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4
ServingsEasy
By Eugenia Bone
Published 2022
I learned about huitlacoche when I lived along the Colorado River and a corn farmer who was half Hopi, half Latino turned me on to this pathogen of corn. For him, it was a good problem to have. The fungus, which forms tumors or galls on the ears, has a unique flavor that is at once mushroom and corn. In the past few years, I have seen local corn farmers here in Oregon selling ears infected with the fungus. For some people, huitlacoche is a luxury ingredient—it’s known as the truffle
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