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cW  ·  4296 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Most truffle oils are not made from actual truffles

Wow. This is appalling. It's like vanillin and vanilla, all over again. I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't know it. I suppose it does make me feel better about the fact that I've never been able to stomach the stuff. Although that might also have to do with truffles' avowed kinship with the male pig's sex hormone. Now that's a convenient retort from a gourmand defensively arguing for his sosume, if I've ever uttered one!