This is fascinating: Was watching 60 Minutes, and they did a report on the seedy world of truffles.
(That's right, I said seedy.)
Truffle production has plummeted in recent years. Some attribute the lack of truffles to climate change. Supply of the sought-after, edible fungus -- which is the most expensive food in the world -- has risen as the supply has dropped.
There is big money to be made by the unscrupulous in the world of truffles. Now there is a black market for truffles, with all the criminal goings on one would expect in the world of drug trafficking: fraud, theft, kidnapping of truffle dogs, assault and battery. The best truffles come from France and Italy.
Crazy, huh?! I just wanted some truffle mac & cheese! But now the market is being flooded with inferior, tasteless, perfumeless Chinese truffles. The spores from the Chinese truffles are now contaminating the soil in France and Italy: Italy is so upset by that fact that it has now banned the importation of Chinese truffles. It's a sleazy story that will fill truffle lovers and dog lovers with fury.
Are you feeling fury?
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