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Truffles

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

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Is There a Demand Matching Demand for Truffles?

The 1863 death of a lot of wine led to more truffles. That's, you know, demand met or supply matching demand. The idea that just like this aphid like blight happened and it massively changed the cultural, agricultural economy of France is just like, sure, why not? Everyone just decided to grow truffle. Also, as a Jewish person who I feel like culturally values food over alcohol like growing up in my family. We're like, oh, well, we can't do this wine blight. So let's have pasta.

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