/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15270515
Any antisemitism will be reported to the JIDF and ADL. It's illegal in the US now, and I'll have your broke ass hauled into a courtroom.

>>15270515
What do truffles taste like?

>>15270549
Pencil shavings

>>15270549
Very earthy and savory.

>>15270549
Like salty coins in milk

>>15270549
Truffles, hopefully.

>>15270515
Youd be assuming wrong. Burgundy black truffle is great; summer truffles taste like nothinf. Alba white truffles are most overrated; they smell like kerosine and only last a few days at a price tag of $3800-4000/lb

>>15270515
Salt
Salting your food indicates you're not a good chef and try to mask the flavor instead of letting the natural flavors come out

>>15270549
I hope it doesn't taste like truffel oil because that shit tastes like gasoline

>>15270696
See >>15270687

Yes and no. Is truffle oil vaguely reminiscent of white truffle? Yeah, but only in the kerosene way. It doesnt have any of the nuance because the one compound is lab synthesized

>>15270549
Musky, earthy, nutty, They smell like they taste. Although, the flavor is rather minor, I find. Which is why I think they're overrated.

>>15270687
You do know they're the same species, right?
>In cuisine and commerce, particularly in France and Italy, the summer truffle (T. aestivum) is distinguished from the burgundy truffle (T. uncinatum). However, molecular analysis showed in 2004 that these two varieties of truffle are one species. The differences between them are therefore likely due to environmental factors.
See:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber_aestivum#Taxonomy
Is the taste really that different?

>>15270747
Youve had summer truffle. You havent had the real deal truffles that are so legendary and memed out that they make these tasteless turds famous by loose associatikn

>>15270758
What exactly is a "real deal truffle"?

>>15270515
It's not as much overrated as it is difficult to use. I'd recommend some proper truffle infused oil, that's the easiest way to enjoy it, you can make some pizzas with it or season your pasta. Be aware that there are a lot of fake ones as in the taste was synthetised from other stuff and that makes it not truffle oil at all.

>>15270760
The kind that costs over $200/oz and you can smell it on the guy before ge even breaks out the goods.

>>15270756
i think the real deal ones are t. melanosporum, the perigord truffle. regardless theres a huge difference in flavor

>>15270768
>The kind that costs over $200/oz and you can smell it on the guy before ge even breaks out the goods.
Ah, these were $10 for 0.70 oz.
>i think the real deal ones are t. melanosporum, the perigord truffle. regardless theres a huge difference in flavor
I'm willing to try them again, perhaps once I've read more into their preparation to really give them the benefit of the doubt.

>>15270765
Spoiler alert: neary all truffle oil is synthesized. Pricier ones are passae but generally nobody is wasting alba truffle on this purpose

>>15270780
Where do you live bro? That sounds like the prices for “truffles” from oregon/WA.. some can be quite nice when in season (smell like blueberry and chocolate), the shit tier ones are best used for making gastriques, infused oils, dehydrated and used in pasta dough. Ive always wanted to make a truffle demi glace using a pound of shitty truffles and a few poinds of chicken feet

>>15270782
Yup, that's what I said. You ain't spoiling shit.

>>15270799
That's the converted price, I'm a Brit, that being £7.75 for 20 grams. They're only from around 150 miles away, which while is a fair distance in the UK, isn't "that far" in American terms, as far as I understand. So they're relatively "local". What made me so disappointed is the smell was pungent, and so I expecting the taste to be also, but it wasn't.

>>15270841
>*I was expecting

>>15270549
ink cartridges

>>15270841
Thats exactly how the chinese ones are. They look much cooler than they taste.. Also it could be likely they were leftovers from a good batch that had become dry and thus losing their luster.

What was the texture like?

>>15270819
We blend the scraps that werent able to be shaved with nice olive oil and then drip through a coffee filter to make passable real oil so that does work but its also nowhere near as pungent so it does work for a finishing oil

>>15270866
>Also it could be likely they were leftovers from a good batch that had become dry and thus losing their luster.
I don't think so, as they came in a small jar in a musky brown solution, and they were kept refrigerated to slow down the decomposition of the aromatic compounds.
>What was the texture like?
The outside was a blackish brown, covered in what I would describe as crust of tetrahedral prisms, this was firm and crunchy. While the inside was a brownish white, this also was firm, but more fluffy than the exterior. The interior had gyrus-like folds, that were slightly darker than the surrounding matter.

>>15270897
Oh lol. Gross.

Bro theyre stored in rice in the fridge and dont last but a week or so. You got shit tier truffle in a jar, nothjng like the real experience

>>15270976
Wouldn't that dry them out though? That's why they tell you to store wine in a wine fridge, not a regular fridge, because the latter is deigned to remove mosture to make perishables last longer.

>>15271000
Moisture is the enemy with fresh truffle. It ruins the texture; theyre naturally quite dry so you generally keep them in arborio rice because im assuming its less “greedy” with moisture than white rice.

They soak up moisture and spoil quickly. Theyre extremely perishable.

>>15270897
You got bamboozled.

>>15271000
Also thats not why, usually you just dont want wine to be super cold but you also dont want temperature fluctuations which can affect the product. The wine “breathes” a little through the cork as it expands and contracts but you are somewhat right in that if it is t stored facing downward the cork will dry out letting oxygen in and now youve got vinegar

>>15271029
If it is not*

>>15271024
Oh whoa, so those were some shit-tier truffles? Good thing my mother gifted them to me then. Thank you for letting me know, I'll see if I can find a better source next time.

>>15271067
Very very bottom of the barrel shit-ass nigger tier truffles. The premise of your OP is correct but only because you got lucky in that actual $200+ an ounce truffles are very overrated

>>15271029
This is what I was talking about.
>Picture related
This is from:
>https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-properly-store-wine-at-home
#4 also mentions what I was talking about, specifically about corks.

>>15271100
What a fucking rip-off. I'm certainly glad I didn't pay for them, but angry that they were sold to my mother under false pretenses. I think I'll be letting that "delicatessen" know, in person.

>>15271106
Its your fault for not doing a little homework on the product.. Let it go.

Im just a random anon but refrigerators are pretty humid. Cold and humid. Take a crispy cookie or cracker and leave it in the fridge for a little while, see what happens.

>>15270515
Not to derail the truffle thread, but fuck Sriracha. This fucking overrated meme ketchup that just tastes like pickled preservatives.

>>15271134
>Take a crispy cookie or cracker and leave it in the fridge for a little while, see what happens.
You dare question James Suckling, MasterClass wine appreciation instructor extraordinaire?! In all seriousness though, I store my wine in the fridge, horizontally, and have never had any issue with the cork drying out simply due to the fridge itself.

>>15271147
Excuse you? I think it'll find it has subtle hints of garlic, salt, sugar and capsaicin.

>>15271194
bro i have a drinking problem, there's no way a bottle of wine is in my fridge or counter for longer than a week. these things are not my concern and wine is for fags anyway

>carlo rossi
>franzia
>sutter home

fuck it, man. i'm trying to get drunk.

>>15271234
Ah, I almost exclusively drink mead and Tokaji aszú. When I was younger I used to drink single malt whiskey, the peatier the better, but that no longer appeases me.

>>15271250
for me? it's canadian club whiskey and miller high life beer. it's not that i dislike wine, it's just that i would never go out of my way for it. for cooking or with a really nice meal is one thing, but leisurely drinking? pass

>>15271257
To each their own, although I will admit, I never understood the appeal of drinking a litre of boxed wine, or something of a similarly low standard.

>>15270549
Sour walnuts

>>15270705
They sell black truffle oil too.

>>15270760
The ones China sells you.

>>15270549
a perfumey mushroom

>>15270515
you're a subhuman tastelet desu

>>15271921
always remember to read the thread before participating!! :)

>>15270515
I have never understood the appeal. I love fungi and woody, umami, gamey flavors.
But truffle and truffle oil has always left me nonplussed. I would not actively acquire it even if it was cheap.
Am I missing something, or is it only popular and desired due to rarity and exclusivity?

>>15271872
Ah, I thought Trump might have just recently started a truffle company.

>>15271921, you should really take >>15271999's advice. Subhuman threadlet.

>>15270540
Shut up, filthy kike

>>15271999
>>15272084
samefagging this badly

>>15272124
Imagine being this retarded.

>>15272140
>being this much of a phoneposter
here's a (You) for your stupidity

>>15272255
Are you retarded? I'm quite clearly on a desktop.
>Picture related
Maybe stop trying so hard, and actually use your brain.

>>15272262
>tripling down in his idiocy
you're embarassing yourself, here's another (You)

>>15272271
You must rather brain-dead, huh? I pity you.

>>15272124
>>15272255
>>15272262
>>15272271

hahahha.. anon eternally BTFO'd. kys, loser

>>15272079
No one will ever know your name, much less remember it or the things you do.

>>15270515

>>15272452
>phone + desktop posting again
it's so obvious it's just pathetic at this point desu

>>15272511
it all grows so TIRESOME. frankly, it's embarrassing at this point; let it go.

>>15272468
This much salt.

Truffles are a muh Italy meme none of you faggots know anything about Caspian Sea black caviar in the 90s

>>15270549
bags of sand

>>15272485
Is it even overrated?

>>15270515
Cheese and bacon

>>15273104
among black americans it is

>>15274407
Ah, I'm not that target demographic, to me it seems tacky.

>>15270549
Bake a chestnut, then let it cool. Drag it through dirt and eat it.

>>15275501
same. I only use it for cooking

>>15272766
Salt is also overrated. It's unneeded in food and makes Americans fat.

>>15270515
They kind of smell like a toddlers taint.

>>15270549
like sex

>>15270515
good thread, the white truffle is superior in every way

>>15270549

Pussy

>>15275857
>salt makes you fat

>>15272535
>no gay sex with hats on

this place is going downhill

>>15270549

It's really, really hard to explain. You just have to taste it. It's like garlic. You can't explain it. It's also like garlic where a little goes a LONG way, and you keep tasting it in the back of your mouth, like garlic, long after you've eaten.

It's good stuff, and thank god you don't need much for it in dishes since it's so expensive. Like garlic, it can really make and elevate dishes, but also ruin some, so be careful.

southern bbq just overpowers any quality meat flavors with bbq sauce and seasoning
it tastes fine but is definitely not some artisanal craft like people make it to be

>>15270634
kek

>>15270515
agreed, truffles are the niggers of mushrooms

>>15270515
coffee, cheese, wine.