11/9/2004: Big truffle

Undertoad · 11-09-2004, 01:03 PM

$41,000. That's how must that thing in the image costs.

Not the girl... the "thing" she's holding.

It's a truffle, weighing over one kilogramme (2.2 pounds). It was sold at auction (full story).

It turns out, though, that this isn't the largest truffle ever discovered. the full story explains that the largest ever was over twice this size, and was presented to Eisenhower in 1954.

I would be honored to be presented with any size or type of fungus, never mind one larger than my head.

Katkeeper · 11-09-2004, 01:08 PM

I'd prefer a black truffle that size but realize I can't be picky.

wolf · 11-09-2004, 01:09 PM

I was hoping for the chocolate kind.

I don't care how damn expensive it is, I just can't get that excited about what is essentially a kind of mushroom.

Roosta · 11-09-2004, 05:11 PM

I' love to have enough money to eat that thing covered in baked beans in public.

Kitsune · 11-09-2004, 10:11 PM

Can anyone that has tried one of these things describe what they taste like? And for that that amount of money, how powerful of an orgasm does it induce during digestion?

Bullitt · 11-09-2004, 10:34 PM

I can't imagine eating something that looks like a tumor that got rolled around in a pile of dog sh*t.

But hey thats just me.

pdaoust · 11-10-2004, 02:34 AM

oh, actually, that crumbly stuff you're looking at isn't part of the truffle. It actually is dog sh*t.

Cyber Wolf · 11-10-2004, 09:41 AM

I'm half-expecting it to suddenly expand and engulf the girl in a mass of truffle-y-goo then go on a rampage through the quiet lightly populated hillside. Mmmm...badly propped, B-movies...

garnet · 11-10-2004, 09:46 AM

That's one nasty looking 'shroom. Yuck.

jaguar · 11-10-2004, 10:44 AM

Quote:

how powerful of an orgasm does it induce during digestion?

There's a reason its cost is comparable to class-A drugs.

alphageek31337 · 11-10-2004, 11:27 AM

actually, at 41000/kilo, it's only a little less expensive than its vision-inducing counterpart, which runs at a street price (around here) of about $20 for 1/8 ounce, so about 5500/kilo (with bulk discounts....free-market economists should really take a look at the drug market in the US. Maybe Limbaugh could call his addiction a case study...)

dar512 · 11-10-2004, 11:41 AM

Creme tangerine and montelimar ...

Katkeeper · 11-10-2004, 12:03 PM

I have only tried white truffle cream which is delicious. I have had slices black truffle in a sauce on tenderloin which was great. The truffle seems to enhance the flavor that is already there (which is why they are beloved by chefs) and add an earthy quality ot it.

glatt · 11-10-2004, 12:07 PM

I've never had truffle, but I would try it if someone else paid for it.

jaguar · 11-10-2004, 12:28 PM

Ah but truffles aren't usually this large (obviously) and the price distortion because of that is huge. A kilo of winter truffles would usually knock you back USD 2-2500ish unless something serious has happened since I last had the pleasure of browsing the food halls at harrods. Summer truffles are however far cheaper.

11-09-2004, 01:03 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/9/2004: Big truffle $41,000. That's how must that thing in the image costs. Not the girl... the "thing" she's holding. It's a truffle, weighing over one kilogramme (2.2 pounds). It was sold at auction (full story). It turns out, though, that this isn't the largest truffle ever discovered. the full story explains that the largest ever was over twice this size, and was presented to Eisenhower in 1954. I would be honored to be presented with any size or type of fungus, never mind one larger than my head.

11-09-2004, 01:09 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I was hoping for the chocolate kind. I don't care how damn expensive it is, I just can't get that excited about what is essentially a kind of mushroom. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-09-2004, 05:11 PM	#4
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	I' love to have enough money to eat that thing covered in baked beans in public. __________________ Back from the brink...

11-09-2004, 10:34 PM	#6
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	I can't imagine eating something that looks like a tumor that got rolled around in a pile of dog sh*t. But hey thats just me. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

11-10-2004, 09:41 AM	#8
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	I'm half-expecting it to suddenly expand and engulf the girl in a mass of truffle-y-goo then go on a rampage through the quiet lightly populated hillside. Mmmm...badly propped, B-movies... __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

11-09-2004, 01:08 PM	#2
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I'd prefer a black truffle that size but realize I can't be picky.

11-09-2004, 10:11 PM	#5
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Can anyone that has tried one of these things describe what they taste like? And for that that amount of money, how powerful of an orgasm does it induce during digestion?

11-10-2004, 02:34 AM	#7
pdaoust Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22	oh, actually, that crumbly stuff you're looking at isn't part of the truffle. It actually is dog sh*t.

11-10-2004, 09:46 AM	#9
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	That's one nasty looking 'shroom. Yuck.

11-10-2004, 11:27 AM	#11
alphageek31337 Enemy Combatant/Evildoer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 263	actually, at 41000/kilo, it's only a little less expensive than its vision-inducing counterpart, which runs at a street price (around here) of about $20 for 1/8 ounce, so about 5500/kilo (with bulk discounts....free-market economists should really take a look at the drug market in the US. Maybe Limbaugh could call his addiction a case study...) __________________ The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ---Friedrich Nietzsche

11-10-2004, 11:41 AM	#12
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Creme tangerine and montelimar ...

11-10-2004, 12:03 PM	#13
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I have only tried white truffle cream which is delicious. I have had slices black truffle in a sauce on tenderloin which was great. The truffle seems to enhance the flavor that is already there (which is why they are beloved by chefs) and add an earthy quality ot it.

11-10-2004, 12:07 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I've never had truffle, but I would try it if someone else paid for it.

11-10-2004, 12:28 PM	#15
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Ah but truffles aren't usually this large (obviously) and the price distortion because of that is huge. A kilo of winter truffles would usually knock you back USD 2-2500ish unless something serious has happened since I last had the pleasure of browsing the food halls at harrods. Summer truffles are however far cheaper. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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