Truffels In Thailand ?

[churchill]

Interested to know where ? If it is not a secret !

Mushrooms and Truffles Market in Thailand: Business Report 2010 - a new market research

2. MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES MARKET IN THAILAND

2.1. Overview of mushrooms and truffles market

2.2. Producers of mushrooms and truffles in Thailand, including contact details and product range

http://www.live-pr.com/en/mushrooms-and-tr...r1048426365.htm

[whiterussian]

Hmm.. Im not shelling oout $1000 to find out.. looks fishy:

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0182478/Mushr...campaign=LivePR

[elcent]

I don't think they have truffles here but some truffles like stuff that costs about 200-800 Baht/kg depends where you buy it. Very delicious.

Edited March 18, 2010 by elcent

[xen]

From what i understand about truffles is that there need a very particular envirionment and conditions. They grow wild in a few places in France or Italy and apparently ,after years of research, there is a company in Tasmania , that has found a way of duplicating the envirionment and innoculting them so they grow. These conditions could not be found in Thailand apart from ,maybe , in a lab.

I also have read that there is a black market in truffle like flavourings just like there is a blackmarket in artificial safferon . People like me will probably never afford to sample of the real thing too many times in our lives.