English

Alternative forms

• cuitlacoche

Noun

huitlacoche ‎(uncountable)

1. Corn smut prepared as a delicacy
   • 2006, Pete Wells, “Putting Le Bec-Fin to the Test”, in Best Food Writing 2006, ISBN 1569242879, page 164:

     I told him how much I'd liked my fish course, a black sea bass fillet with pickled lotus root and huitlacoche sauce […]

   • 2009, February 2, “Susan Sampson”, in 1001 foods you must taste:

     Consider huitlacoche (corn fungus), miracle berries (that trick taste buds into thinking sour is sweet), Casu Marzu (maggoty black-market cheese) or turu (a worm-like mollusc).

See also

• Corn smut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cuitlacoche

Etymology

An alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl cuitlacochin ‎(“ear of maize infected with corn smut”), of uncertain composition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌwi.tɬa.ˈko.tʃe/

Noun

huitlacoche m ‎(plural huitlacoches)

1. (Mexico) corn smut (fungus that affects maize, eaten as a delicacy)
   • 2013, Miguel Ángel Chávez Díaz de León, Polícia de Ciudad Juárez, Oceano, page 9

     ¡Estaba a punto de comer huilacoche!

     I was about to eat huilacoche!

Descendants

• English: huitlacoche