Giuseppe Santovito Paola Manfredi
The only hobby
Paola Manfredi, born in 1967 in Marsaglia, lives in Murazzano with her family which runs a farm. The truffle hunt is her only hobby. He learned it from his father, in the 1980s, and then she started over in 1999, once married and with children.
In the interview she talks about her story, explaining how one hunts the truffles and the importance of the dog in the hunt. In particular tells of her bond with her dogs, from the first one, lived for 14 years, to the other she had.
She touches on some elements of the local folklore, proverbs and the legend of witches, highlighting that for her the fear arises from concrete things, the dark, wild boars and wolves, and therefore she prefers truffle hunting during the day rather than at night.
Video table of contents
- First with my father, then alone since 1999
- The relationship with the dog
- My father gave me a male dog, after that only female dogs
- Only few women
- Fear of the dark and wild animals
- From my father
- Not without a dog
- A truffle field
- Always in the same place
- Lunar phases
- A logbook
- Preservation
- I eat truffles but I prefer to hunt them
- Aphrodisiac
- Mongrel
- The calendar
- In the snow
- Dog poisoning
- Proverb
- A truffle huntress with her daughter
- Cooking with truffle
- How to dig a truffle out
- With the soil
- I don't hunt
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Murazzano
District: CN
Altitude: 749m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murazzano
Paola Manfredi
Date of birth: 02-16-1967
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Luca Percivalle, Michele Fontefrancesco
Video by: Remo Schellino
Created: 16-02-2014
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.
