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Truffle Market Full Of Fakes

Truffle market full of fakes Posted 07 January 2006
They're not called 'black diamonds' because they're pretty. But truffles count among the most expensive delicacies in the world. Guy Clavel asks: when you order that high-priced dish at that high-browed restaurant, is that a real truffle on your plate or a very clever fake?

As is true for all diamonds, buyers of 'black diamonds', a.k.a truffles, are being cautioned to beware of fakes.

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Re: Truffle market full of fakes Posted 03 April 2006
Paris Expat wrote:They're not called 'black diamonds' because they're pretty. But truffles count among the most expensive delicacies in the world. Guy Clavel asks: when you order that high-priced dish at that high-browed restaurant, is that a real truffle on your plate or a very clever fake?

As is true for all diamonds, buyers of 'black diamonds', a.k.a truffles, are being cautioned to beware of fakes.

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It's strange that truffles are still so expensive, with current level of biotechnology they would have made mass production a long time ago, may be there is a conspiracy here?
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Re: Truffle market full of fakes Posted 03 April 2006
VaBank wrote:It's strange that truffles are still so expensive, with current level of biotechnology they would have made mass production a long time ago, may be there is a conspiracy here?


Actually black truffles are farmed, here is an article about it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/dinin ... GGNtruffle
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Posted 30 April 2006
Has anyone tasted them? Is it worth the money?
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