{"id":40313,"date":"2016-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/expensive-truffle-oil-has-no-truffles-in-it\/"},"modified":"2016-10-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T00:00:00","slug":"expensive-truffle-oil-has-no-truffles-in-it","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/expensive-truffle-oil-has-no-truffles-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Expensive Truffle Oil Has No Truffles in It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing boosts the prestige of a food or beverage like the perception that it is traditional, hand-picked, fresh, or otherwise limited in production. But in a world full of manipulative marketers, the truffle is the real deal. A type of fungus that grows on tree roots, a few truffle varieties found in France, Spain, and surrounding areas are esteemed as a decadent addition to pasta and steaks. And these fickle cousins of mushrooms have proven impossible to mass produce; they are still dug up individually by dogs that track their scent.<\/p>\n\n<p>Admirers contend that the truffle begins to lose its flavor as soon as it is pulled from the ground, and fresh truffle season really only lasts a season. The rarity and temporality of truffles has made them the most expensive food in the world. In 2007, a Macau casino owner set a record by paying $330,000 for a 3.3 pound truffle unearthed in Tuscany. The combination of these two trends&mdash;the desire for a convenient, ever-ready supply of an ingredient, and a hunger for the traditional, the rare, and &quot;real food&quot;&mdash;led to what would seem to be a remarkably successful scam on foodie culture: truffle oil.<\/p>\n\n<p>But most truffle oil does not contain even trace amounts of truffle; it is olive oil mixed with 2,4-dithiapentane, a compound that makes up part of the smell of truffles and is as associated with a laboratory as Californian food is associated with local and organic ingredients. Essentially, truffle oil is olive oil plus truffles&#39; &quot;disconcerting&quot; smell. Despite truffle oil&#39;s poor source, though, it has been used and praised by both average joes and renowned chefs. Truffle oil has been a remarkably successful con.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Possible Preaching Angles: Are we Christians in name only? 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