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Posted: 07 January 2006 Truffle market full of fakes
They're not called 'black diamonds' because they're pretty. But truffles count among the most expensive delicacies in the world. Guy Clavel asks: when you order that high-priced dish at that high-browed restaurant, is that a real truffle on your plate or a very clever fake?

As is true for all diamonds, buyers of 'black diamonds', a.k.a truffles, are being cautioned to beware of fakes.

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VaBank
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Posted: 03 April 2006 Re: Truffle market full of fakes
Paris Expat wrote:
They're not called 'black diamonds' because they're pretty. But truffles count among the most expensive delicacies in the world. Guy Clavel asks: when you order that high-priced dish at that high-browed restaurant, is that a real truffle on your plate or a very clever fake?

As is true for all diamonds, buyers of 'black diamonds', a.k.a truffles, are being cautioned to beware of fakes.

Read the full story

It's strange that truffles are still so expensive, with current level of biotechnology they would have made mass production a long time ago, may be there is a conspiracy here?

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StarTrek
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Posted: 03 April 2006 Re: Truffle market full of fakes
VaBank wrote:

It's strange that truffles are still so expensive, with current level of biotechnology they would have made mass production a long time ago, may be there is a conspiracy here?


Actually black truffles are farmed, here is an article about it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/dining/01truf.html?ex=1156827600&en=6cf6d43b7273afac&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNtruffle

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Frodo
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Posted: 30 April 2006
Has anyone tasted them? Is it worth the money?

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