Why don't they just make truffle farms. What is so special about finding it in the wild?
2007-12-12 08:41:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I am a former chef and went with a group in France on a truffle hunt and correct they DID use pigs, but it is now dogs only, the problems is that the pigs at times would not want to give up the truffles they found he told, he trained with a pig, he was in his 60's and showed us a bite on his arm were the pig, took a chunk out of him.
And as the first lady said they grow wild, and are not a farmable product, the spores and areas they grow in are so specific and uncontrolable it is impossible to cultivate them.
2007-12-12 11:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually they do have truffle farms...I am not sure exactly the name of the tree but, there is a particular species of tree that the fungus grows in the ground at the bottom of the trees. And since they are not visible and we don't have noses like a dog or a pig truffle farmers use them to find the location of the truffles. Traditionally however they where harvested only in the wild. But, due to some entrepreneurs in the states they are now planting the trees specifically for cultivating truffles.
2007-12-12 16:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by missbellacherie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This site explains that duplicating the conditions needed to grow truffles commercially is not really possible. The fungi grow along the roots of very old trees. Pigs used to hunt, but now dogs are trained. Some estates in Italy and France have been kept in families for many generations to guard the lucrative business of truffles. The exact location of the harvest is secret.
2007-12-12 17:22:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truffles grow from oak, or other dead trees. Wild truffle are better than farmed because of the naturality. And that where truffles are found are where rain and natural environment is at.
2007-12-12 16:50:45 · answer #4 · answered by Ƕāūţē çūīşīņē ḟōŗ Ṁŗ.Đēāţħ ® 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are black and white truffles, and they use male dogs and male pigs to sniff out the truffles (I forget which animal goes with which color truffle) because the truffles smell like their female counter part.
2007-12-12 17:10:20 · answer #5 · answered by Eschew Obfuscation 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a particular aroma that can't be duplicated commercially.
I've tried the commercially grown ones years ago, they are not as aromatic and rich for cooking. It's like trying to compare caviar to trout eggs.
FYI: Using pigs to hunt for truffles in the wild is quite common.
See link here: http://www.herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/Truffind.htm
2007-12-12 16:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cant plant truffles because of what they are (fungus) and how they grow. I'm not sure of the specifics.
2007-12-12 16:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by klm78_2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just "wild"
PS they use pigs..
#1 finding the spor
#2 duplicating the soil and moisture.
#3 if it was possiable but there are laws protecting the mushroom enviroment..
Don't you think they have would tried BY now????
2007-12-12 16:56:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was pigs they used to find them....
2007-12-12 16:47:02 · answer #9 · answered by witchywoman_1977 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs NO.
2007-12-12 17:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by ken G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋