But Here is a Little Something for your Truffles, Retrieved by Pat Darnell
"Its always good to once in a while visit REUTERS Here"
Italian truffle fetches
ROME - Defying the economic downturn, an Italian white truffle weighing just over 1 kg (2.2 lb) sold at an international auction Saturday for $200,000. ...
Nov 29, 2008 [SOURCE]
update Source HERE: December 3rd, 2007 It’s Tuscan? That’s in Arizona, right? Posted by: Robert Basler
Climate change affecting truffles
(01:46) Report | Nov. 26 - The claims ... from truffle hunters come as the largest truffle is unveiled in Italy.
This year's giant white truffle weighs 1 kilo and 80 grams. But truffle organisations are saying that the much loved tartufo is getting harder to find due to extreme changes in weather.
Last years white truffle weighed 1.5 kilos, and was sold at auction for 333,000 US dollars.
(Basmah Fahim reports.)
Don't upstage white truffles, say chefs
... "It is traditional dishes, not fancy ones, that make truffle stand out. ... Each of the four main truffle growing regions of Italy has its own truffle specialties. ...
Nov 25, 2008 [SOURCE]
Conclusion:
As a MooPig "Chief Truffle Analyst," I am going to say the story here is about boasting and shoving Green Goreconomics and financial bailout crisis in the faces of those who made it up. Our Pacific Rim Oriental Neighbors still have supreme buying power to pay full price, and to demand and charge list.
9 comments:
"Follow the truffle".
Now, see, this is why we pay you the big bucks. That is a major leading economic indicator that no other has ever pointed out before... 'follow d'er truffle'
We will certainly add that to our formula; what a smashing dixcovery: the Pribeekonomic Indicator -- what a life... we salute you and nominate you for a Nobel.
Son of a gun.
If I win the Nobel, I promise to put on a big rock show in order to raise "Truffle Awareness".
TRUFFLE AID!
Nostradamus' secret = truffles?
Yes, Dr J. Now that you know, how does it make you feel?
I like the chocolate kind...I don't know anything about the pig-sniffed variety.
Dr J: Unfortunately, we at MooPig have no idea either what this is all about. Unless you have noticed previously, we don't even pay for the use of everyone else's materials... nor do we have any idea how someone could pay that amount for a pig noodled [what appears to look like a cow pie] truffle.
And then all those people holding it without latex gloves up to their own noses... looks like Friday Nite Buffet at Shoney's, only without the sneeze screens.
Now you, Dr J, come along and mention the "chocolate kind" -- of which we can only speculate -- has something to do with the fact you are a PhD... no?
If we can find a relevant story somewhere, we will certainly post it here, as long as there is no fee to pay. [Editor]
Great blog! Thanks for linking to the truffle item on my Oddly Enough blog. Please come back often and bring your friends.
Bests,
Bob Basler
http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/wp-admin/
You are certainly welcome, Bob. I couldn't believe my eyes when I happened onto your subject, that day.
I and my loosely defined group of "friends" will absolutely be over to pan and prod... thank you for taking time to come over and comment.
Pat Darnell
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