In Belgium and France they use trained pigs to find and dig up Truffels in the wild.

Welcome to the forums Kristen. Enjoy your stay.

EvF

Yes thanks for the info Rhiz.. I really must try truffles before I die!

Binny,

Yeah, every time I see my own avatar I think of road apples first then truffles so I AM going to have to change it.

Fr0d0,

For real real! Truffles am teh shiznizzle!

Rhizo

Welcome Kristen to the atheist forums I hope you enjoy your stay here.

@Rhizo the mushrooms you have for your avatar are red with yellow spots? covered with grass, are these truffles to?

Amp

Amphora,

No, those are Amannita Muscaria commonly known as the Fly Agaric mushroom because it was used to stupefy houseflys. There was a type that grew in Siberia that were said to be hallucinogenic but that is not true of the ones in oregon. They are narcotic though, and cause vibrations in muscle tissue, a wholely odd experience that I wouldn't reccomend. They are also the mushroom that made Mario bigger in Super Mario World.

Rhizo

Hi there, Kristen. Welcome to the forums. (I would have greeted sooner but being swamped at work has diminished my time online.) What are your favourite subjects to discuss and debate?

Yeah! More metal heads!

Welcome

(September 21, 2009 at 12:44 pm)Falhalterra Wrote: I'm also a metalhead and going into an English Major.

Greetings Kristen and welcome to the forum.

I'm a much older metalhead. Do you like any of the old school metal such as Dio, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions and Black Sabbath?

Huge Maiden fan here, and Black Sabbath, but not with Dio.