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cab



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:06 pm    Post subject: Truffles... Reply with quote
    

I know they're often imported, BUT they're very small, and they're divine, and they're not always THAT expensive.

Besides, the best ones I've seen came from Italy, they're not air freighted, and the amount of weight you buy isn't so very great, and I grow nearly all of my own veg so...

Right. Guilt out of the way.

I noticed truffles on Cambridge market at lunchtime. Turned out to be two species, the black truffle (they weren't so good, they were imported from China, and you could tell that they werent' fresh, the smell wasn't pungent, they were in all ways 'dead'), and summer truffles (imported form Italy, fresher, a bit of 'give' in them, theoretically not normally as good as the black truffle but so much better than the others there).

I bought two, paid four quid, and we'll be devouring one with pasta for dinner (along with giand puffball), and the other with scrambled eggs at the weekend.

If you can get them, it seems to be now until sometime near Christmas that you see them most cheaply in the shops.

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That's a pretty sophisticated market stall there Cab

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

He is in Cambridge, a town where you downsize by selling your holiday home in Tuscany.

Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
That's a pretty sophisticated market stall there Cab


It's in Cambridge.

Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
He is in Cambridge, a town where you downsize by selling your holiday home in Tuscany.


I thought the one in Tuscany was for the nanny?

Will



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It was. But Wupert and Awexandwa are both at boarding school now.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ahhhh, another downsizer thread killed in four moves.

Love truffles, but rarely get to eat them for the reasons above, but it has put me in a mind to get them.

Price isn't too bad though, goes to show that farmers markets can allow you to get luxury treats at decent prices.

cab



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
That's a pretty sophisticated market stall there Cab


The lass who runs it almost treats it as a hobby. They have, very often, four or five sorts of wild mushrooms, some good, some bizarre (had fairy ring marasmius there a while back!), as well as all sorts of wierd and wonderful fruit and veg. Sometimes it's great local produce, other times not. The other market stalls vary from the very good, local, 'normal' produce through to the pretty standard fruit and veg.

All in all, it is an excellent market.

cab



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jonnyboy wrote:
Ahhhh, another downsizer thread killed in four moves.

Love truffles, but rarely get to eat them for the reasons above, but it has put me in a mind to get them.

Price isn't too bad though, goes to show that farmers markets can allow you to get luxury treats at decent prices.


The farmers market (same place but on Sundays) is even better, but no truffles

I try to wander through the market at lunchtime at least a couple of times per week. I don't always need anything there, but it's good to stop off and say hello to people once in a while. Good way of keeping abreast of what's in season and worth having.

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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I try to wander through the market at lunchtime at least a couple of times per week. I don't always need anything there, but it's good to stop off and say hello to people once in a while. Good way of keeping abreast of what's in season and worth having.


You're certainly a lucky chap there, it must help cut down on supermarket dependance when you have that resource so close to hand on a daily basis. Really shows the community aspect as well.

Will



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The market in Cambridge was great when I was a student, especially towards the end of the day when some of the stalls sold off the stock. Good bike repair stand and factory second Doc Martens stand too. Sadly most students seem to shop at Sainsburys...

bernie-woman



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The market in Oxford always used to really good too. I remember walking through and seeing rabbits, hares etc.. hanging up - not like our nearest market where you can get the cheapest everything but the quality is usually awful and if you ask where the meat comes from they just give you a blank stare

tawny owl



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 05 9:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Truffles... Reply with quote
    

cab wrote:
I know they're often imported, BUT they're very small, and they're divine, and they're not always THAT expensive.


£63,000 one in the news today!

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