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"Giusi" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> > "Giusi" > wrote:
>
> > So what's all the hype about? What makes truffles worth the astronomical
> > amount of money they charge for them? I've never eaten them.
>
> They are very pungent and earthy. It's the smell that is the strongest, but
> there's a taste too that involves all the tongue and fairly reeks of umami.
> It contains, according to scientists, many or even most of the markers for
> human sexual odors. It takes very little to alter anything you are making.
>
> OTH, my daughter finds them disgusting and can't stand to be in the same
> room. I can be near caviar, but I feel the same about putting it in my
> mouth. That's the distinctiveness of them. Some like me love them, some
> hate them. How many people have a passionate feeling either way for a
> potato or a greenbean?

You'd be surprised. <g>

But thanks for the perspective!
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