Truth in Truffle Oils?

"Andy" <q> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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I've had some rotten luck with truffles in my couple tries with them.
There are the bottles of truffle oil offered up, near the gourmet cheese
section of upscale food markets.
Also, several food-tv shows have showcased it (Emeril and Tyler) recently.
Any brand of it that truly represent the truffle?
Other thoughts?
Andy

Ah've nivver bin accused of bein' a gormay, but...
I bought both a "oil with black truffles" and one with white truffles from a
gourmet cookware shop. It's possible it was a bad brand anyway. I could
barely taste a medicinal something in the black. I could tell a sort of very
mild garlicky aroma in the white. I was not impressed. I do have a pretty
good smeller. Those gourmet oils were on par with the ginger flavored oil I
picked up at the dollar store, only they cost far more.
As an avid gardener, I've got lots of patience, and I've decided to
worship the truffle from afar until I travel someplace where I can get it
fresh. My DH, God bless him, would rather have pizza.
The cheese with truffles on the other hand was worth buying.
Edrena, waiting for real truffles

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Quoted message said:

I've had some rotten luck with truffles in my couple tries with them.

There are the bottles of truffle oil offered up, near the gourmet cheese
section of upscale food markets.

Also, several food-tv shows have showcased it (Emeril and Tyler) recently.

Any brand of it that truly represent the truffle?

Other thoughts?

Andy

Didn't we just have this discussion?
In Italy people are not unacquainted with it, so it's easier to ride herd on
it. By law the label must say if it has artificial flavorings, although
real truffle flavorings are fine. I buy it and use it. I've come up with
some really striking recipes in which it is the important last touch. But I
read the label very carefully for aromi di tartufo and no other aromi.
With the usual wholesale price of white truffles around ?1000 per kilo,
white truffle oil is the only way many of us can afford to have truffle.
The black ones and the summer ones are much cheaper, and since I live in
truffle land, I buy and use the whole truffles. I can afford the white ones
very, very seldom. I pay wholesale for the wite from neighbors who hunt
them, but the black I buy from the local truffle processing business-- very
small and family owned.
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