I wonder why the difference between winter and summer prices? Different taste? scarcity in winter? Market demand/pressure? The winter dog poop is better than summer dog poop? :)

Speaking of which, someone left a landmine right inside my front door today...each blames the other. Yech, I stepped right in it. Such are the pitfalls of owning dogs.

scarcity, taste is the short answer.

Truffles should be used soon after being harvested, explaining a difference in taste.

Update on the big expensive fungus, seems it spoiled before they got to use it. :yelsick:

Record-Setting Truffle Spoils

now wait just a minute here
 

There's a video of a truffle spoiling?

You're kidding right?

What could possibly be a more profligate WASTE of electrons than to train a video camera on a fungus intently enough to dectect spoilage? Good grief, how could you ever tell? I mean, when the cheese in the fridge grows something green on it, I know it has spoiled, but what could possibly be the next stage in the (d)evolution of something that is already entirely fungus to begin with??!!

I am going to give this one a little thought before I give up or watch the video, but not before I have everything else in my life A-J squared away, including arranging all the dairy products by expiration date.

Sheesh.

V, I suspect a bit of sarcasm but I'll bite anyway. The video link is of the news clip they showed about the truffle, not a 'webcam' showing the slow frame by frame decay in action.
You know, kinda like: There's A Fungus Among Us! Film at 11.

Oh, and as far as the moldy cheese in your fridge, here's a news flash for ya. Basically, cheese is milk that's past it prime. :eek:

When a big patch of mushrooms in my front yard "spoiled," it turned into a pile of what appeared to be a large dog's very loose stool. The only reason that I knew it wasn't really dog diarrhea is that I saw the slow deterioration of the mushrooms over the course of a week or two.

Interesting...the spoiled version of it looks less nasty than the fresh version. :eyebrow:

What a dumbass. Didn't the guy realize that maybe it was a bad idea to put a perishable item like a 'shroom in a safe for six days? :confused: