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Nesgroup address: rec.travel.europe - Date & Time for the message: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:56:43 +0200 /

Author of the message: B Vaughan

Title of the message:
Re: White truffles -- worth the hype and price?

Text of the message:
On 24 Oct 2005 13:54:18 -0700, "Iceman" <oneofcold@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> are they as tasty as caviar or oysters, then I dont need to eat them.
>
>> Good caviar is actually wonderful stuff, but you need it on something.
>> The stuff I had in Russia was surprisingly good.
>
>Almost anything is better than black bread and beets and potato
>dumplings and all the other crap Russians eat!
>
>> As for the oyster, who was the nutcase that first discovered them to be edible?
>
>I think that many of the most expensive delicacies are valued for their
>rarity rather than their taste.  I'd certainly say that applies to
>Beluga caviar, foie gras, truffles, shark fin, and Kobe beef.

I've had Beluga caviar; I liked it but I don't think I'd buy it.
Truffles on the other hand have a taste that captivates me.
I don't buy things for their rarity or their prestige value, but I do
buy white truffles.
--
Barbara Vaughan



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