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To Shave or Not to Shave?
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I am most often found near acorns by the likes of Wilbur and Babe.
Though that is not the case for my desert cousins.
Like Napoleon the whitest of my kind are found in Alba.
When I shave I can improve your greenery.
What am I?
Though that is not the case for my desert cousins.
Like Napoleon the whitest of my kind are found in Alba.
When I shave I can improve your greenery.
What am I?
Hint
Brillat-Savarin called them "the diamonds of the kitchen"And praised their aphrodisiacal powers.
Answer
Truffles!Truffles are most commonly found around oak trees.
Trained pigs have long been used to sniff out truffles.
Desert Truffles are a cousin to the Italian White truffle,
they are found in the Middle East and Mediterranean.
Napoleon was imprisoned on Alba,
White Truffles are most notoriously found in the city of Alba, Italy.
Generally, due to price and a very pungent taste, White truffles are
Shaved over the top of buttered pastas or salads.
*Note: The aphrodisiacal characteristics of truffles have not been established, it is still held in high esteem in traditional French, Northern Italian, and Istrian cooking, and in international haute cuisine.
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