Say, Ninette!
Is coffee on the way?
Yes.
I don't think it's working.
Hello hello.
Here he is!
Everything is ready!
Not so fast 'Everything is ready'! The coffee isn't!
It should've been boiling a long time ago over there.
Let me go and have a look.
It's not working this.
What isn't?
The coffee!
What about Yves?
He won't be long.
Right, he won't be long.
Oh and he's bringing croissants with him.
We're going to have breakfast!
Before we set off.
We have to.
So in olden days old people would say,
when it was bitterly cold,
they would say:
(in patois) 'La trufa va madurar',
it's going to ripen.
Now,
because it is in the cold,
it's just as if it was inside a freezer.
It's enclosed.
So as soon as the weather then gets better,
all the scent comes out.
So they'd say:
'Cold weather ripens truffles'.
It doesn't ripen them, it freezes them!
But they did everything the wrong way round then.
Everyone here waiting for me?
Yes we are!
As always.
All eagerly waiting for me!
And for a while now...
Hello my friends!
How's tricks mate?
Good.
Here look!
Boy it's a good start.
Hi René.
It's weak.
Aren't we on good form!
(in patois) It's weak.
We're on good form! I can feel that today...
I don't know why I can feel it!
What's that?
We're going to have a good time!
That we are!
Don't you think so?
It's going to be a fine one.
We haven't been for a week.
Yeah.
We should be rewarded.
We need coffee cups for them don't we?
How long ago did you start meeting up for these afternoons together,
for truffle hunting?
Let's see… 10 years.
We go back 10 years or so.
We met randomly,
we started chatting about truffles.
Straight away there was a good connection.
It's become a habit.
We used to always meet up,
we'd have a drink,
here and there...
That's it really, and we've kept going.
So every week, more or less,
maybe twice a week?
Sometimes!
A couple of times a week.
We meet up and come here...
And then we get going.
We go,
we just go!
We don't think much about it.
We say 'let's go here, let's go there' and it's all good!
It's all very good.
And we're as happy when we find
one truffle,
than when we find 10 or 15 or more.
It's all fine.
So then, René, are you feeling optimistic or what?
What?
Are you optimistic or what?
I am, yes!
Good!
All is well.
Perfect.
It'll be a good one, you'll see.
Still, better to go today than yesterday.
Did it snow in Trassanel?
Yes it did!
Ah.
So is there any snow left up there?
No but it's not far off.
Just North of Castans it is.
Ok, it's alright.
Come here Ami, come girl/boy?!
Don't forget the truffle hoe.
(in patois) Oh boy.
Here!
Right, are we ready?
Off we go!
Are we going?
Let's go René.
Wait wait there's a hammer in the way!
Don't shut it! Don't shut it René, leave it open.
Right let's be off.
Let's go.
Here we go!
Here we go!
This is the big rush right now!
Ah!
Come on come on!
Go Ami, go.
Search.
Ha! There!
There she is!
Here you are René.
Very good.
Mmmh!
Just smell this René!
Smell it!
There.
Can you tell us more about the tool you're using?
That tool is a cavadou.
That's what it's called.
So this here is for the earth.
And this is to dig out a stone if need be.
Right okay.
She's not too keen.
Come on Ami, try again.
It's a root.
Good girl? boy? Ami.
(Whistles)
Here look.
Look at that.
It's nice it is that one.
After how long does a tree start giving truffles?
All this here was planted in 2003.
And I first had some...
I think the first ones were in 2013, weren't they Jean-Claude?
10 years it takes.
It takes 10 years.
And still, you don't get them with all the trees.
I mean, there are 4 or 5 trees,
on the lot, among all of them.
So in the end,
it's nothing else than…
Here Yves, as you have a good nose!
... nothing else than the mycorrhiza.
The trees we buy have been inoculated with truffle mycorrhiza.
And so with the osmosis of it all,
that mycorrhiza attaches itself onto the oak's roots,
so that in the spring a truffle will grow.
This truffle here.
So in a way it's similar to the mushroom mysteries.
Why do ceps grow one year?
Why don't they the next?
With this it's the same. Why is it that one year we get a few truffles?
Why, another year, do we get...
This year for example they had truffles in Lalbenque.
Us here it's a little...
A little...
It's a little on the low side.
We could do with more,
so we're truly happy!
Who is René to you?
Well he's the one who taught us all that we know.
On truffles.
He knows everything.
He's the one who taught you everything and also gave you the bug?
He's the one who got Yves and I into it,
and who taught us everything we know.
He helped us planting the trees, he advised us on where.
From A to Z.
With the dogs too.
Yves, can you explain what you see?
Right now I'm looking at its side to see, first of all,
yes, to see if it's firm.
Ah and then that smell!
That smell!
Just smell this Jean-Claude.
But you have a cold!
Why don't you find yourself a good doctor so you can get better!
Oh yes!
Even with my cold I can smell it.
Very good.
Good!
Truffles have got a unique taste,
It's true that...
there's no other mushroom with
that scent,
That aroma,
And so you don't need
a big truffle to really enjoy it.
Only just if you put a truffle in a Tupperware it will soak up...
and flavour the egg right through its shell.
And I mean when you break that egg to make an omelette
the egg has already soaked up the flavour.
And it's a unique taste.
What I mean is that...
it's a taste that you won't...
that you won't find anywhere else.
It has this long finish,
and even so it's...
Well yes, it's...
it's also very light.
But it doesn't do well cooked.
It's a mushroom that is only eaten raw.
That's all you need to know about truffles.
Now it's become a passion.
And that's thanks to them.
Also it is rare a friendship like this...
built around truffles which normally,
it's a jealous business.
There is this mysterious side of course,
but on top of that well there are squabbles and rivalry...
It's not unheard of to have shotguns involved.
It's ludicrous.
(in patois) Let's go and eat.
(in patois) And have a drink!
Come on Ami!
Come, Ami!
In you jump!
Bloody hell I'm knackered.
(in patois) Let's go eat and have a drink!
Here! A Crémant wine from Limoux,
straight from the winemakers'!
And drank straight from the bottle!
Just like a trumpet!
(in patois) You'd better be passing it round, that trumpet of yours!
Along with a bit of pork!
(in patois) A bit of pork.
(in patois) There we go, a bit of pork!
A pig's trotter!
So here we are, we're now at Jean-Claude's.
At Jean-Claude and Christiane's that is.
And we're about to make a truffle omelette!
We already have little pieces of buttered toast.
And I'm going to get the eggs from the fridge.
Ah so he's the chef is he?!
With,
as discussed,
that egg flavoured by the truffles...
oh what a shame that you can't smell it!
That's right!
So that's it, and now we're going to use these eggs.
to make the omelette.
Can you explain to us how long the truffles have been in there?
Those truffles have been here for 8 days.
And so the egg, through the...
here we are, it smells of truffle!
There. And we're going to have that same scent,
that same truffle scent, we're going to taste it in the omelette once cooked,
and on top of that of course we're going to do the 'Icing on the cake'.
We're going to grate a bit of truffle just as we're about to fold the omelette in the dish.
And you'll see just how wonderful it will be to eat!
This here is today's harvest split in 3.
And René you don't cook?
No I just watch.
I've never fiddled with a fork
or a knife.
To eat with it's alright.
But then to cook...
That's not my thing.
No you don't cook you.
You just eat.
Yes I eat.
I don't eat much,
I eat like a grasshopper.
No I really don't eat that much.
but I enjoy the atmosphere.
The way we are made to feel welcome.
Here it's almost like my own home.
It is our home, all of us.
We're inseparable, always together.
We enjoy ourselves.
It's always a joy to come here.
Let's get started on that omelette!
First we're going to wash the truffles.
Here. Can you see them like this?
Or maybe like this it's better?
Can you see?
All those little...
Yes here, where it's a bit like a bulgy diamond.
Actually the earth gets lodged between these...
Here, I think now you can see them.
All those little...
Little diamonds almost.
Here.
Say, they've been at it for a while now!
You know how to do it Yves?
Yes.
Do you need a hand?
Nah I'm good!
I'm good.
We're lucky to have Yves.
(in patois) I'm fine! I'm fine, see!
It smells of truffle!
(in patois) It smells of truffle.
Turn off the flame!
Hear the truffle's lament.
The truffle's song!
Here!
(in patois) Enjoy your meal!
Great! (in patois) Enjoy your meal!
Right.
Here we go!
Enjoy everyone.
Righto.
(in patois) May we be together again like this next year.
Oh yes, we'll be here next year alright!
That brawn is good.
Justine!
Oh shit!
Oops sorry!
Thank you.
Here, try the brawn Jean-Claude.
For more infomation >> Liên Khúc Nhạc Trữ Tình Tuyển Chọn Hay Nhất 2018 | Ca Nhạc Bolero Nhiều Ca Sĩ Hát Cực Hay - Duration: 49:51. 
For more infomation >> EMBRASSE-LA - La Petite Sirène | Cover by Chloé Guerin - Mermaid: Claire la Sirène - Duration: 2:56. 
For more infomation >> Uomini e Donne, rubato il profilo di Luigi: c'entra Lorenzo? | Wind Zuiden - Duration: 3:31. 
For more infomation >> Uomini e Donne, la nuova vita di Anna Munafò | Wind Zuiden - Duration: 3:18. 
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét