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Hutlacoche - What does it taste like?

post #1 of 7
9/14/05 at 6:54pm
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I heard about this wonderful rotten (or whatever) mexican corn product and wondered how many here have tried it. Do you like it?

Sounds pretty nasty to me.
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post #2 of 7
9/14/05 at 7:20pm
Click on the "Steve don't eat it" link in the first post and scroll all the way down for the definitive answer :blush:
http://www.cheftalkcafe.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=14890
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post #3 of 7
9/14/05 at 8:15pm
It's grey/black, it's fungus (think mushroom) and it tastes like sweet earthy corn flavored mushrooms. The farmers around here think I'm nuts, it's called corn smut and is essentially a major pest. I have one corn farmer that shows up with huit and hands it to me at the beginning of market. I keep telling him the return on selling huit is a whole lot more than selling corn......he still shakes his head and thinks I'm nuts. Aw well.
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post #4 of 7
9/14/05 at 8:26pm
Nasty? Oh, no!! :lips: :lips:

Wrapped in a fresh tortilla, with a rich chipotle sauce . . . heaven!

What to YOU think of truffles? :lol:
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post #5 of 7
9/14/05 at 10:32pm
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Chrose, That's actually where I first heard of it.

Suzzanne, I suppose I must try it! It just looks SO bad. Especially when you do a google image search. wooweee!
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post #6 of 7
9/15/05 at 9:49am
had this years ago smeared in a burrito as a condiment with other stuff. had i known just exactly what it looked like naked and unadorned i would have never, never put it in my mouth. its sort of mushroomy-walnutty.
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post #7 of 7
9/16/05 at 2:45pm
I think it's delicious. It's certainly not much to look at, but the depth of corn/mushroom taste is quite nice. Try stuffing chicken breasts, then making a nice cream or south of the border tomato sauce.
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