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January 17, 2025

Mmmm, Cuitlacoche

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From websites:

Cuitlacoche [above] is a black fungus that infects corn fields, making the kernels bulbous and swollen as they fill with spores [below, an infected kernel next to an unaffected one].

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It also goes by the name Huitlacoche.

If you're having trouble with the pronunciation, it's kweet-lah-KOH-chay.

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U.S. farmers consider it a disease and destroy it.

Farmers in Mexico put it in cans [above and below] and sell it as a delicacy.

It's frequently called Maize Mushroom, Corn Smut, or Mexican Truffle.

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Having not yet had the pleasure of tasting it, I'm hoping some of you who have will report in on your experience(s).

Others new to this Mexican specialty can go where few boj readers have gone before and try it for yourself for the low, low price of $10.10.

January 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM | Permalink


Comments

You first.

Posted by: bookofjoe | Jan 22, 2025 8:26:19 AM

It's so great that you didn't try it in 15 years...

Posted by: nonom | Jan 22, 2025 12:33:05 AM

To be precise, 15 years and 15 days ago, as any fool can plainly see below.

This stuff is so great it's worth dropping a post about it every 15 years.

Look for the next blast from the past on January 18, 2040.

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Posted by: bookofjoe | Jan 18, 2025 8:55:57 AM

Err. You wrote about this 15 years ago.

I miss "Steve, don't Eat It"

Posted by: Nonom | Jan 18, 2025 1:54:03 AM

Joes, Huitlacoche was my guess, but then I thought, "Nah, it's Joe, so it must be some Japanese fruit."

Posted by: antares | Jan 17, 2025 5:29:49 PM

roll up a burrito of that stuff topped with surströmming

Posted by: JohnM | Jan 17, 2025 12:23:43 PM

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