Rosyrain
Veteran
I am personally not a fan of mushrooms of any kind, but I hear people rave about truffles all of the time. What is it about these mushrooms that people love so much...and why are they so expensive?
I've never had them either Rosryrain. I think I'm pretty adventurous with my produce too, but something about truffles has always freaked me out. They look like old, dark little shriveled up balls. I've never bought them because they are so expensive and I'm not sure they look very good. But maybe I should give them a try!
On a side note I also remember being told that farmers put rings in pigs noses so the pigs could use them to help dig for truffles. I don't know it that's really true or not, it just came to mind!
I think it's more that they put rings in pigs' noses to stop them digging (as the ring makes it painful to dig, I think the practice is banned here now, or at least frowned upon). If a pig sniffs out a truffle, it will dig it up and eat it before any human can get to it. Nowadays, I think they use dogs which can sniff out the truffles (although not as well as pigs), but don't like to eat them.
They bribe the pig with chocolate to leave the truffle , my last dogs sire was trained to sniff out truffles, and it is a practice in my area to use spaniels, and I often see the truffles at , these dogs owners houses In the egg basket , apparently its a way of storing the fungisI think it's more that they put rings in pigs' noses to stop them digging (as the ring makes it painful to dig, I think the practice is banned here now, or at least frowned upon). If a pig sniffs out a truffle, it will dig it up and eat it before any human can get to it. Nowadays, I think they use dogs which can sniff out the truffles (although not as well as pigs), but don't like to eat them.