Sweetcorn luxury

[swyn]

We have been harvesting this years sweetcorn. Isn’t this a delicious treat?

Anyway, we have discovered that some cobs have been infected by the fungus known as Huitlacoche and this is regarded as a delicacy of old.
Fried in butter I will say this is delicious and an addition to a sweetcorn based meal.
S

 

[Broch]

We have been harvesting this years sweetcorn. Isn’t this a delicious treat?

Anyway, we have discovered that some cobs have been infected by the fungus known as Huitlacoche and this is regarded as a delicacy of old.
Fried in butter I will say this is delicious and an addition to a sweetcorn based meal.
S

I'd never heard of it!

 

[punkrockcaveman]

We have been harvesting this years sweetcorn. Isn’t this a delicious treat?

Anyway, we have discovered that some cobs have been infected by the fungus known as Huitlacoche and this is regarded as a delicacy of old.
Fried in butter I will say this is delicious and an addition to a sweetcorn based meal.
S

Is that the same as corn smut? Noticed a few folk have seen that so far this year

 

[swyn]

Is that the same as corn smut? Noticed a few folk have seen that so far this year

Yes, corn smut is the American word.
S

 

[FerlasDave]

You’re a brave man. I don’t normally turn my nose up at things before I’ve tried them but I think this is one I’d have to be in the right mood to give a go of.

Still a very expensive delicacy in some parts of the world!

 

[Robson Valley]

I have a compendium titled: The Essential Cuisines of Mexico by Diana Kennedy.
She suggests an alternative spelling: Cuiclacoche. Used for soups casseroles and quesadilla filling.
I guess it's like all the other fungi, the gourmet mushrooms that we might forage for, that we prize so highly.