£28,000 ($53,787) truffle rots in fridge

[Kellanved]

The world's most expensive truffle has fallen victim to its own celebrity.

The huge fungus, weighing almost 2lb, was excavated from the hills of Tuscany and sold for £28,000 to a syndicate said to include the actress Gwyneth Paltrow. But it has now been declared inedible after being displayed for too long.

Enzo Cassini, the manager of the Knightsbridge restaurant Zafferano, which organised the sale of the white truffle for charity, was in mourning yesterday.

"This was the Pope of all truffles," he lamented. "We did not intend to keep it on display as long as we did but people insisted on seeing it."

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/09/ntruf09.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/12/09/ixportal.html


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[madison2000]

1. My dog made something like that this morning!

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. Quick! Put it up for sale on eBay!

Encase it in Lucite and sell it as a paperweight!

If you nail together two things that never been nailed together before, some fool will buy it from you. --George Carlin

[madison2000]

15. If I look at it from a certain angle it has the image of Karl Rove

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. The truffle or the dog poo?

If it's the truffle, the rotting probably had something to do with it.

If it's the dog poo, well, that's only to be expected. :shrug:

[Mistra_Know_It_All]

2. That is just ridiculous and an unconscionable waste

That horrid thing could have fed a city's starving for a year

[tuvor]

4. Welcome to DU, Mistra!

:hi:

[Mistra_Know_It_All]

6. Thank you. This seems like a great place!

:hi:

[Kellanved]

5. well, it did support the truffle's finder

And by extension probably the whole village - not exactly starving, but it is not like the money vanished.


Terrible waste anyway.

[tuvor]

3. I didn't know the Pope was freakishly huge and lumpy.

[Wilber_Stool]

8. I guess you haven't seen him lately......n/t

[StopTheMorans]

7. wow, rich people sure do know how to eat!

pass the escargot while you're at it :puke:

[da_chimperor]

10. Escargot is one of the most delicious things you can ever eat

if it's done properly. :D

[StopTheMorans]

11. no, it's one of the most delicious things YOU can ever eat

i wouldn't pay to eat snails :P

[da_chimperor]

12. You don't have to. Just pick them out of your garden.

Put them on a bed of lettuce for a few days to clean them out, then cook them. You should also check to make sure they're the common garden snail, not some weird poisonous variety. ;)

[frictionlessO]

9. that is an absolute shame! One of natures greatest gifts wasted for

a popular rateings...

Im heartbroken, and angry.

[dolo amber]

14. Ha! Ha!!

Dumbasses. :eyes: