Why is JBT called Trifele and not Truffle?

maf · December 26, 2010

I like the flavour of Japanese Black Trifele and it has been productive in my climate, one of my favourites. The problem I have is that when I try and say the name to anybody I never know how to pronounce it - "triff-el" or "try-feel" or what? It is not in the dictionary either, so no help there. Is trifele regional slang or something?

When I take the Russian characters for the name from the Biotexnica website and paste them into google translate I get the translation "Japanese Black Truffle". I know how to pronounce that, so my question is why is Truffle not used for the English name?

December 26, 2010	#1
maf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 512	Why is JBT called Trifele and not Truffle? I like the flavour of Japanese Black Trifele and it has been productive in my climate, one of my favourites. The problem I have is that when I try and say the name to anybody I never know how to pronounce it - "triff-el" or "try-feel" or what? It is not in the dictionary either, so no help there. Is trifele regional slang or something? When I take the Russian characters for the name from the Biotexnica website and paste them into google translate I get the translation "Japanese Black Truffle". I know how to pronounce that, so my question is why is Truffle not used for the English name?