Gustad Mody of Iron Stomach asks what is corn smut. Corn smut is a fungus that infects corn. (Hey, it's "corn mushrooms"!) Wikipedia has a detailed entry about corn smut describing its physical characterists and culinary uses and history.
Corn smut isn't pretty -- though it is tasty -- but if you want to see some, take a peek...
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hmmmm...so that is what corn smut looks like. Never would thought that was edible. Funny thing, bought a new cookbook on latino soups and found a recipe using corn smut. Now I will have to go back and re-read that section to see if this is an adventure I want to take. Thanks for the info
Posted by: Maureen | July 29, 2006 at 04:48 AM