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I tried huitlacoche for the first time the other night. It was considerably better than you might imagine just by looking at it. Huitlacoche is a fungus that grows on maize. It’s a Mexican delicacy of Aztec origin—better known on farms in Iowa or Minnesota as “corn smut.”

I had it on a huarache (fried masa cake) with cheese and radish. It sort of tastes like the best qualities of corn (sweetness and juicy firmness) mixed with the umami richness of a good black mushroom. I loved it.

Huh! What kind of texture does this have? Juicy firmness, I guess?

I work with folks who work with mycotoxins in crops so I didn’t consider options such as delicacies from fungi on the same crops.

I know what that fungi feels like cause i farm corn every other year. But like, i never thought that thing is edible.

@tlatollotl I feel you may be interested in this

I think I’ve had this before. Mine was bluer, though. I had it in Tepotztlan