I went truffle hunting in Umbria. Umbria is in the middle of Italy, it has hills and countryside. Nearly all of Umbria is covered in farms. They grow, olives, tomatoes, courgettes, squash, pumpkins, potatoes, lettuce, fruit and herbs.
The truffles grow wild in the woods. Sometimes you can find really big truffles. You use a dog to sniff them out, they grow under ground they are a fungus like mushrooms. They are very expensive and they taste yum. We ate them on pasta and in salami and in balsamic vinegar and sauces.
We brought our truffles home for Dad, for his birthday. They are in the freezer.
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