[HN Gopher] The truffle industry is a big scam. Not just truffle...
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       The truffle industry is a big scam. Not just truffle oil,
       everything
        
       Author : fanf2
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2024-11-06 18:42 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | Timon3 wrote:
       | Hm... I get the point they are making, but on the other hand I
       | had a pizza with truffle at a pizzeria that according to the
       | article was likely synthetic... But I really liked it. The
       | labelling should definitely be clear and transparent, no
       | question! However, there can probably be space for both, since I
       | don't think my experience would be better without synthetic
       | flavoring while also staying in a comparable price range.
        
         | epolanski wrote:
         | One year ago I was in an Italian region famous for truffles in
         | truffle season and went to a high level restaurant that
         | specialized in truffles and meat.
         | 
         | After tasting different varieties I concluded I liked fake
         | truffle taste more.
         | 
         | A lot more.
         | 
         | A simple spaghetti dish with real truffles tasted okay, but not
         | as good as the one with fake truffle oil.
        
           | proprietario wrote:
           | Oh very interesting, as for me it is the complete opposite: I
           | grew up only knowing real truffle and am now in a position
           | where the fake stuff is just too intense for me, which is
           | kinda sad as some "higher class" restaurants happily combine
           | the two, to get you the look (eg by grating in front of you)
           | and the taste (via some oil in the sauce)
           | 
           | I'd be very grateful if they started labelling it accordingly
           | as they do it with other synthetic flavours (eg strawberry,
           | GER)
        
           | Legend2440 wrote:
           | Reminds me of how many people prefer artificial vanilla to
           | the genuine thing in blind taste tests.
        
             | epolanski wrote:
             | Yeah vanilla was the second example I could think of.
        
           | Ductapemaster wrote:
           | That's really interesting. For me, I very much do NOT enjoy
           | the taste of truffles in restaurant dishes because it's often
           | so overbearing. I just don't find the flavor interesting, and
           | it's very singular.
           | 
           | Perhaps I would enjoy the "real" experience more...
        
       | zexbha wrote:
       | In my past life, I was a chef. I owned a restaurant in Ireland. I
       | only purchased the cheapest Chinese truffles money could buy.
       | Why? People only want to taste the oil anyway. I've worked with
       | high end white truffles and the flavor is very vague. I'd
       | estimate that I've eaten several hundred grams of white truffle.
        
       | gregoriol wrote:
       | So that's why we get so many stuff with truffle these days, when
       | very few existed 10 years ago and were not cheap
        
       | stonethrowaway wrote:
       | If you think news is fake, imagine history.
        
       | bandyaboot wrote:
       | > Some will compare the difference between the natural flavor of
       | truffles and the artificial truffle flavor with the difference
       | between sex and sniffing dirty panties.
        
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