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truffle
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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truf·fle
/ ˈtrəfəl/
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n.
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a strong-smelling underground fungus (Tuber and other genera, family Tuberaceae) that resembles an irregular, rough-skinned potato, growing chiefly in broad-leaved woodland on calcareous soils. It is considered a culinary delicacy and found, esp. in France, with the aid of trained dogs or pigs.
2.
a soft candy made of a chocolate mixture, typically flavored with rum and covered with cocoa.
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Truffles gain U.S. roots on North Carolina farm
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 7/27/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...toward her black truffle orchard in Pinehurst...demand for black truffles, the delicacy favored...above) holds black truffles grown on her farm...N.C. A black truffle sandwich is seen...coveted Perigord truffle, from an Eugene...Truffieres Inc. No truffles are expected to...
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 "Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India)")
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On The Truffle Trail.
News Wire article from: Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); 9/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...possible to taste fresh truffles in India. During white truffle season in the winter...injected with spores yield truffles. But the white truffle -- the most expensive...the cheaper summer truffle. Though the truffles vary in quality, the...
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Truffle a supreme delicacy that needn't be intimidating
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...amaze your family with truffle biscuits one morning." If fresh truffles are too costly or unavailable...other options, like truffle juice and oils, that...the eggs with grated truffle cheese and canned, sliced truffles. Just before serving...
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Growing truffles
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...distinctive aroma. Truffles have a symbiotic...root system of the truffle provides extra nutrients...How do you harvest truffles and how long do...As the summer truffle grows near the surface...summer truffles. Are truffles really aphrodisiacs...woman is to order a truffle ...
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Truffles shuffle on: good, bad or indifferent, dealers demand more dollars.(On Food)(Column)
Magazine article from: Nation's Restaurant News; 11/10/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Plates of white truffles were placed on the tables with truffle shavers for guests...has a series of truffle menus featuring...black and summer truffles depending on...the price of truffles or their condition, a white truffle festival that...
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Truffle Murders
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered; 12/7/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...t uncover any truffles. It's the first...season. And the truffle scent can be detected...roots that nourish truffle spores, will be...produce any more truffles next year. Only...season is short, truffles are an important...And the biggest truffle distributor is the...
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Truffle is no trifling trend
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/29/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...not talking chocolate truffles or the "Savoy Truffle" the Beatles popularized...pineapple heart . . . Savoy truffle!") Truffles live in a black and white...add shavings of white truffles and (white) truffle oil as an appetizer...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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TRUFFLES ELUSIVE DELICACY NO LONGER FOREIGN TO U.S. PALATES.(Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 10/28/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...use pigs to hunt truffles. ``They're...and they eat the truffle before you can get...Italy's champion truffle hunter. ``My...Lucky, found 24 truffles,'' he boasts...double again when the truffles are resold in this...ll find the huge truffle, you know, as...
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Truffles And Flourishes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...surprisingly, a truffle oak, and are famously...later). Black truffles, which ripen from...famous recipes, the truffles a la Perigourdine...is a whole black truffle with a bit of pate...also called the red truffle (not to be confused...rosy tint of white truffles). There are ...
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On The Truffle Trail
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...possible to taste fresh truffles in India. During white truffle season in the winter...injected with spores yield truffles. But the white truffle - the most expensive...the cheaper summer truffle. Though the truffles vary in quality, the...
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truffle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...trained to "point" for truffles and have the distinct advantage of not being truffle eaters. Truffle cultivation...indicum, a black truffle exported from China...known white and black truffles, there are hundreds...The tasty Oregon white truffle, T. gibbosum, for...
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truffles
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
...xE9; de foie gras. Others include: white Piedmontese truffle, T. magnatum ; summer truffle; T. aestivum , and violet truffle, T. brumale ; see also mushrooms . 2. Chocolate truffles, a mixture of chocolate, sugar, cream, and often rum...
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sea truffle
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
sea truffle Shellfish , a bivalve mollusc , Venus verrucosa .
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Fungi
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...morels, false morels, truffles, and witches' butter...inside the puffball and truffle. The spore of the fungus...puffballs, stinkhorns, and truffles, no forcible discharge...spread the spores. The truffle, which is found at the...
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Tuber
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
...by animals that eat the fruit bodies. The fruit bodies of Tuber species are edible and highly prized as truffles ( T. aestivum summer truffle; T. melanosporum , Périgord or black truffle; T. uncinatum , Burgundy truffle).
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