Mega Truffle Found in Tuscany

[IMG Mega Truffle Found in Tuscany] Via AP: A white truffle weighing more than three pounds, dug up in Tuscany by a truffle-sniffing dog, will be auctioned this week in Florence for charity. Truffle hunter Cristiano Savini said Tuesday he was searching for truffles with his father last week in Palaia, about 25 miles from Pisa, when his dog, Rocco, started sniffing “like crazy.” With Rocco leashed to a tree to prevent him from digging too furiously, the Savinis carefully extracted a truffle

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