Why is it so hard to replicate the ideal conditions are plants like truffle or wasabi? Like I get they can only grow under certain conditions but what about it’s surroundings is so hard to replicate?
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They require a highly complex and specific environment in which to grow.
Snow is very rarely found in Jamaica, so you would have to manufacture it there if you wanted it. Since snow can’t happen within the temperature range and humidity factor of Jamaica, you would have to farm it. It’s a bit weird if an explanation, but simple enough to understand.
Truffles are overrated mushrooms farmed in a specific forested environment in Spain and other nations. It has to be the right soil, right trees, right climate, temp, humidity, etc. Terraforming is extremely expensive and can ultimately fail, like organ transplants.
But, some truffle farmers are actively trying to slow down the scientific understanding, as the high price of the product alone drives demand from people who may have otherwise written it off (disliking mushrooms). And since they’re rare and hard to farm, it keeps the industry financially lucrative.
On the one hand, idiots will buy mushrooms at exorbitant prices just to say they tried it for the gram, and the other hand the farmers make tons of money off of a fungus that ruins a dish if you use more than a sliver, much like saffron.
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