Urbani TrufflesBlack Truffles & Mushroom Sauce 180g (6.4oz) - Italian Gourmet Truffle Sauce for Pasta, Meats, and Risotto, All-Natural & Ready to Use, No Artificial Ingredients

Way back in the day, I went to school with a young gay man, who was a disappointment to his father. I believe it not was because of his sexuality, but of the choices he made and those he did not make. Quite frankly, they had a communication problem. The father clearly loved his son, but each arguement ended in "because i'm gay". I think the father, unable to find the words, just gave up.His father came to our college for an event. I happened to be assigned to egg salad sandwiches for the afternoon tea with this young man. I, as I have always done, because I hate soggy, fall apart sandwiches, lightly toasted the bread. Because I knew his father was coming and egg salad sandwiches were one of his favorites, I told his nervous son, you need to do this. I asked him to get out all the ingredients and I would go over it with him but he needed to accomplish this on his own. In the fridge, the young man found a nearly full opened can of these truffles. Yes. These are not really truffles, but a few bits of real truffles, surrounded by regular everyday mushrooms. Let's face it. one real truffle can cost 1k+. The taste is still there. At that moment in my life, my strongest thought about this product was ....It works well enough.I was concerned it would turn the colour of the egg salad. The young man wanted so much to use 'real truffles' for his fathers egg salad sandwich. I caved in and allowed the strange concoction, monitoring it each step of the way. over his shoulder, out of the corner of my eye, just passing through. I asked him to drain the mushrooms in a small strainer and we would use the juice to lightly wilt the tiny diced onion and celery in a fry pan. We gave it a go. Surprisingly it did not alter the colour to any noticable extent. I credit that to cooking the mushrooms slightly to get out the colour and using the liquid for the saute pan. Everything sorta absorbed itself, or perhaps God was watching closer than I was and actually had a hand in it.The first person served that day was his father. He had been waiting at the front door for better than an hour. Although his father loved egg salad sandwiches, and he recieved two full sandwiches, instead of the two tea sandwiches apportioned for each guest, he was clearly disappointed at the 'culinary' creation of his son. He expected more from a culinary acadamy. "This is lunch?" He asked his son. The son said, "Yes. It is what I was assigned to make for the afternoon tea service. I thought you'd like more of these." The father looked down at his plate and said thank you. His son walked back to the kitchen and we both, peeked out around the corner of the kitchen window into the dinning room and held our breath. The young man said, "ah dad don't!!" under his breath, as his dad grabbed the salt shaker and sprinked it on the inner workings of the first sandwich. He then took a bite, and began to chew, then smile. He didn't salt the the second sandwich. The highest complement a young chef could ever have. You see, they really did love each other.Excerpt from Miss Elizabeth Marie's, Memories of a lifetime.I have never stopped using these poor man truffles since.

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This product is expensive but soooo good.

This USA great product however both cans of Urbani Truffles arrived damaged! Both cans were severely dented and bent. I was able to use one can but the other can was so damaged I had to throw it away because I feared the integrity of the seal had been compromised.

My sister who lives in Italy was raving about this product and highly recommended me to try it to get myself hooked too. Ebay's Italian store where she was buying it paying $18 per 16oz jar wanted 35 Euro just for shipping to US and I didn't want to pay that much for the product I never tried. This product was the least expensive one I've found here, even being small size, just to try. What can I say about it. It's unusual to say the least. I am very fond of caviar and I was expecting something alike, but it isn't. It's not salty, and tastes like minced mushrooms with an obvious truffle oil. It was a bit too greasy for my liking but spreading it on crackers helped a lot and was actually pretty tasty after I got into it. The jar was quite tiny and I was done with it in one day thinking that I will never buy it again. But, 2 days later I was missing it. I would buy it again if I find a cheaper source here in US.