Truffles aren't something you think about too much in the world of wild fungi here on the North American continent. And that's fortunate because things seem to be boiling over across the pond in France.
"Sellers at the Richerenches market in the Drome rallied behind Laurent Rambaud, a farmer charged with murder just before Christmas. Police said he fired two shotgun blasts at a man he suspected of truffle rustling." [Read More]
The story goes on to relay prophecies of truffle shortages in the not so distance future when weather systems run amuck and the youth of today have foresaken the truffle hunting teachings of their elders.
Scary stuff. From a culinary point of view.
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