Stop Looking

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Albert Camus

A few days ago my wife asked me a question about truffles and why they’re so hard to find. I didn’t have an answer and forgot about that question, until this week’s quote. Well, B, here’s your answer from MSN.com : “The Truffle Hog: What is a truffle pig? ” According to the article, though truffles historically came from Perigord, France and Alba, Italy, they can be found in other parts of the world, including the state of Oregon in North America. And while pigs were traditionally used dating back to the Roman era, dogs can be trained to root them out. Now, sometimes learning about things can introduce more information than one wants to know, such as this ditty about the aphrodisiac effect of truffles: “Anyone who has savored a truffle can attest to its aphrodisiac effect… In Harold McGee’s book ‘On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen’, we learn that truffles contain androstenol, a pheromone found in men’s underarm sweat, (be still my beating heart). This chemical is also found in the saliva of the male pig, which prompts mating behavior in the sow.” TMI; too much information.

About the author

Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.