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 fastfred
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 Italian truffle fetches top price ($112,000 = $43,076/lb.)
#6298013 - 11/18/06 07:36 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Italian truffle fetches top price
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4434168.stm
A truffle weighing 1.2kg (2.6lb) has sold for 95,000 euros ($112,000; £64,000) at an international charity auction in Italy.
An anonymous buyer - reportedly from Hong Kong - purchased the white truffle via satellite link-up.
A white truffle is a very rare type of mushroom that grows underground.
A 850g (1.9lb) white truffle bought for £28,000 ($50,000; 42,000 euros) last year was then said to be the world's most expensive.
That purchase ended in disaster, however.
It was bought by a syndicate from Zafferano in Knightsbridge, West London, with the proceeds going to the Children in Crisis charity.
When the head chef returned from holiday, he found that after too many days on display and in the restaurant's safe, the delicacy had been ruined.
White truffles are prized by gourmets.
Edited by fastfred (11/19/06 02:41 AM)
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 I2ancid
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Re: Italian truffle fetches top price ($112,000 = $43,076/lb.) [Re: fastfred]
#6298041 - 11/18/06 07:55 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I went to st thomas and camped out ontop of the island... Despite my entire family being poor all my life, the land is priceless.
I was chased by haitians in the main city charlotte amalie when my girlfriend and I got some cocaine for free in a bar and mixed it with alcohol, to form a stronger drug. With such confidence at 2am, we walked the 4-5 or so miles down to the beach where the african slaves lie like lions waiting on tourist prey.
The war isen't on drugs... the war is on the causes that influence people to abuse drugs. drug-abuse is a by-product of the system and much like radioactive waste occurs from utilizing nuclear power, drug addicts with drug-problems will need to be properly disposed of, like the decaying radioactive waste produced from nuclear energy. -i2ancid
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Rail_Gun
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Re: Italian truffle fetches top price ($112,000 = $43,076/lb.) [Re: I2ancid]
#6298165 - 11/18/06 08:53 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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how much for just a spore print I wonder.
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i'm sex crazed in my feral ways and i spend my days in a ritalin haze
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