How do I tell a truffel?!
How do I tell a truffel?
I've dug up what I believe to be a truffel in my garden, but I want to check that I'm not about to poison myself before I fry it with some pasta!
Answers:
Before you go eating something you are unsure of and making yourself ill, please research further, here is some info:
Summer truffle
The Black Summer Truffle (Tuber aestivum/unicinatum) thrives in northern Italy, central Europe and the UK but also grows in Turkey and North Africa. It is highly valued for its culinary uses and costs up to $670 a pound. Summer truffles don't have as strong an aroma or taste as winter truffles do. They are mainly harvested from June to November . These truffles grow in symbiosis with trees such as oaks, hazels and beech. They can weigh up to 20-30 g, and their shape is generally round up to 4 cm diameter.
FOR more on this read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tuber_%28ge...
ALSO:
http://www.mykoweb.com/cookbook/truffles...
Wild MUSHROOM Info:
http://www.nifg.org.uk/edible_fungi.htm...
Hmmm, I wouldn't risk it.
That is just my opinion.
No food is worth poisoning.
I doubt it's a truffle. Truffles tend to grow symbiotically with large trees (think forest). You don't dig up truffles in gardens. In any case, you should be able to identify it based on its distinctive, but pleasant aroma.
TRUFFLES SMEELL my advice is to burn it for experimental reasons OR sell it on ebay for half the price (￡65)
was it on the end of a pigs nose if not don't eat it but the proof of the pudding is in the eating
Just run it past your nearest French pig. (No jokes please!) Do tell it to sniff for "truffles" though....
Ask a pig.