24 Aug 26 OMFG you are NOT going to believe what I just bought today! To be fair, it was two disappointments before that, but, you know... First off, I had been to see my Acupuncturist. And it was unpleasant. Mostly it consisted of: What you done? Why you no call earlier? Look! Look! And the taking of pictures... Look! Look! See what colour the toxins coming out are! Why you no call! What wrong with you? Interspersed with: Ow! Ow! Stop that! You're hurting me! 'cause stupid! Why not call earlier? Anyway, I left feeling like a new woman. So off I went to hit my Italian place. To pick up Truffle stuff. Which led to my next disappointment. Apparently, peeps can sell Truffle oil with, wait for it, Truffle flavourings and can still call it Truffle oil. How? A flavouring is not, in any way that you judge these things, an actual Truffle. This, more than any other thing in this world, makes me feel old. I feel like I'm talking to a child, You. Can't. Sell. Truffle. Oil. If. It. Doesn't. Have. Any. Truffles. In. It. My bad. Apparently you can. Which took me back to being bad tempered and sulky. But then, wait, Truffles are one of my Superfoods. There is nothing else like it in this world. Freaking love them. You have any kind of Inflammation? Hit the Truffles - you will not recognize yourself. Anyway, I refused to buy the, Truffle oil with no Truffle in it and got talking to the owners and staff there and, wait for it, New Zealand also grows Truffles. Who knew? So then I came home, yes, with Proscuitto and a Truffle cream type thingy (with actual Truffles, although not many) and Lady Fingers for my Lady-Finger-Lemon-Juice-Lemon-Curd bit of deliciousness and hit Google. ....and I am now the proud owner of TWO (2) Truffle trees. Well, actually they are oak trees, but Inoculated with the Tuber Melanosporum Spore. Truffle for the uninitiated. I know! How freaking cool is that? And the best part? These ones are already one (1) year old. Because Truffles need between 4 and 10 years to make actual Truffles. And I love that even more! That I have to buy something, then nurture it for the next 10 years, to get something which only lasts for two (2) months a year. June to August. If I could love Truffles anymore than them being a Super food, then I love them for this. Ten years of love for 8 weeks of deliciousness. They then grow yearly, which is nice. But the first time takes 10 years. Love always, T and Spirit, dino_the_dinosaur_kettle and the tribe * I respect the Elders of the Land where I work, live, laugh, love and play - Past, Present and Future.
