Brushed French Black Winter Truffles. .45 oz
- French Winter Black truffles in brine
- All natural product
- Shelf Life: 1 year
- Handled and packaged with expertise
- Already cleaned, brushed and ready to flavor your dishes.
Product Ingredients
- Ingredients: French Black Truffle in Brine, All natural product,
Product Description
The most noble truffle. Brushed French Black Winter Truffles. There are 70 varieties of truffles, 32 of which are
found in Europe. This highly esteemed foodstuff, the truffle is rounded, of variable size and irregular shape and it ranges in color from black to dark brown. Truffles are eaten raw or cooked, cut into strips or sliced, diced or shredded, in the form of juice, fumet, or essence, or simply for their fragrance.
All natural product These Black truffles are packed in brine.
Imported from France.
Shelf Life:1 year Handled and packaged with expertise.Already cleaned, brushed and ready to flavor your dishes.
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Brushed French Black Winter Truffles. .45 oz
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- Publisher: GrapeVine Trading Company
- Label: GrapeVine Trading Company
- Studio: GrapeVine Trading Company
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in Gourmet: #21979
Avg. Customer Review:
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Rip off?, not what it seems. 2007-08-21
Comment: The product was listed as Brushed French Black Winter Truffles 0.45oz at $16.00. Well over $500 per pound.
Claim:
Ingredients: French Black Truffle in Brine, All natural product.
Product Description
The most noble truffle. Brushed French Black Winter Truffles.
Truth? What I got was not the "most noble truffle." That would be the Tuber melanosporum the black truffle that grows in France. What I got was "Tuber Indicum" which is the Chinese truffle. What's the difference?
According to Wikipedia,
"Tuber Indicum resembles Tuber melanosporum, but its taste is bland, and its texture is chewy. Due to their low price, Chinese truffles are often exported to the West, but they should not be confused with Tuber melanosporum. Some truffle exporters or delicatessen shops sell Chinese truffles into which extracts of the real Tuber melanosporum are introduced. These fraudulent truffles are sold at a high price, pretending they are real Tuber melanosporum. Such practices are illegal, but unfortunately quite frequent."
Caveat Emptor: These are black truffles probably from China, tuber indicum it says that on the bottle, and they claim to be a "Product of France" thus making them French and Black Truffles but they are not "French Black Truffles" the Tuber melanosporum.
If you're thinking about high end gourmet products you very well may be wasting your money on this product, if you think you're buying melanosporum your getting indicum.
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