Comments on: the little truffle that couldn’t http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: countrymouse http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 countrymouse Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:23:03 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-1078 my first visit to NYC was in 1999, I returned to tennessee with one purchase; a single black truffle from dean and deluca, hand carried home in tupperware. i totally get it. happy new year, sista. my first visit to NYC was in 1999, I returned to tennessee with one purchase; a single black truffle from dean and deluca, hand carried home in tupperware. i totally get it.
happy new year, sista.

]]> By: Calyx93 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Calyx93 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:26:22 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-1003 One should be able to identify a "dud", long before slicing it, just by smell alone. I was an assistant pastry chef and used to sign for truffle deliveries/shipments at No. 9 Park in Boston - both black and white. The smell would permeate the plastic bag in the delivery clerk's hand scenting the immediate atmosphere - and once stored, they would literally scent the entire walk-in cooler. If you can't smell it - don't buy it. One should be able to identify a “dud”, long before slicing it, just by smell alone.

I was an assistant pastry chef and used to sign for truffle deliveries/shipments at No. 9 Park in Boston – both black and white. The smell would permeate the plastic bag in the delivery clerk’s hand scenting the immediate atmosphere – and once stored, they would literally scent the entire walk-in cooler.

If you can’t smell it – don’t buy it.

]]> By: FireDog http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-947 FireDog Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:49:02 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-947 Missed you! Pony B. you crack me up. LOL. I'm a virgin when it comes to truffles but admire your passion for them. I may be a little too "peanut butter and jelly" for truffles but I'm willing to give them a try. Chow.... Missed you!

Pony B. you crack me up. LOL.
I’m a virgin when it comes to truffles but admire your passion for them.
I may be a little too “peanut butter and jelly” for truffles but I’m willing to give them a try.
Chow….

]]> By: Luloah http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Luloah Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:45:19 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-930 Such a ripoff! At least you had some truffle oil on hand to compensate. Such a ripoff! At least you had some truffle oil on hand to compensate.

]]> By: FrenchLaundryatHome http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-929 FrenchLaundryatHome Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:55:34 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-929 Oh no!! What a bummer. The one I got from them was fantastic. Italian, not French, but I'm okay with that. I'm glad they're doing the right thing. I'm going to start looking into Oregon black truffles to see if anyone is doing them really well. Happy new year, babe. Oh no!! What a bummer. The one I got from them was fantastic. Italian, not French, but I’m okay with that. I’m glad they’re doing the right thing. I’m going to start looking into Oregon black truffles to see if anyone is doing them really well. Happy new year, babe.

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-925 claudia Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:30:30 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-925 tara - i like simple pastas very much. to me they are the most fulfilling melissa - flight delays - on the plane - whew... lux - oh, one bad experience shouldn't stop you from getting one. especially in nyc! do it and report back so i can enjoy it vicariously tara – i like simple pastas very much. to me they are the most fulfilling

melissa – flight delays – on the plane – whew…

lux – oh, one bad experience shouldn’t stop you from getting one. especially in nyc! do it and report back so i can enjoy it vicariously

]]> By: lux http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-924 lux Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:47:48 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-924 Seriously, after reading this I am even less inclined to move from truffle oil to actual truffles. Seriously, after reading this I am even less inclined to move from truffle oil to actual truffles.

]]> By: melissa http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-923 melissa Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:43:07 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-923 "an opportunity for a buddhist moment" hahaha. mine came this christmas when I was delayed on the tarmac for 2 hours. *breathe* ;P happy new year claudia. I'm shaking my head over your failed truffle. crazy. “an opportunity for a buddhist moment” hahaha. mine came this christmas when I was delayed on the tarmac for 2 hours. *breathe* ;P

happy new year claudia. I’m shaking my head over your failed truffle. crazy.

]]> By: TaratheFoodie http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-922 TaratheFoodie Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:19:01 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-922 Your pasta looks so comforting and delicious. I'm sitting here getting ready to make some breakfast (mmmm, eggs) and your egg noodles are pushing me over the edge. :-) I've never experimented with truffles in my cooking, not yet anyway. I've only started with the truffle oil, which I love. That sucks that yours turned out to be a waste, but at least they're giving you your money back! Here's to a delicious 2008! Your pasta looks so comforting and delicious. I’m sitting here getting ready to make some breakfast (mmmm, eggs) and your egg noodles are pushing me over the edge. :-)

I’ve never experimented with truffles in my cooking, not yet anyway. I’ve only started with the truffle oil, which I love. That sucks that yours turned out to be a waste, but at least they’re giving you your money back!

Here’s to a delicious 2008!

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-921 claudia Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:02:31 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-921 min - it came in a brown paper bag! i guess 'things' happen and this time it was to me!!! an opportunity for a buddhist moment... pony - oh pony... you are missing the boat here... if you get a good one they are heaven... i so so love the truffle thing. lux - you're right! carol got lied to and was told it was french when it was domestic. but at least hers had some flavor... ln - well, lettuce wraps with a smile trumps anything else with an attitude... min – it came in a brown paper bag! i guess ‘things’ happen and this time it was to me!!! an opportunity for a buddhist moment…

pony – oh pony… you are missing the boat here… if you get a good one they are heaven… i so so love the truffle thing.

lux – you’re right! carol got lied to and was told it was french when it was domestic. but at least hers had some flavor…

ln – well, lettuce wraps with a smile trumps anything else with an attitude…

]]> By: minimally invasive http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-919 minimally invasive Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:04:03 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-919 Hey, glad to see you back, Claudia! You really purtied up that truffle, there. If it'd been me, I might've sent it back to the "fine purveyor with the excellent reputation" in a flaming brown paper bag. Hey, glad to see you back, Claudia! You really purtied up that truffle, there. If it’d been me, I might’ve sent it back to the “fine purveyor with the excellent reputation” in a flaming brown paper bag.

]]> By: Ponyboat http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Ponyboat Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:33:52 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-917 Welcome back C! I never got the big whoop-de-doo about truffles. Sort of like the emperor's new clothes to me. I consider my palate pretty developed, and yet the barely there taste of a truffle in any dish has never in my mind justified the expense. The ingredients you used in your pasta dish sound perfect, without the fungus. I prefer not to eat food that comes from muskrat poop anyhow. Welcome back C! I never got the big whoop-de-doo about truffles. Sort of like the emperor’s new clothes to me. I consider my palate pretty developed, and yet the barely there taste of a truffle in any dish has never in my mind justified the expense.

The ingredients you used in your pasta dish sound perfect, without the fungus. I prefer not to eat food that comes from muskrat poop anyhow.

]]> By: lux http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-916 lux Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:42:31 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-916 So sorry about the truffle! If I remember correctly, the 'French Laundry at Home' gal also had some issues with a truffle recently; you'd think it wouldn't be so hard to get good quality at those prices but apparently not. So sorry about the truffle! If I remember correctly, the ‘French Laundry at Home’ gal also had some issues with a truffle recently; you’d think it wouldn’t be so hard to get good quality at those prices but apparently not.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Lauren Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:58:01 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/pasta/2008/01/04/the-little-truffle-that-wasnt/#comment-915 Finally, there hasn't been a post since last year!! Gah! Anyway, the black truffle that couldn't. At least you tried. My New Years dinner was denied in favor of lettuce wraps, delicious as they may be. Finally, there hasn’t been a post since last year!! Gah! Anyway, the black truffle that couldn’t. At least you tried. My New Years dinner was denied in favor of lettuce wraps, delicious as they may be.

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