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 veggie
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 Huge Truffle Fetches $330,000 at Auction
#7704386 - 12/01/07 08:08 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Huge Truffle Fetches $330,000 at Macau Auction
December 1, 2007 - epochtimes.com
 HONG KONG—One of the biggest truffles found in half a century -- a 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) specimen unearthed in Italy late last month -- has sold for $330,000 at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, London and Florence.
The giant fungus was presented on a silver platter by an Italian chef flanked by Chinese models to the flash of cameras ahead of the auction at Macau's Grand Lisboa Hotel.
"I can say it's very odd. Normally truffles are more round. This looks like the brain of a man ... but it's nice, very nice," said Alfonso Iaccarrino, Italian chef at the Lisboa Hotel, who posed with the mushroom and prepared a four-course meal featuring white truffle dishes at the gala auction event.
The winning bid on Saturday night came from Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho, bidding by phone via his partner Angela Leong, who was on stage with the auctioneer.
The South China Morning Post said Ho beat British artist Damien Hirst and Sheik Mansoor Bin Zayed al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi for the prized fungus. Truffles can vary considerably in size and are prized in Italian cooking for their flavour and aroma.
Proceeds from the auction were donated to charities including the Caritas in China, Consortium for Street Children in the U.K., and the Telethon in Italy.
The giant truffle, and one of about the same size sold to a Hong Kong bidder last year, were the largest found since a 2.5 kg truffle was found in 1954 and presented to former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, according to media reports.
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 anarchOi
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Re: Huge Truffle Fetches $330,000 at Auction [Re: veggie]
#7704519 - 12/01/07 08:45 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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are there no ways to cultivate truffles? xD
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Wonderland420
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Re: Huge Truffle Fetches $330,000 at Auction [Re: anarchOi]
#7704607 - 12/01/07 09:14 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Looks like a truffle tree boom is coming
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Groomies
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Re: Huge Truffle Fetches $330,000 at Auction [Re: Wonderland420]
#7704768 - 12/01/07 10:32 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i read somewhere that it take years to grow a truffle.
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Drewwyann
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Re: Huge Truffle Fetches $330,000 at Auction [Re: Groomies]
#7705919 - 12/02/07 08:32 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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330,000... thats absolutely incredible. I bet the guy that found that is happy as ever. Truffle hunting would be an incredible lucritive pass time if anyone has the right kind of dog, or a pig that won't eat them.
how much do average, circular, normal-sized truffles usually go for? isn't it around $200-350?
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lucyfu
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Re: Huge Truffle Fetches $330,000 at Auction [Re: Drewwyann]
#7706274 - 12/02/07 10:47 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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go to truffletree.com to buy trees that will grow truffles in the soil in about 7 years but go to the site for more info.
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