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chefreit

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I also did my culinary externship in Italy.(Ancona)

One night while preparing a wedding banquet. The chef brought out these cartilage like stones, shrouded in secrecy claiming they were illegal to take from the sea.

He cut them in half to reveal a bright orange like moullusk that was delicious.

Have you ever seen or eaten these creatures? What are they?

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Mario Batali

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the mollusk in question seems to be something called tarufi di mare sea truffles they are ancient mollusks that gow a centimeter per year and grow inside volcanic rock ... to get to them you need to blast the rocks apart destroying the bed once and for all... they are severely limited and generally illegal, and thus considered a super delicacy

they are exquisite

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