this story Link (new window)

Having eaten a fair bit of truffle gratis and in the name of research, I'm not sure I could shell out for them at a restaurant. They're good, but not £50 for a miniscule shaving good. Marcus Aurelius is right. Wild mushrooms are a pretty good substitute.

Did someone say mushrooms?

All mushrooms taste like dirt flavored snot. I'll pass, thanks.

I dont think of fungus when I think fo truffles

I think of

tubers? no.

devolver: tubers? no.

IT IS NOT A TUBER!!!

/I'm lazy and didn't feel like doing a Kindergarten Cop GIS.

PlantMan: Did someone say mushrooms?

Well, you're the PlantMan, but... Is that Amanita? Or something nastier?

techmom: PlantMan: Did someone say mushrooms?

Well, you're the PlantMan, but... Is that Amanita? Or something nastier?

Amanita muscaria

/legal too, but not for consumption as it is "poisonous"
//buy them for decoration from many fine shops

/never tried truffles
//not a mushroom fan
///surprisingly, I'm not Mario...or Luigi

techmom: PlantMan: Did someone say mushrooms?

Well, you're the PlantMan, but... Is that Amanita? Or something nastier?

Yes, that is indeed the sacred amanita muscaria, food of the gods...

/so I hear...

PlantMan: Yes, that is indeed the sacred amanita muscaria, food of the gods...

/so I hear...

I just checked the wikipedia entry on it, and apparently consuming it results in tripping balls. I can see why it would be the food of the gods.

Nobody knows the truffles I've seen...

A slim briefcase? Sounds like there's not MUSH ROOM in there for his wares.

MMMM, can't wait for morel season here in Indiana.

kid_charlemagne: Farmers say production is down by 50-75 percent this winter season and they blame global warming, warning that if thermometers keep rising - as many scientists predict they could - France's black truffle sno-cones will one day be just a memory.

kid_charlemagne you rule!

JonnyBGoode: Nobody knows the truffles I've seen...

Wolfmanjames: A slim briefcase? Sounds like there's not MUSH ROOM in there for his wares.

Flawless victories!

devolver: tubers? no.

Bad reporting on their part; the mushrooms are in the genus Tuber and resemble tubers but they are, indeed, not tubers.

mmm....Dry land fish....drooool....

SNAAAAAAKE SNAAAAAKE IT'S A SNAAAAKE!


/first thing I thought of
//I hate the Internet

I'm appalled with your total lack of morels...

LazarusLong42: the mushrooms are in the genus Tuber and resemble tubers but they are, indeed, not tubers.

Mushrooms


Tubers

Do truffles have tridges?



/back on the chemo drugs