Truffles are so valuable because the process in order to obtain these mushrooms is very challenging. Truffles exist underground, and require trained pigs, whose noses are just sensitive enough to sniff out the truffle they are told to find, be it black or white truffles.
The truffle season is also very short, from October to November each year!
They are also valuable and sought after because they add an unusual, meaty yet sweet, taste and texture to a variety of dishes.
It usually takes about 7 or 8 years for black perigold truffles to grow, and probably the white ones as well. it says on wikipedia that there an attempt to cultivate truffles in 1847, and in 1855 those truffles won a prize in the paris fair, so they must have grown to a sufficent size.
The following statements about truffles are correct: Truffles are considered mushrooms. The country that produces the most truffles is France. Truffles are expensive and have a pungent taste.
White truffles
No, truffles are either a dessert or a thing that European pigs find. Wine can be said to have the flavor of truffles.
Yes you can find truffles in Wisconsin.
First, talk to Cara Cook and she'll tell you to go get her truffles. Talk to Fritz at the edge of the saddle isle forest. He will lend you Truffles, his pig. Enter the forest until you find Truffles in the beginning when you enter it. When you find him, rake and you will find one. But you will need 5 more. So, keep going and following and raking where ever Truffles goes :) Breezerider Cremelo server
Truffles are a fungus and are dug up by trained pigs or dogs
Truffles grow under the ground.
Yes. They can be found in extreme conditions like deserts. There are many scientific publications on Desert fungi like arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Truffles etc. Morte from spain has published valuable findings on Desert Truffles. I, myself, am working on symbiotic fungi in the plants growing in the Desert of Saudi Arabia.
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No, Black Truffles have spores. The spores are spread by boars and the larvae of the truffle fly.
They are very yummy chocolate truffles that come in various flavor's you can get them at your local grocery store.