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The Mediterranean black truffle, one of the world's most expensive ingredients, has been successfully cultivated in the UK, as climate change threatens its native habitat.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd (MSL) have confirmed that a black truffle has been successfully cultivated in the UK for the first time: the farthest north that the species has ever been found. It was grown as part of a programme in Monmouthshire, South Wales, run by MSL in collaboration with local farmers. The results of the programme, reported in the journal Climate Research, suggest that truffle cultivation may be possible in many parts of the UK.
After nine years of waiting, the truffle was harvested in March 2017 by a trained dog named Bella. The aromatic fungus was growing within the root system of a Mediterranean oak tree that had been treated to encourage truffle production. Further microscopic and genetic analysis confirmed that Bella's find was indeed a Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum).
Gourmands rejoice.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by idiot_king on Tuesday November 07 2017, @03:29AM (18 children)
...is to make sure the precious truffles don't disappear, oh no! Because the rich still need their precious sustenance of honey and ambrosia!
Fuck that. I'm living off beans and lentils. I'm sure cultivating fucking truffles is really putting the heat on BP and ExxonMobil to get their shit together.
This is literally why we need Marx more than ever.
(Score: 3, Funny) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:07AM (4 children)
Grocery outlet is having a fire sale on brats
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:13AM (3 children)
John Boehner Unchained [politico.com]
Also a bratwurst is considered a tier or two above hot dogs. What brand did you actually buy?
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(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:45AM (1 child)
You got it wrong. The fire sale was on brats under the "badly behaved and spoiled child" meaning of it - the spoilage was the reason for sale
I suppose one of the brands was soylent green.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @08:00AM
>I suppose one of the brands was soylent green.
VT100 scheme?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday November 07 2017, @05:21AM
But I also got some hot dogs. After someone posted to Facebook what goes into a hot dog, I buy the Hebrew National all-beef kosher weenies in the hopes that it has fewer unidentifiable body parts than do the generic hot dogs.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:10AM (3 children)
"I'm living off beans and lentils."
And fortunately for you, there's a legume that will grow in virtually any climate, so you can quit worrying your pretty little head about it.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:46AM (2 children)
Not in areas without enough water, no.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @03:25PM (1 child)
Water is mostly an engineering problem. Many pics do fine with very little in any case.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @03:31PM
Pulses*
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)
What do you make with your lentils?
I tried to make kofte [blogspot.com] once but failed at it. Other than that I just throw red lentils in curries.
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(Score: 2) by t-3 on Tuesday November 07 2017, @03:29PM
I like lentil soup (I got a good recipe from an Arab friend), mujadara, and sometimes just plain lentils (although I usually use stock or bullion rather than plain water).
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:45AM (1 child)
Truffles aren't like honey (ambrosia isn't real). And honestly, if they want to put some people to work keeping these stupid fungi alive for them, that's fine; it's a good way of separating them from their money, and it keeps some places from being developed.
I've actually had truffles before. They taste like dirt. I'm not kidding. They really just taste like dirt. At least honey is sweet and delicious, and while the good stuff is expensive, it's not that out of line. Truffles just taste like dirt, and cost a fortune.
(Score: 2) by t-3 on Tuesday November 07 2017, @03:36PM
I've seen it put forth that ambrosia refers to the giant ragweed, which was cultivated by the Romans as a grain.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:57AM
What's more amusing is that under normal circumstances the rules and their enforcers here in the UK would be against little experiments like this, deliberate introduction of an alien species to our environment.
21st Century Britain: not only Rank, but the food of Rank has it's privilege
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 07 2017, @05:07AM (3 children)
What? How did that even get to Marx? Could have been Jesus or Hitler and it would still make as much sense.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Tuesday November 07 2017, @05:16AM (2 children)
(Score: 3, Funny) by MostCynical on Tuesday November 07 2017, @08:46AM (1 child)
I thought making sense on SN was optional, if not frowned-on.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Sunday November 19 2017, @06:48AM
Careful, everyone will fall in love with you if you keep making comments like that :D
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