![]() ![]() This competition may lead to difficulty with truffles growing in the wild. Truffles can grow on the roots of most trees, but by the same token so can many other types of non-truffle fungi, so that means they often have to compete with others to find a home in the roots of trees. ![]() The truffles explore the soil for water and nutrients, which it then passes on to the tree. Truffles grow underground and live in a symbiotic and mutually beneficial or “mycorrhizal” relationship with the roots of certain trees. The word “Tuber” actually comes from the Latin word which means “swelling.” “The dark or light edible subterranean fruiting body of several European ascomycetous fungi (especially genus Tuber).” Let’s turn to our old friend the Merriam Webster dictionary. Let’s start by explaining what truffles actually are. Today on “5 Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About.” we’re going to talk about. It’s also an ingredient that is often very misunderstood, but we’ll get to that later. On today’s episode, we are going to be looking at an ingredient that is one of what I have labelled as one of the culinary “Lexicon of Luxury.” It’s an ingredient that is also one of my favorite ingredients of all, hugely difficult to source, often enormously expensive and has been in culinary use since classical times. At the very least, I hope it makes you want to go and sample some great food. And this will be one of our shorter “5 Things You Didn’t Know About” offshoots of the main Eat My Globe podcast where we take a look at an ingredient, a dish or a person to give you just five “light bites.” Now, as always, if these episodes really whet your appetite, do be sure to check out our annotated transcripts where we will be listing more links so you can do further research. I’m Simon Majumdar and welcome to another episode of Eat My Globe: Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About Food. TRUFFLESĪpril, why did the truffle get invited to the party? EAT MY GLOBE: THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FOODįive Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About. ![]()
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