How about some corn smut with your coffee on this fine Monday morning?

Corn smut, aka huitlacoche
Corn smut, (aka huitlacoche, a Nahuatl word reportedly meaning raven’s excrement) as seen at Far West Fungi in the San Francisco Ferry Building.

For a laugh, check out Steve, Don’t Eat It! Vol. 7, Cuitlacoche.

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we got some from Ian at FWF and cooked it up this weekend! :) tasty! http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonequinha_sf/tags/huitlacoche/

ha, funny. how’d it taste?

looks terrible ;-)

It imparted earthy, smokey notes. Doesn’t have much of a taste on its own. Danny first sauteed it with some chiles, onion and peppers. The next day we made a risotto. Both tasty.

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