Iv read they contain 73g off carbs per 100 grams Iv no doubt our ancestors took advantage off this knowledge ,shame I have no idea how to find any .
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You'd spend a lot more carbs trying to find them than you'd consume I suspect 
I agree Find a decent nosed pig or hound is often the easiest way to find them though.
Brilliant flavouring, use sparingly. Occasional stuff I reckon. Couldn't be doing with it every day.
M
Find a decent nosed pig or hound is often the easiest way to find them though.Brilliant flavouring, use sparingly. Occasional stuff I reckon. Couldn't be doing with it every day.
M
I have an oak sapling that was given to me as a present about 10 years ago - it's supposed to have truffle spore in the growing medium - so far, I've not had the courage to dig down and investigate
I agree but I have no doubt are ancestors knew how to find them in numbers n wev lost that knowledge I reckon .You'd spend a lot more carbs trying to find them than you'd consume I suspect
Maybe it’s size off a football brilliant retirementI have an oak sapling that was given to me as a present about 10 years ago - it's supposed to have truffle spore in the growing medium - so far, I've not had the courage to dig down and investigate
Iv never eaten 1 beforeI agree
Brilliant flavouring, use sparingly. Occasional stuff I reckon. Couldn't be doing with it every day.
M
It's a kind of intense mushroom. Sort of.
They do grow here, but they're rarely found.
On a misty morning, the kind that threatens to be hot, after a lot of rain, some folks say they can smell them.
Once you know what you're sniffing for, it's unmistakeable. Finding where they actually are though in the locality can be hard without a dog.
Truffles spore after the ground is disturbed. Native ground disturbers that help that along are pigs, badgers, foxes, and us
They do grow here, but they're rarely found.
On a misty morning, the kind that threatens to be hot, after a lot of rain, some folks say they can smell them.
Once you know what you're sniffing for, it's unmistakeable. Finding where they actually are though in the locality can be hard without a dog.
Truffles spore after the ground is disturbed. Native ground disturbers that help that along are pigs, badgers, foxes, and us
I'd never eaten one but always wanted to try it. Finally I did get to try truffle in Italy a few years ago but found the flavour absolutely revolting. I was very disappointed!
It's a kind of intense mushroom. Sort of.
They do grow here, but they're rarely found.
On a misty morning, the kind that threatens to be hot, after a lot of rain, some folks say they can smell them.
Once you know what you're sniffing for, it's unmistakeable. Finding where they actually are though in the locality can be hard without a dog.
Truffles spore after the ground is disturbed. Native ground disturbers that help that along are pigs, badgers, foxes, and
Iv read they grow on chalk so chalk stream trout n truffles would be nice. Trout are easy to catch ,Iv yet to find out how hard truffle hunting is though .It's a kind of intense mushroom. Sort of.
They do grow here, but they're rarely found.
On a misty morning, the kind that threatens to be hot, after a lot of rain, some folks say they can smell them.
Once you know what you're sniffing for, it's unmistakeable. Finding where they actually are though in the locality can be hard without a dog.
Truffles spore after the ground is disturbed. Native ground disturbers that help that along are pigs, badgers, foxes, and us
Truffle is a bit of an acquired taste I think.
I once bought some truffle flavoured cheese....an expensive mistake!!!
I've not been tempted by truffle flavour anything since.
I once bought some truffle flavoured cheese....an expensive mistake!!!
I've not been tempted by truffle flavour anything since.
No I didn't. But once I'd scraped it off my pasta I was ok. Price per calorie it must be one of the most expensive foods out there! If I had a truffle pig I'd just make bacon.
Be careful what you call a "carb." Cellulose in wood is a classic "carb" which you cannot digest, no matter how hard your guts try. Kelp seaweed is mostly gelatinous carbs but they go through you faster than a racing pigeon.
Lichens have exoskeletons made of many kinds of mixed carbohydrates, I won't argue that. BUT, those building blocks, those sugars, are constructed unlike anything your digestive system enzymes have ever encountered.
Look up the industrial and convenience uses for a kelp derivative called "Alginate." The ice cream companies do not care what goes through you by the morning.
Lichens have exoskeletons made of many kinds of mixed carbohydrates, I won't argue that. BUT, those building blocks, those sugars, are constructed unlike anything your digestive system enzymes have ever encountered.
Look up the industrial and convenience uses for a kelp derivative called "Alginate." The ice cream companies do not care what goes through you by the morning.
According to all sources truffles are high in carbs I’d assume in form off glycogen as it’s a fungi not a plant
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