Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fungus (Ustilago maydis) that infects corn, producing silvery, swollen growths that take the place of kernels. The growths have a smoky-sweet flavor and are sometimes harvested and used in Mexican cooking.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Besides discussing foraging, the book is a lavishly illustrated tour of cutting-edge wild cuisines, from Mateo's roasted veal chop with morel and cacao sauce to a cuitlacoche and squash blossom quesadilla, using the corn smut that Mexican cuisine honors and Midwestern farmers abhor.
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Besides discussing foraging, the book is a lavishly illustrated tour of cutting-edge wild cuisines, from Mateo's roasted veal chop with morel and cacao sauce to a cuitlacoche and squash blossom quesadilla, using the corn smut that Mexican cuisine honors and Midwestern farmers abhor.
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The name huitlacoche (also cuitlacoche) comes from two indigenous words: cuitlatl (excrement) and cochi (sleeping).
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The restaurant next to the gallery is El Fortin, and the food is fabulous .... the sopa de cuitlacoche, with sherry, is divine.
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There are basic recipes for preparing cuitlacoche, as well as weird stuff, like ice cream!
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The restaurant next to the gallery is El Fortin, and the food is fabulous .... the sopa de cuitlacoche, with sherry, is divine.
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The restaurant next to the gallery is El Fortin, and the food is fabulous .... the sopa de cuitlacoche, with sherry, is divine.
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The restaurant next to the gallery is El Fortin, and the food is fabulous .... the sopa de cuitlacoche, with sherry, is divine.
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We also touched on cuitlacoche, but that's for another time.
Setas y Hongos 2006
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After living here since the end of September, 2005, I am at last ready to cook with some cuitlacoche.
asativum commented on the word cuitlacoche
Corn smut, in Nahuatl, and apparently a delicacy in Mexico. Alternatively huitlacoche.
July 4, 2008