Idolobha lase-Italy iSan Miniato livame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi "City of White Truffles". Njalo ngoNovemba, kubanjelwa iholide lendabuko elinikezwe lawa makhowe amangalisayo - umkhosi omhlophe we-truffle… Isebenza ngeMigqibelo nangeSonto kulo lonke uNovemba, kuqala ngoMgqibelo wesibili enyangeni, iheha ama-gourmets avela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Kepha ngo-2020, ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus, imicimbi yomkhosi ingakhanselwa.
Ama-truffle amhlophe ukuziqhenya kwe-Italy, kanti ama-truffle amhlophe avela kule ndawo abizwa nge- "King of Food" (iTuber Magnatum Pico), athathwa njengamakhowe abaluleke kakhulu. Kulapha lapho kutholakala khona i-truffle emhlophe enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, enesisindo esingu-2,5 kg.
Amakhowe endawo awadumile kuphela ngosayizi wawo, kodwa futhi ngekhwalithi yawo. Ama-truffle amhlophe avela eSan Miniato akhonzwa ezindaweni zokudlela ezihamba phambili emhlabeni. Azivamile kangako futhi anephunga elijule kakhulu kunama-truffle amnyama avela eFrance, futhi athathwa njengamnandi kakhulu kunawaseFrance, kanti intengo yawo kwesinye isikhathi idlula ama-euro ayizinkulungwane ezimbili ngekhilogremu. UBrillat Savarin wabhala: “Ama-truffle enza abesifazane babe nesisa nabesilisa bathande kakhulu.”
Isikhathi sokuvuna lawa makhowe e-Italy nguNovemba. I-truffle emhlophe ihlala isikhathi esifushane; ikhula ezimpandeni zezihlahla bese iqala ukubuna ngokushesha nje lapho ikhishwa emhlabathini. Ngisho nangaphansi kwezimo ezinhle kakhulu, ingagcina ukunambitheka kwayo izinsuku eziyi-10 kuphela. Ngakho-ke, ama-gourmets eqiniso eza emkhosini futhi abheke phambili ekubonakaleni kwamakhowe amasha ezindaweni zokudlela zasendaweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kungalesi sikhathi lapho ungathenga noma uzame khona ngamanani ancishisiwe. Ngendlela, ama-truffle amhlophe avame ukudliwa eluhlaza, ngaphambi kokusikwa kube yizicucu ezincane. Kepha kunezitsha eziningi ezenziwe ngala makhowe amahle.
E-San Miniato, balungiselela umkhosi waminyaka yonke ngokucophelela okukhulu: bahlela ukunambitha okuningi namakilasi aphezulu, lapho bachaza khona ukuthi bangakhetha kanjani futhi balungiselele ama-truffle, futhi bahlele nendali ye-truffle, lapho noma ngubani angaba umnikazi wekhowe abalithandayo ngokukhokha isamba esikhulu. Noma mhlawumbe yena uqobo "uzingela" ama-truffles ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwe- "triphalau" onolwazi (umzingeli we-truffle).
I-truffle emhlophe akuyona ukunambitheka okuyingqayizivele kuphela, kodwa futhi ingesinye sezici eziyinhloko zebhizinisi lendawo namasiko. I-White Truffle Festival iguqula idolobha libe umbukiso omkhulu ovulekile cishe inyanga yonke, lapho ungeke uthenge kuphela ubumnandi obuthandayo, kepha futhi unambithe ukudla kwasendaweni usebenzisa lawa makhowe adumile - ama-risotto, ipasta, amasoso, ibhotela, okhilimu, fondue…
Njengengxenye yeholide, unganambitha futhi ungathengi ama-truffle kuphela, kepha futhi newayini elingcono kakhulu lase-Italy, iminenke, ushizi namafutha omnqumo. Futhi phakathi nezinsuku zomkhosi, imidlalo ehlukahlukene yeshashalazi, imidlalo yezingubo nemidlalo yomculo ibanjwa emigwaqweni yedolobha.