If you can t smell anything or you smell something like ammonia, then look for other truffles. If you buy ripe or mature truffles, eat them as soon as you can. Storing Truffle Chefs and truffle experts advise against storing or preserving truffles, as it causes them to dry out and lose their flavor as well as aroma. An example would be a truffle company in North Carolina, the Garland s Gourmet Mushrooms and Truffles who have been in the truffle business since 1990s. Although, most truffles could be found in the wild, history showed that they were cultivated during 1800s in France. However, the First World War caused serious damage on the truffle cultivation. There are truffles which are preserved so that it could be distributed. These mushrooms are cooked at 400 degrees and frozen, so that they would be able to reach its destination. Truffle mushrooms are not the only ones used for cooking. There are also different truffle products which also provide the same pungent taste, like truffle oil, butter, honey, vinegar and paste. What makes truffle hunting all the more difficult is the fact that this mushroom variety grows underground. You can dig truffles from as deep as 15 inches from the ground. That is why you enlist the help of a trained dog or pig when scouring different sources of truffles in the wild. Your hunting buddy must have the ability to detect the pungent smell of truffles. Cooking with Truffles: Tips for Enhancing the Flavor of Your Truffle Recipes What better way to add an exquisitely earthy flavor and strong aroma to your dishes than adding some truffles? Truffles are a special kind of mushroom with wrinkled and irregular shapes. The difficulty of finding them and their scarcity make them all the more valuable and of course, expensive. Regardless of variety, truffles work best when paired with fat-rich foods such as cheese (Parmesan, Asiago, and Romano varieties), butter, cream, and foie gras. Truffles are great with pasta, too. Grate them over the creamy sauce of your pasta, and you re sure to enjoy savoring this flavorful dish. Have a hearty breakfast courtesy of black truffles combined with scrambled eggs or omelets.