August 9, 2007

The Tennessee Truffle Boom

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    We may be witnessing the beginning of an American Truffle Boom according to a number of recent news stories. A Tennessee biologist-turned-truffle-farmer recently brought in the first commercial harvest of 30 pounds of the aphrodisiac nuggets, worth about $24,0000.
    Aphrodisiology.com wrote about truffles a while back. These underground 'mushrooms' contain androstenol, a musky steroid that is a pheromone and aphrodisiac. Strangely, the articles from big media outlets make no mention of androstenol or sexual arousal.

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