Do they use pigs to find truffles?

Chef's answer
To find them, truffle hunters traditionally used pigs, whose natural instinct for rooting behavior helped hunters locate the fancy fungi. But in reality, pigs have long been out of favor for hunting truffles. ... Three, dogs are much less likely to try to eat the truffle once they find it.
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A well-stocked grocery store will carry both kinds, but you'll find them in different places. Look for Spanish chorizo near other cured meats like salami and Mexican chorizo near other fresh sausages. (You may also find chourico, a popular Portuguese sausage similar to chorizo.).
Worm parasites only cause health problems when inadequately prepared fish are eaten (proper freezing and normal cooking kill the worms). The worms are not passed from person to person. Swallowing a live parasitic worm may not cause any illness if it passes through the intestine and is excreted..
Parasites are a natural occurrence, not contamination. They are as common in fish as insects are in fruits and vegetables. Parasites do not present a health concern in thoroughly cooked fish. Parasites become a concern when consumers eat raw or lightly preserved fish such as sashimi, sushi, ceviche, and gravlax..
1 in 10,000 and 1 in 12,000What are the odds of finding a pearl in your oyster? Apparently, somewhere between 1 in 10,000 and 1 in 12,000, according to this jeweler's website.
Northern crayfish
  • Clear Lake.
  • Cosumnes River, Lower.
  • Delta, Central and South.
  • French Meadows Reservoir.
  • Hell Hole Reservoir.
  • Mokelumne River, Lower.
  • Putah Creek including Lake Solano.
  • Sacramento River and Northern Delta.
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Freezing a fish for 24 to 72 hours at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit or cooking it to 140 degrees F for at least 10 minutes will kill any living worms. Chances are you had a cod fillet sandwich containing tiny worms that had already been killed by freezing, cooking or both.
Freshwater fish like trout and fish that spend part of their life in freshwater, such as salmon, may carry Diphyllobothrium tapeworm larvae (see information below). These small, whitish, and somewhat flabby worms are common in salmon from some areas of Alaska..
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