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I'm not suggesting there are no oil soluble materials in mushrooms. But just because there are such materials does not mean there is any such thing as "truffle
by cmurf 10y ago
I'm not suggesting there are no oil soluble materials in mushrooms. But just because there are such materials does not mean there is any such thing as "truffle oil" or "mushroom oil" in the same way there are nut, avocado, and olive oils which are produce by extraction. To actually get truffle oil would be insanely expensive and insofar as I'm aware, there's no evidence either the flavor or smell we're interested in with truffles is even in its own (minimal) fats.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoWell, "X oil" does not necessarily mean "oil made by pressing X", it can also mean "oil infused with X". Case in point: chili oil, or "olio al peperoncino", has been made in Italy for centuries and the name is not made up to confuse consumers. In fact, one can argue that the English language is really the problem here, because it does not have prepositions like e.g. Italian has. In Italian, we wouldn't be having this argument, because "olio al peperoncini" or "olio al tartufo" are clearly in a different class of things from "olio di olivo" or "olio di noce".