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Indy Srinath Instagram – 🧟🌽Corn…but make it Spooky!
Meet : Huitlacoche! Or corn smut, or corn truffle. It’s a common delicacy in Oaxaca and is technically a plant “disease” caused by the fungus Ustilago maydis.
It typically grows after a particularly rainy season in sweet corn that hasn’t been sprayed with fungicides.
Side note: I like to tell this to farmers that spray their sweet corn, because if you’re lucky enough to get corn smut, it’s much more valuable than a standard ear of corn. Good for the soil and good for your business 🤝
It has a smokey, earthy flavor that makes it lovely base for fall soups, stuffed in tamales, or as an elote!
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