Friday, September 4, 2009

what the.....?


some f-ed up corn with some kind of exploding kernel fungus... it looks like it tried to be popcorn, but somehow went seriously wrong...




3 comments:

  1. As it turns out this is actually something called "corn smut" aka "mexican truffle"... a delicacy south of the border (sometimes sold at a higher price than actual healthy corn) and sought after by many a daring gringo chef. wow!

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  2. mad smut recipes: http://www.sweetcorn.illinois.edu/Common-smut/Recipes.htm

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  3. Is this what they use for huitlacoche? (delicious corn fungus)

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