Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of cuitlacoche.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From Spanish huitlacoche, al alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The name huitlacoche (also cuitlacoche) comes from two indigenous words: cuitlatl (excrement) and cochi (sleeping).”
The Huffington Post: Corn Smut Delicacy Huitlacoche Is Good For You
“Flavors south of the border can also be found in omelets such as the MexiQ (chorizo, goat cheese, pinto beans, Mexican cream, pico de gallo ) and the devil corn omelet (corn fungus known as huitlacoche, cheddar, roasted corn, Mexican cream, pico de gallo).”
“I swore I would not make any cooking stories in the heat of the summer, but ... fresh huitlacoche is available only as the corn crop matures.”
“A silver-grey spore mass, black on the inside when ripe, huitlacoche is a soil-borne organism that grows on the corn kernels themselves and is known botanically as usilago maydis.”
The cuisine of Puebla - Mexico's wild mushrooms, gifts of the rainy season: Huitlacoche
“One can of huitlacoche is equal to the amount found on four ears of corn, or approximately 1 pound of fresh corn smut.”
The cuisine of Puebla - Mexico's wild mushrooms, gifts of the rainy season: Huitlacoche
“If huitlacoche is unavailable, this recipe is also good with fresh setas-oyster mushrooms.”
“Followed by a third winner: Ensalada Flan de Elote $9, a fresh corn custard, huitlacoche sauce, queso cotija... the huitlacoche is the corn fungus, much like truffle in flavor.”
The Huffington Post: Jay Weston: Chef John Sedlar's Innovative Latin Food at Playa
“In the U.S., farmers call huitlacoche "corn smut" in polite company and "devil's corn" among themselves.”
The Huffington Post: Corn Smut Delicacy Huitlacoche Is Good For You
“Few farmers have attempted what Vowell is aiming to do, so what some people know as huitlacoche probably comes from the canned stuff which, as Vowell put it, is a "different animal.”
“While farmers in this country consider corn smut an undesirable problem, in Mexico and Central America, this infected corn is actually a delicacy called huitlacoche which is an Aztec word meaning “raven shit”.”
Lists
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Open List: The World of Corn
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Tweets
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blafferty I was sure this was going to be an ancient aztec car. Or ... an Aztek Jun 8, 2011
chained_bear I should not have clicked on this page. Apr 29, 2010
ruzuzu Por supuesto. ¡Muchísimas gracias! Jan 25, 2010
hernesheir ruzuzu: Dígales (por favor) a sus abuelitos que hay un "Wórdniquo" en los EE.UU que les da saludos! Jan 25, 2010
ruzuzu ¡Qué bueno! Voy a visitar a mis abuelitos en el estado de Oaxaca en febrero. Jan 25, 2010
hernesheir ruzuzu: viví en Uruapan, Michoacán; San Luis Potosí, SLP; León, Guanajuato, Morelia, y San Miguel de Allende, Gto; Guadalajara, Jal; Tepic, San Blas, y Puerto Vallarta, Nayarit; todo El Bajío; y un visite a México, D.F. y countless ejidos, granjas, y pueblos en estas partes.... Jan 25, 2010
ruzuzu Qué parte de México? Jan 25, 2010
hernesheir Never ate it in my 2 years in Mexico - but the images of this smut fascinate me, if not disgust me. Jan 25, 2010
avivamagnolia Called Corn smut in the U.S., it's a disease of maize caused by the pathogenic plant fungus Ustilago maydis. U. maydis causes smut disease on maize (Zea mays) and teosinte (Euchlena mexicana). Although it can infect any part of the plant it usually enters the ovaries and replaces the normal kernels of the cobs with large distorted tumors analogous to mushrooms. These tumors, or "galls", are made up of much-enlarged cells of the infected plant, fungal threads, and blue-black spores. The spores give the cob a burned, scorched appearance. The name Ustilago comes from the Latin word ustilare (to burn).
Considered a pest in most of the United States, smut feeds off the corn plant and decreases the yield. Usually smut-infected crops are destroyed. Some farmers may also choose to prepare corn silage out of the smutted corn. However, in Mexico corn smut is called huitlacoche (IPA: wit͡ɬakot͡ɕe, sometimes spelled cuitlacoche), a Nahuatl word reportedly meaning raven's excrement. It is considered a delicacy, even being preserved and sold for a higher price than corn. For culinary use, the galls are harvested while still immature — fully mature galls are dry and almost entirely spore-filled. The immature galls, gathered two to three weeks after an ear of corn is infected, still retain moisture and, when cooked, have a flavor described as mushroom-like, sweet, savory, woody, and earthy. Flavor compounds include sotolon and vanillin, as well as the sugar glucose. Jan 18, 2009