Truffles and hunters

What is tartufo and who are trifolau?

In Italian, the word tartufo means truffle. Finding a truffle is not easy. It grows underground. Therefore, people who search for a mushroom in Piedmont are called "trifalau" in dialect.

This is a separate licensing profession associated with the collection of this type of mushroom. Among the villagers of Piedmont, I know entire Trifalau dynasties who transfer their experience from generation to generation. In Alba, every autumn from the beginning of October to the end of November, the annual truffle festival Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo! From the beginning of September until Christmas, thousands of mushrooms compete in search of this amazing fragrant delicacy.

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