Comments on: Keeping up with the Czarnecki's http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/04/14/keeping-up-with-the-czarneckis/ Searching out the sublime, the silly and the surreal in Oregon's capital city. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jack Czarnecki and America’s First Authentic Truffle Oil « Desperately Seeking Salem http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/04/14/keeping-up-with-the-czarneckis/#comment-345 Jack Czarnecki and America’s First Authentic Truffle Oil « Desperately Seeking Salem Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:07:55 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=649#comment-345 [...] I started tagging along with Jack Czarnecki on his body-breaking truffle hunts last spring, when Oregon’s spring black truffles were in bloom. I later joined him for a white truffle hunt – the result of which is a longish [...] [...] I started tagging along with Jack Czarnecki on his body-breaking truffle hunts last spring, when Oregon’s spring black truffles were in bloom. I later joined him for a white truffle hunt – the result of which is a longish [...]

]]> By: Truffle Week! Day Two: White Asparagus Salad « Desperately Seeking Salem http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/04/14/keeping-up-with-the-czarneckis/#comment-344 Truffle Week! Day Two: White Asparagus Salad « Desperately Seeking Salem Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:00:52 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=649#comment-344 [...] I only used a few sprinklings. Thankfully, I didn’t pay for these truffles except for with the sweat off my [...] [...] I only used a few sprinklings. Thankfully, I didn’t pay for these truffles except for with the sweat off my [...]

]]> By: Emily Grosvenor http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/04/14/keeping-up-with-the-czarneckis/#comment-343 Emily Grosvenor Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:56:16 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=649#comment-343 yeah, I'm still recovering. I love my little aches and pains -- they taste so damn good. yeah, I’m still recovering. I love my little aches and pains — they taste so damn good.

]]> By: Jenny http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/04/14/keeping-up-with-the-czarneckis/#comment-342 Jenny Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:50:14 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=649#comment-342 I think it was about $90 for a pound. I can't remember exactly. I found a guy on craigslist, he sells blacks too. We got all smaller ones, they were cheaper, still as good. Whites are more mild in flavor, so you use a bit more for the intensity. In the back of my freezer, I still have about 8 tablespoon sized lumps of truffle butter, plus a tub of whole truffles suspended in butter. you can fish one out and grate it, still frozen, onto dishes. it's so wonderful. I'm jealous, it seems like a really fun activity to do, especially with such an expert. Totally worth the sore body. I think it was about $90 for a pound. I can’t remember exactly. I found a guy on craigslist, he sells blacks too. We got all smaller ones, they were cheaper, still as good. Whites are more mild in flavor, so you use a bit more for the intensity. In the back of my freezer, I still have about 8 tablespoon sized lumps of truffle butter, plus a tub of whole truffles suspended in butter. you can fish one out and grate it, still frozen, onto dishes. it’s so wonderful.

I’m jealous, it seems like a really fun activity to do, especially with such an expert. Totally worth the sore body.

]]> By: Emily Grosvenor http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/04/14/keeping-up-with-the-czarneckis/#comment-341 Emily Grosvenor Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:43:29 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=649#comment-341 Were they expensive? We should trade truffle stories. I haven't tried the whites yet, but I will. Jack C. tells me they are more plentiful. With blacks, you only get one per hundred rake strokes. Hence the aching body I have today. Exercise never tasted so good... Were they expensive? We should trade truffle stories. I haven’t tried the whites yet, but I will. Jack C. tells me they are more plentiful. With blacks, you only get one per hundred rake strokes. Hence the aching body I have today. Exercise never tasted so good…

]]> By: Jenny http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/04/14/keeping-up-with-the-czarneckis/#comment-340 Jenny Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:38:54 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=649#comment-340 Yuuum!!!! My family and I went in on it together and bought about a pound of white truffles earlier this spring. I've got a bunch of ideas on not only cooking with the truffles (slices of truffle under the skin of a chicken, then roast), but also preserving it so you can have truffle butter to use for months and months. It's such a decadent treat. That's so awesome that you went out and dug them up yourself. Yuuum!!!! My family and I went in on it together and bought about a pound of white truffles earlier this spring. I’ve got a bunch of ideas on not only cooking with the truffles (slices of truffle under the skin of a chicken, then roast), but also preserving it so you can have truffle butter to use for months and months. It’s such a decadent treat. That’s so awesome that you went out and dug them up yourself.

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