Re: Mushroom Compost -Reply
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- Subject: Re: Mushroom Compost -Reply
- From: R* C*
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:08:34 -0500
You can eat them "plain" and should, but they go well in omlettes too. Just
hideously expensive. They grow in Italy too, apparantly but the French
consider Italian truffles very inferior. And "gourmet" food should never
taste bad-otherwise it's not being done very well at all.
Bob Campbell
USDA 4
Southern Ontario
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>Len, a trufle is some kind of fungus and is only found in France and I
think
>they use pigs to help sniff them out. They are something very gourmet and I
>have never had them. Martha Stewart has used them on her show and I watched
>another cooking show where they were used. They flavored mashed potatoes
with
>them. I don't think you eat them plain. I think they are used as a
flavoring.
>Hope that helps
>
>Kris P who thinks gourmet food is nice to look at but not nice to eat
>
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