Hunters originally used sow pigs to hunt for truffles, and sows are naturally extremely sensitive to the scent of truffles.

According to scientific research, truffles taste similar to boars.

Sows can smell truffles 20-30 meters underground and from a distance of more than 10 meters.

The problem, however, is that sows are also very fond of eating truffles.

As they arch the truffle out of the ground, they can easily destroy the truffle's original shape.

This is also because it is often very reckless.

When it digs its nose into the ground, it destroys the mycelium of the truffles and destroys the entire truffle growth environment.

This also results in lower truffle yields in many areas after sows hump truffles.

This is why people prefer to train dogs to hunt for truffles.

When truffles are in production, which is from early December to the end of February each year, hunters need to look for underground truffles.

Leave the hunter without his own truffle hound.

During the season when he needs hounds, he seeks out truffle hunters who know him well to help find truffles in his ground, and compensates the truffle hunters with some truffles based on yield.

Sometimes, a basket can be found, and in some years only a few.

The position of truffles in the world food industry is unshakable.

Truffles have a long history.

Today, truffles are known as "diamonds in the food industry" and have become a world-class top ingredient.

France's most prized truffles come mainly from Provence.

Finding these truffles buried deep in the ground is not easy.

The dogs' keen sense of smell helps hunters here.

A well-trained truffle hunter is indispensable in the truffle collecting process.

Tracing the history of truffles, truffles were first mentioned in Sumerian inscriptions.

For this mysterious ingredient, the ancient Babylonians began a long journey of exploration.

In the Middle Ages, truffles were often used medicinally to treat certain illnesses.

However, in an unknown way, truffles have been given the bad reputation of "witches' condiment."

It wasn't until the Renaissance that truffles were properly named and reappeared on people's dinner tables.

Truffles are actually a natural mushroom that grows under oak soil and look a bit like an oval ginger.

Some are as small as glass beads, and some are as big as a fist.

Besides their special fragrance, another reason why truffles are expensive is that they are very picky about the environment in which they grow.

They will not be able to grow if there is even a slight change in sunlight, water volume or soil pH.

Although truffles are artificially grown, there is no way to guarantee the yield, and the aroma and characteristics of truffles are entirely artificial.

Production is limited and uncontrollable, and the price of truffles soars due to high demand.

It's called black gold.

Provence is the main producer of truffles in France and the most precious source of truffles in the world.

There are plenty of oak, chestnut or pine trees.

Because truffles can only grow at the roots of these trees, Provence has four distinct seasons and plenty of sunlight.

After all, how to find truffles hidden deep underground and take them out completely is also a university problem, so Truffle Hunters came into being.