(A World-first!)Amazing Australian Truffle Find!

Science Daily ^ | 1-8-2003 | Editorial Staff

[vannrox]

Wow! Every day is a new discovery!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Cicero]

Eureka!

[martin_fierro]

Eureka!

You don't smell so good yourself. < /Curly Howard Mode>

[Young Werther]

Smuthrah mah medium rare steak, puhlese!

[martin_fierro]

I consider myself a fungi to be with.

[tubebender]

WOW...a Truffle to die for...literally. At this time I'll stick with the chocolate type. (yeah, I know they could kill me too)

[martin_fierro]

Amanita Muscara

[BallandPowder]

Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!

Funded by the EVIL ALCOA ALUMINUM COMPANY.. Oh the Horrors...

[The_Macallan]

And immediately the United Nations has swooped in and declared that this little fungus now has all the rights and privileges afforded any autonomous living organism including the right to live completely unabstructed by humans wherever it can, the right to affordable housing, a decent living wage, free medical care and fair representation in the UN General Assembly.

In fact the UN Ambassador of Fungus will be appointed shortly and will take its rightful place sitting right between the Ambassadors from France and Gambia. It'll also likely be voted onto the UN Security Council very soon just to demonstrate the UN's committment to multicultural, multiracial and now multispecies diversity.

[martin_fierro]

Arramendia

[martin_fierro]

er, Amarrendia (D'oh!)

[Centurion2000]

as Dr Bougher says specimens are so precious every one has been taken into scientific collections.

The eco-freaks must be wetting their pants at this.

[EggsAckley]

[Doctor Stochastic]

Maybe Australia can introduce truffle hunting. Hunting horns, pinks, ride to the pigs!

[RobRoy]

Five years ago I found a bunch of those, a couple about the size of a soft ball. Very beautiful. The person who owned the property I found them on said she ate them (an old lady), and proceeded to break off a large piece of the stem and scarf it down. I broke the cap in half and had a couple of bites myself. It was delicious.

The next several hours involved nausea, numbness in my extremities, a trip to a hospital, drinking down a large glass of what looked like used motor oil from a diesel and, finally, several hours of halucinegenic bliss. It wasn't worth what preceeded it though...

[Cogadh na Sith]

"This has got to be a truffle Amanita!"
"THIS HAS GOT TO BE A TRUFFLE AMANITAAAAAAAAA!!!"

[RightWhale]

truffles are a favourite food of native marsupials like potoroos and woylies

Just when you think you are starting to understand their language they drop a woylie on you.

[avg_freeper]

There's fungus among us.

[carlo3b]

BaDaBing........These are the cheap ones...... but they are wonderful in a few of my favorite dishes
Sliced Truffles (Carpaccio dI Tartufo) 60 GRAMS..........     $19.35
These are black truffles that are thinly sliced. Great on steaks, veal, fish and pasta and Bruschetta dishes.

Bruschetta al Tartufo

Ingredients:

• 120gr. / 4oz Tartufato (Truffle and Olive Cream)
• 6-8 Slices of Italian Bread
• 1 Clove of Garlic – diced
• Salt and Pepper
• 6 tsp. Olive Oil
• 1 c. Roasted Peppers (optional)

Directions:
Toast bread in oven. Mix the garlic, olive oil and truffle cream together in a small bowl. Spread the truffle cream on the toasted bread. Put roasted peppers on top. Bake in oven for 5 minutes.
(Serves 4) Enjoy!!!!!