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The solution to this is probably technology. We need the ability to farm truffles on a large scale, which will bring down their price. Until then, expecting imp
by kyledrake 4y ago
The solution to this is probably technology. We need the ability to farm truffles on a large scale, which will bring down their price. Until then, expecting imperfect substitutes is reasonable to me.
I actually enjoy the taste of truffle oil (especially on fries) and don't like spending enormous amounts of money on food, so it's a pretty reasonable compromise to me. I was planning to order some truffles sometime and make a few things with them and it's entirely plausible that I will prefer the synthetic version to the real thing.
- paulcole 4y ago> The solution to this is probably technology This is HN in a nutshell. When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail. Maybe this isn’t even a situation that needs to be solved?
- kyledrake 4y agoThat's a straw man, there are many things I don't think technology can achieve. Food scarcity is one of the first, classic things human technology has improved through agriculture, and it's reasonable to think it will do the same thing to the high cost of truffles, and indeed the demand will incentivize people to try and reward those that finally succeed at it. If that's bad, then my question is why should truffles be expensive forever?
- foolfoolz 4y agothere’s a company trying to do that https://www.americantruffle.com/ https://www.americantruffle.com/