Giusi wrote:

>>> Fake truffle oil is the sputum of satan. I cannot stand being
>>> in the same building as it.

>> It's the *fart* of satan!

> I use the real thing. They make it in my town.

I know, Umbria is one of the two most renowned regions of Italy when it's
truffle season. And I personally prefer the noble black (tuber melanosporum)
to the Alba white (tuber magnatum pico). And as long as I can find a good
piece of "nero di norcia" I'm in heaven
I have never found a good scorzone, "tuber aestivum", where you live they
probably bulk-sell it to the industry for production of oil or such.
Anyway I tried a very very good "tuber uncinatum chatin", the "nero di
fragno" from the Calestano / Fornovo Taro area, in the Parma Apennines near
here. It's similar to the Norcia black and has a wide aroma with a delicate
hint of pepper, and it goes incredibly well in cheese and/or mushrooms
sauces, like the renowned "fonduta di formaggio" served over polenta at
"Locanda Mariella" in Fragno (PR). That, and theyr incredible wine chart,
are more than a very good reason to dine there.
The production in Umbria is so high, both in quantity and quality, that this
"nero di fragno" is probably not sold there, but if you have a chance give
it a try. Its name is spreading well these days, just 10 years ago it was
known only in the Parma mountain area and today its name has made its way
till in Lombardia.
--
Vilco
Don't think pink: drink rosè