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Truffle Aroma Descriptions? (fungi, not chocolate)

post #1 of 5
7/9/08 at 11:18am
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I am interested in your descriptions of the aroma and taste of truffles - black, white, European, American, or other varieties. I've heard everything from port, soil, pineapples, chocolate, tobacco and pheromones attractive to spore distributing pigs but none of these quite pinpoints it.

And as a new member I'd like to say hello and many thanks for considering my first post.
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post #2 of 5
7/9/08 at 11:51am
An autumn forest floor crowded with fallen leaves, immediately after the rain stops and the sun first comes out.

BDL
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post #3 of 5
7/9/08 at 12:00pm
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nice - thanks
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post #4 of 5
7/10/08 at 9:36am
Sex. Very earthy and primal smelling.
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post #5 of 5
7/10/08 at 9:37am
I was about to write, much more prosaically, "dirt," but bdl's poetic version is much more appealing. It's a very special kind of dirt, for sure. There are alot of truffled things that taste really bad, to my mouth, but i suspect they;re made with bad truffles, or truffle extract or soemthing like that. But the couple of times i had fettuccine with butter and truffles i'd have to agree with the very special dirt taste. (Note, too, that my cooking career began with extensive mudpie baking as a kid, and i always loved that special autumn smell of the dirt).
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