11/9/2004: Big truffle - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 11-10-2004, 06:48 PM

I wonder why the difference between winter and summer prices? Different taste? scarcity in winter? Market demand/pressure? The winter dog poop is better than summer dog poop?

BrianR · 11-10-2004, 11:16 PM

Speaking of which, someone left a landmine right inside my front door today...each blames the other. Yech, I stepped right in it. Such are the pitfalls of owning dogs.

jaguar · 11-11-2004, 03:14 AM

scarcity, taste is the short answer.

Katkeeper · 11-11-2004, 06:21 AM

Truffles should be used soon after being harvested, explaining a difference in taste.

404Error · 12-09-2004, 09:11 PM

Update on the big expensive fungus, seems it spoiled before they got to use it.

Record-Setting Truffle Spoils

BigV · 12-10-2004, 01:39 AM

There's a video of a truffle spoiling?

You're kidding right?

What could possibly be a more profligate WASTE of electrons than to train a video camera on a fungus intently enough to dectect spoilage? Good grief, how could you ever tell? I mean, when the cheese in the fridge grows something green on it, I know it has spoiled, but what could possibly be the next stage in the (d)evolution of something that is already entirely fungus to begin with??!!

I am going to give this one a little thought before I give up or watch the video, but not before I have everything else in my life A-J squared away, including arranging all the dairy products by expiration date.

Sheesh.

404Error · 12-10-2004, 06:46 AM

V, I suspect a bit of sarcasm but I'll bite anyway. The video link is of the news clip they showed about the truffle, not a 'webcam' showing the slow frame by frame decay in action.
You know, kinda like: There's A Fungus Among Us! Film at 11.

Oh, and as far as the moldy cheese in your fridge, here's a news flash for ya. Basically, cheese is milk that's past it prime.

glatt · 12-10-2004, 07:40 AM

When a big patch of mushrooms in my front yard "spoiled," it turned into a pile of what appeared to be a large dog's very loose stool. The only reason that I knew it wasn't really dog diarrhea is that I saw the slow deterioration of the mushrooms over the course of a week or two.

Cyber Wolf · 12-10-2004, 12:37 PM

Interesting...the spoiled version of it looks less nasty than the fresh version.

garnet · 12-10-2004, 12:48 PM

What a dumbass. Didn't the guy realize that maybe it was a bad idea to put a perishable item like a 'shroom in a safe for six days?

11-10-2004, 06:48 PM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wonder why the difference between winter and summer prices? Different taste? scarcity in winter? Market demand/pressure? The winter dog poop is better than summer dog poop? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-10-2004, 11:16 PM	#17
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Speaking of which, someone left a landmine right inside my front door today...each blames the other. Yech, I stepped right in it. Such are the pitfalls of owning dogs. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

11-11-2004, 03:14 AM	#18
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	scarcity, taste is the short answer. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

12-09-2004, 09:11 PM	#20
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Update on the big expensive fungus, seems it spoiled before they got to use it. Record-Setting Truffle Spoils __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

12-10-2004, 01:39 AM	#21
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	now wait just a minute here There's a video of a truffle spoiling? You're kidding right? What could possibly be a more profligate WASTE of electrons than to train a video camera on a fungus intently enough to dectect spoilage? Good grief, how could you ever tell? I mean, when the cheese in the fridge grows something green on it, I know it has spoiled, but what could possibly be the next stage in the (d)evolution of something that is already entirely fungus to begin with??!! I am going to give this one a little thought before I give up or watch the video, but not before I have everything else in my life A-J squared away, including arranging all the dairy products by expiration date. Sheesh. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-11-2004, 06:21 AM	#19
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Truffles should be used soon after being harvested, explaining a difference in taste.

12-10-2004, 06:46 AM	#22
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	V, I suspect a bit of sarcasm but I'll bite anyway. The video link is of the news clip they showed about the truffle, not a 'webcam' showing the slow frame by frame decay in action. You know, kinda like: There's A Fungus Among Us! Film at 11. Oh, and as far as the moldy cheese in your fridge, here's a news flash for ya. Basically, cheese is milk that's past it prime. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

12-10-2004, 07:40 AM	#23
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When a big patch of mushrooms in my front yard "spoiled," it turned into a pile of what appeared to be a large dog's very loose stool. The only reason that I knew it wasn't really dog diarrhea is that I saw the slow deterioration of the mushrooms over the course of a week or two.

12-10-2004, 12:37 PM	#24
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Interesting...the spoiled version of it looks less nasty than the fresh version. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

12-10-2004, 12:48 PM	#25
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	What a dumbass. Didn't the guy realize that maybe it was a bad idea to put a perishable item like a 'shroom in a safe for six days?

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