You infuse a mild oil (like corn) with truffles, much in the same manner you use to make infused vodka.
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
juliana - Aug 27, 2009 6:27:53 am PDT #5758 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Jessica - Aug 27, 2009 6:31:12 am PDT #5759 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Or, as Rick Bayless said about truffles, "They don't make things better, they just make them more expensive."
And truffle oil doesn't make things taste like truffles. It makes them taste like truffle oil.
My favorite restaurant in NYC serves a truffled egg toast (made with truffle oil) that is TO DIE FOR, but it's an exception rather than the rule.
Truffle oil in salad dressing? EW EW EW. GET IT OFF.
msbelle - Aug 27, 2009 6:33:03 am PDT #5760 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
he saw his therapist on Tues. We see the psychiatrist today, probably more prescriptions. and we see the therapist on Friday again.
I can't manage getting him anywhere for more than that.
I have really only managed one call to an advocasy group. Hopefully they will call me back today.
Well he refused to go with grandad and uncle and so is pouting in a cube at my work (against company policy) and now we leave in 2 min for my appt with his therapist. good times.
Theodosia - Aug 27, 2009 7:02:38 am PDT #5761 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Wishing you all the best, msbelle.
Amy - Aug 27, 2009 7:04:23 am PDT #5762 of 30001
Because books.
I'm sure the doctor and/or the pharmacist probably mentioned it, but remember that any meds might take a while to start working if they need to reach a certain level.
Hang in there, msbelle.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2009 7:10:47 am PDT #5763 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I had some truffle fries in Seattle that were pretty good.
It's one of the better uses. Similarly, I've had amazing truffled tater tots. No. Really.
I also like it used sparingly in things like mac 'n' cheese, and certain types of tomato sauce. But it gets overused, both in amount and the number of things it's in.
Amy - Aug 27, 2009 7:12:58 am PDT #5764 of 30001
Because books.
I've never had truffles or truffle oil. Does it taste like good mushrooms?
shrift - Aug 27, 2009 7:20:48 am PDT #5765 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Truffle oil + Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese + French fries = OM NOM NOM GET IN MY FACE.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2009 7:24:41 am PDT #5766 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Truffle oil + Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese + French fries = OM NOM NOM GET IN MY FACE.
That's what I'm talkin' about!
Tom Scola - Aug 27, 2009 7:26:55 am PDT #5767 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Truffle oil is a modern culinary ingredient added to foods, which is intended to impart the flavor and aroma of truffles to a dish. Most truffle oils are not, in fact, made from actual truffles, but are instead a synthetic product that combines a thioether (2,4-dithiapentane), one of numerous organic aromatics odorants found in real truffles, with an olive oil base. A few more expensive oils are alleged to be made from truffles or the by-products of truffle harvesting and production, though the flavor of truffles is difficult to capture in an oil.
"Their one-dimensional flavor is also changing common understanding of how a truffle should taste," Daniel Patterson complained in a New York Times article.