Episode 118- Truffles   addthis
If white mushrooms are the Chevrolets of fungi, then truffles products must be considered the Cadillacs! Truffles are an expensive delicacy usually grown and harvested in the forests of France.

 

 

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Hungry for a black truffle? Be careful. You might be biting into a fake! The Chinese Truffle has the look of the French truffle but not the taste. In fact, for generations the Chinese fed the truffles to their pigs. But over the past several years, dodgy truffle dealers have been passing off the Chinese truffle as the French Perigord truffle!

GARLAND GOURMET TRUFFLES
3020 Ode Turner Road
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919.732-3041
Fax: 919.732.6037
Email: truffles@garlandtruffles.com
Website: http://www.garlandtruffles.com

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North Carolina Farm Bureau
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Commerce

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