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This time, the search for truffles in the mountains is more targeted, some places with large oak trees, places close to the roots, sunny places, and places with more sand and trees, such places are more suitable for truffle growth.

Yu Shan targeted to find out the suitable place for the growth of truffles, and explored the past step by step.

Yu Shan is looking for it, but also pay attention to the traces on the ground, since there are little pigs who have noticed the black truffles underground, then other places, as long as there are truffles, they will definitely be patronized by them, animals will always look for things than people, Yu Shan has only found truffles now, and those little pigs don't know how long they have eaten truffles!

Therefore, as long as there is truffle, there must be traces of being arched by pigs, or at least traces of pigs walking through.

"This is the white truffle, right?" According to various signs, after opening a small half-open pit, Yu Shan easily found a white fungus.

"This thing looks a lot like a gray bag, just cut one and look at it."

Yu Shan dug out a potato-sized thing, although it looked like a white truffle, however, there was a local fungus, which was also spherical and white, but after cutting it, it was gray inside, and if it was ripe, the contents were like the ashes at the bottom of the pot, so it was called an ash bag.

Holding it in his hand, Yu Shan had a feeling that this was a white truffle, not a gray bag, because this thing was very strong and compact, and it felt very heavy in the hand, not as soft as a mushroom.

Carefully identifying its scent, Yu Shan immediately smiled, this very unique and indescribable taste, is the first criterion for identifying the quality of truffles.

If it was before the discovery of black truffles, Yu Shan would definitely not know what this unique taste was, but now he was already very familiar with the complex taste of truffles.

Those who like it describe it as the smell of musk and garlic, and those who reject it describe it as the smell of old leaflets, gasoline, and even worse, the smell of semen, and this is probably the reason why it makes Europeans fascinated.

In the hand, this white truffle looks like a clumsy, dusty potato, but once cut, it reveals its marble lines, ivory patterns, and intoxicating aroma.

"It smells so good!" Yu Shan immediately smelled the fragrance, it must be a white truffle.

Now Yu Shan also knows that the reason why the white truffle is precious mainly comes from its aroma, so it is generally not heated.

The most common way to eat it is to cut it into very thin slices, serve it on a plate with fresh egg lasagna and serve it with a seasoned Italian sauce, which is as delicious as you can imagine.

White truffles are often referred to as white diamonds, one of the reasons is that like diamonds, they look ordinary or even a little ugly before they are carved, and the beautiful patterns and strange fragrances after cutting are very attractive.

The discovery of white truffles made Yushan relaxed, which shows that there are not only black truffles in the valley, but also white truffles, and the price of white truffles is much higher than that of black truffles.

Truffles are rare and expensive, so the black truffles from France are called "black diamonds", and the white truffles from Italy are called "white gold".

A kilogram of white truffles from Alba, Italy, once cost $35,000, and black truffles from Pelligo, France, cost at least $500.

The price of white truffles fluctuates from year to year, but is usually between 2000~3000 euros per kilogram.

In a good year, the world production of white truffles is only 3 tons, compared to the annual production of about 35 tons of black truffles.

Using his divine sense to scan the underground, as long as he found the right place, in just a while, Yu Shan found a lot of black truffles and white truffles.

At this time, Yu Shan found that the color of the black truffle was between dark brown and black, and the appearance was rugged, and the white truffle was slightly golden in color, with tan or creamy white patches or fine veins.

The black truffle Yu Shan didn't cut it, but he had eaten it, so he knew the taste, and the white truffle he held in his hand always exuded a magical taste.

The smell is somewhere between garlic, milk and fruit, and Yu Shan knows better that the best white truffles taste somewhere between garlic and one of the finest Parmesan cheeses.

Parmesan cheese is a famous Italian product, it is an Italian hard cheese, made by aging and drying for many years, light yellow in color, with a strong fruit flavor, and there are powdered Parmesan cheese in boxes or cans for sale in general supermarkets.

Looking at the few kilograms of black and white truffles in his hands, Yu Shan was a little puzzled, he had too many truffles here, right?

Especially the white truffle, just after a while, Yu Shan found more than five or six catties, more than the black truffle, so many quantities, not as rare as the outside world!

Yu Shan knows that truffles are very picky about their growing environment, and truffles first grow in the woodlands of Italy, under the soil near the fibrous roots of oak trees, and are natural fungal plants of the year.

It is very picky about the environment in which it grows, and cannot grow as long as there is a slight change in sunlight, water or the pH of the soil, which can be seen in its rarity.

From November to February, on a small number of lands in France and Italy, this truffle with its rich and unique aroma is produced and sold at a gold-high price, attracting chefs from high-end hotels around the world......

White truffles are even more difficult to find, growing only from mid-October to the end of December each year.

Truffles are the only delicacy in the world that can't be cultivated at all, and it's still unclear why truffles grow under one tree and don't grow on another tree that looks exactly the same next to them.

The fact that truffles are not reproducible may be another reason why truffles are expensive!

Of course, truffle collection is also not easy and exaggerated, and some people say that every truffle hunter has a family treasure map that records the where, when and how big the truffles were found by their fathers.

The process of finding truffles is very interesting, and hunters use different methods, but in France, it is customary to use the sow as a right-hand man for harvesting black truffles.

In Italy, people prefer to use trained female hunting dogs to hunt for white truffles, which undoubtedly increases the value of truffles.

Yu Shan's divine sense is equal to perspective, and when he finds the truffle, it is equivalent to installing a pair of perspective eyes, as long as he walks to the right position, he can sweep it at will, dig it out if he has it, and continue to look for it if he doesn't.

This kind of efficiency is not comparable to that of hunting dogs and pigs, so soon, Yu Shan found a lot of them, and in the end, he was not even interested in some small truffles, so the truffles he collected in the end were all the size of a fist.

found a lot of truffles, Yu Shan was not lonely anymore, he took a few photos of a few big white truffles, and sent them to the circle of friends again.

However, no one paid attention to him this time, which made Yu Shan very hurt, he is usually a night owl, why is it only eight o'clock now, and no one is on the Internet?

I wanted to show off, but now my enthusiasm has been hit.

"This is the white truffle, known as white gold? It's a priceless treasure made in Italy, and I don't know what the price of my production here will be. ”

This time, Yu Shan was ruthless, searched for a famous food forum on the Internet, and directly posted the picture to the forum.

It's a lively place, and as soon as he posted it, someone was recovering from it.

"This is a white truffle?" A foodie named Foodie immediately made a restoration.

"Definitely white truffles, it looks fresh, domestic?"

"It's also possible that this brother is abroad, and if it's Italy, this white truffle is worth a lot."

"It's just a white truffle, how much more can it be worth?"

"You don't understand this, this thing is like bluefin tuna, it depends on the quality and size, good quality, big size, you can put it up for auction, there was once a piece of white truffle sold for 420,000 Hong Kong dollars, after the auction was sent to a restaurant in London for a week, the head chef of the restaurant carefully locked the truffle that was more expensive than gold, and came back after 3 days of vacation to find that the white truffle had become moldy."

"I know that in the end, the chef had to transport it back to Italy for burial as a sign of respect, which shows the status of truffles in the hearts of Europeans."

"Also, in 2006, at an international charity auction held in Italy, after a round of fierce bidding, a mysterious woman from Hong Kong finally bid for an extremely rare, heavy-weight, and the world's largest white truffle at a sky-high price of more than 950,000 yuan, becoming the most expensive white truffle in history."

"You also said that it was a charity auction, not as a proof, if you say that the big truffle, the largest white truffle in history, was found in 1951, weighed about 4 pounds, and sold for about $5,000 at the time, in the years shortly after the end of World War II, $5,000 is precious."

"Four pounds is only three pounds, six or seven taels, right?"

"That's right! How big is this white truffle? Where is it made? ”

"I don't know what it's like inside, but I really want to see it."

"It's mostly the taste, right?"

Yu Shan saw that in a short time, his post became popular, and people kept replying, asking questions, and answering.

This food forum really lives up to its name, and there are really a lot of foodies hidden in it, and they all know the goods.

In this way, Yu Shan took a few more photos and posted them in the post.

"This is what it looks like after the cut? Golden? It's not a picture of p, is it? The pale gold color is considered a top-notch white truffle. ”

"P's, the appraisal is complete."

"Unlikely, there is no trace of fakery, the picture should be real."

"If it's true, then it must be produced in Italy, and the local tyrants want to be raised."

"Ahh How much is this pile of white truffles worth? ”

"How come these are about ten kilograms, right? According to the lowest price, it is also 1,000 US dollars a kilogram, which is more than 10,000 US dollars, more than 60,000 yuan. ”