Giuseppe Santovito Enrico Francia
Truffle hunting in Cellamonte (Al)
Enrico Francia was born in 1944. He is a butcher who works in Cellamonte (AL) near one of the most known areas for truffle hunt: the Valle Ghenza.
In the interveiw Enrico tells about the 1960s and why the reservoirs were instituted in those years.
He also explains the most important knowledge and tools for the truffle huts.
Video table of contents
- Presentation
- A truffle ground
- An expensive hobby
- The truffle ground
- Once every village had one
- Walking not driving
- So many people come to Valle Ghenza
- Old and young hunters
- A quarrel for a ditch
- Private truffle ground
- The truffle dog
- The dog must know you
- Where the truffle grow is a mystery
- The weather
- Balck truffle in L'Aquila
- The truffles grow anyhow
- The moon
- The oak
- Shape and smell of a truffle
- When roots tangle
- A dog in the night
- A 800g truffle
- The hole of a truffle
- The shape of a truffle
- Underwater truffle
- A hard soil
- The fair of Alba
- Good truffle until January
- Fairs, hunters and traders
- Hailstorm
- When it rains
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Cella Monte
District: AL
Altitude: 268m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cella_Monte
Enrico Francia
Date of birth: 07-02-1944
City: Cella Monte
Profession: Artisan
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Giorgia Francia
Video by: Giorgia Francia, Luca Percivalle
Created: 28-02-2015
Questo video fa parte del seguente archivio
The white truffle
The white truffle
The archive investigates white truffles, known for their taste and frivolous aspects, but not for their cultural characteristics which plasmed generations of truffle hunters. The research presents a substrate of knowledge documented through dozens of interviews: historical and anthropological elements, rituals and myths on this prized fungus, still considered nowadays a nocturnal mystery. The project was promoted by the University of Gastronomic Sciences, l’Athe National Association “Città del Tartufo”, the national centre for truffle research and the Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo Foundation.
