I tried some Summer Truffles, otherwise known as Tuber Aestivum this week. I've read in many books, that despite there hard outer crust, that there delicious, however, quite frankly I thought they were severely overated. All I could taste was a sought of funny subtle green taste. I ate them both raw and cooked. Sliced and eaten as they are, raw with olive oil, on toast and in scrambled egg. I don't see what the hype is all about? Who else has tried this kind of truffle? Tell me your views and opinions on its taste.
Opinions on the Summer Truffle
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I'm not familiar with that particular truffle, but on the whole truffles are:
(a) best used as a complementary flavour in something else rather than as the main event; and
(b) something of an acquired taste.
White truffle oil is an essential ingredient in my potato salad. I have a friend who claims to hate truffles, but he loves my potato salad...
(a) best used as a complementary flavour in something else rather than as the main event; and
(b) something of an acquired taste.
White truffle oil is an essential ingredient in my potato salad. I have a friend who claims to hate truffles, but he loves my potato salad...
I couldn't really taste anything. Most rich foods I don't really see what the hype is all about. Caviar I thought was like awful salty slop. I'd imagin it is a very delicate taste sensation that I can't taste because I smoke. I think I'l stick to the good old Boletus Edulis when it comes to shrooms.
