huitlacoche

Definition

Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.

Etymology

From Spanish huitlacoche, an alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl cuitlacochin.

Example Sentences

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