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A listener note. This podcast.

A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone. Please be advised. If you have dined at any high-end restaurant lately,

you will likely see a dish that contains truffles.

Truffles, and edible fungus shaped like small potatoes

are considered a delicacy and have been one of the most

sought after foods throughout history. The ancient Greeks believed that they were

magical and healed minds and bodies,

while the Egyptians believed truffles were plants of immortality.

Part of the truffles draw is its smell.

That aroma is what makes the flavor of the truffles so intense.

That scent comes from a combination of chemicals and pheromones, the primary one being Androstonon, a sex

pheromone for pigs.

However, the shelf life of the truffle is only 7 to 10 days.

After that, the scent is gone.

The short window of time that you are able to use the truffle,

the inability to easily grow them, and the effort it takes to find them,

as they only grow underground in specific areas, makes obtaining them very difficult, which

makes them very rare.

And rare normally translates too expensive.

In 2007, Luciano and Christiano Savini entered the Guinness Book of World Records after they unearthed

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