For real, I don't get it.
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Defying the economic downturn, an Italian white truffle weighing just over one kilogram has sold at an international auction for $US200,000 ($305,000).
The prized tuber went for the second year running to Hong Kong-born casino mogul Stanley Ho after an auction held simultaneously in Rome, London, Abu Dhabi and Macau, auction organisers said.
Last December, Mr Ho bought a 1.5kg specimen - one of the biggest truffles unearthed in half a century - for a record $US330,000.
The 1.08kg truffle - the biggest found in Italy this year - was flown first class to Macau, with an Italian chef accompanying it, for the auction after it was picked on November 21 in the central Molise region.
Truffles can vary considerably in size and are prized in Italian cooking for their flavour and aroma.
Output of white truffles, which are not cultivated and only grow naturally in forests, has fallen in Italy over the past few years, largely because climate change has brought a damaging mix of drought and torrential rains.
Scarce supply has pushed prices for normal-sized truffles above 4,000 euros ($7,753) per kg, and Italian restaurants have kept purchases to a minimum, although demand from foreign restaurants has remained stable, truffle associations say.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...30/2433481.htm
Because they are rarer than gold. And until you've tried tagliatelle in a light butter sauce sprinkled with fresh white truffle you will not understand.
my mouth waters just by typing this
BTW white truffle are still relatively frequent in the Istrian peninsula (mostly Croatia, small part lies in Slovenia).
This.
And I'd kill for some beef cheek ravioli with black truffle sauce right now.
Literally.
I guess I won't be eating any truffles during my life time.
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