Discovering Huitlacoche (Corn Smut) | Growing CORN FUNGUS and Recipe Taste Test Mexican Delicacy GYO
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- We discovered Huitlacoche (a.k.a.Corn Smut, Mexican Truffles) growing in our sweet corn, found out it is Edible and did a Taste Test.
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Corn Smut (Huitlacoche)... creepy, scary? BURN IT!? Growing corn can be an adventure! Consider this for Taco Tuesday. Cheers!
Our corn harvest this year was not impressive, but as we were pulling up all of the stalks to put into compost, we noticed something strange looking was on some of the corn.
There were large galls on some of the ears that looked like one of the strangest infections we had ever seen. I remembered seeing something like this on my grandmother’s corn when I was growing up, but neither of us knew exactly what this was, until we researched it.
We discovered that what we had growing on our corn was huitlacoche, also known in the U.S. as corn smut or corn truffles.
Huitlacoche is an edible fungus that sometimes appears on corn when silks go unpollinated or after a long period of rain or after wind damage opens up wounds on the corn as it develops.
This year, we had two separate occasions where the wind was so strong it flattened our corn, so we think this is the reason why some of our ears developed huitlacoche.
After finding the huitlacoche and researching the fungus further, we discovered that, not only is it edible, but it is actually healthier than a typical kernel of corn. In fact, in some cultures, like Mexico, it is considered a delicacy, even though it is uncommon in the U.S. because sweet corn farmers spray their crops with fungicide to prevent this fungus from creating product loss for them.
We then knew we had to try the huitlacoche to see exactly why the edible fungus is enjoyed by some as a delicacy, and we have to say, it was delicious! The taste is both smokey and a bit sweet, but not overpowering. We cooked the huitlacoche with onions, peppers, and tomatoes (all from the garden) and served it as a taco. Needless to say, in the future, we will not waste any huitlacoche that forms on our organic ears of corn.
We hope you enjoy!
Summary
In this video you will:
1) Learn about what huitlacoche (corn smut/corn truffles) is, and why it forms.
2) Learn how to harvest huitlacoche and which galls you should avoid.
3) Learn the benefits of eating huitlacoche.
4) Watch us try huitlacoche for the first time ever!
5) Be inspired to research and try new foods in the garden when you make a discovery like we did.
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Published on August 31, 2020
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How do I preserve this fungus?
@@yahiawaleed828 I am sorry, I just saw this comment, or I would have replied sooner. Huitlacoche doesn't preserve well for long, but we did another video on this topic, and one of the things we suggest is that you can refrigerate it for a short period of time.
@@GutenGardening I actually saw a video where canned huitlacoche is possibly exported to countries like England for 6.50 pounds per 300g can.... check out Atomic shrimp
Thanks man for your tutoring video 📸.
In México the huitlacoche from 5 to 10 times more expensive than normal corn, so many farmers put efforts on infecting their crops in purpose.
How interesting! I had heard that the cost was more. It is definitely healthier than plain corn, so I could see people wanting to capitalize on profit, taste, and nutrition. Thank you so much for sharing!
Carlos,
I know Huitlacoche can be found "CANNED" in the store.
Can someone preserve it themselves by home canning??
Would greatly appreciate if you know.
Back when I used to live in Mexico, I was privileged to eat fresh huitlacoche. As my grandma had a cornfield. Now in the US, I couldn’t find it. Until recently I found it in a little grocery store, packed in a jar. Got myself a jar on heartbeat, to make huitlacoche quesadillas! I can’t believe after 22 years later, I tasted huitlacoche again. 🥺
That is outstanding! I have to say, this is the first year we ate it, and it was so amazing. I am now hoping we get even more with this year's crop. It is absolutely delicious! We haven't really seen it in stores around here either. :( Thank you so much for watching! Have a wonderful week!
Thank you, you as well have an awesome week! If you haven’t tried ‘flor de calabaza’ I recommend it! I also found it packed in a jar, in the same little hispanic grocery store I found the huitlacoche in. I also prepare the flor de calabaza as a filling for a quesadilla. I sauté it with a bit oil, serrano pepper, Mexican squash and epazote. As for the huitlacoche, add fresh corn kernels, instead of the squash. I personally make the tortillas from scratch, with the masa dough. And it’s the bomb!
That sounds absolutely amazing! I have not had this dish, but I will definitely be on the lookout. I have never made my own tortillas, but I have a friend who has shared some with me, and they were outstanding, so I can only imagine. Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Javier, what's your opinion of the jar vs. fresh?
@@BrandiWL Although fresh is better, I prefer the jar version for convenience. As I can stock up a few jars for the future, and also because I can only get it where am I in a jar.
I grew corn in my backyard and while I was admiring my corn I saw it had grown to something mutation-like. I called my dad and he was so EXCITED! We’re planning on cooking it tonight or tomorrow; didn’t know it was edible 😅
That is awesome! Please return to leave a comment about how you prepared it and the taste. Thanks for sharing.
😃I’ll circle back and will let ya know how it turned out!
@@ChavezAmtz u still alive?
@@pelon22 RIP ? xD
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I'm from Mexico city and indeed this is quite common among natives, I'm mixed race so of course I keep my native original peoples side up high. Super proud about it. I'm glad you got to try this amazingness. It's so blatantly absurd that not only after 500 years after, settlers realize the goodness of our vegetation and the species of this earth! anyways, enjoy!
It is so delicious, and to think we threw it out when I was a kid. What a waste.
I just found these growing on my corn from my garden. I had no idea what they were and I’ve been shucking corn for 60 years…can’t wait to try these out!!!
Wonderful! What is your growing zone?
Huitlacoche taste better when adding greens and herbs like epazote, peppermint, cilantro or any herb that goes well with hearty smoky mushroom flavors
Thank you for such an informative video! Nothing goes to waste, people can start eating Huitlacoche instead of throwing it away. Mexicans make it in quesadillas and tamales, and many other dishes!
Thank you so much for watching! This was our first year trying huitlacoche, and I was so impressed by how delicious it was. I agree completely, no need to waste or throw it away at all! There are a ton of great recipes we can't wait to try it in. Thank you again, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Use it with quesadillas with goat cheese mmmmmm
That sounds very delicious! Thank you for the suggestion!
Tried it for my 30th birthday this past Friday and they described it as, "Mexican Truffle." After tasting it and researching it further, I can definitely agree that it is the Mexican Truffle.
I remember seeing this at wholefoods .. didn't know it came from corns,,
This is so cool ... Garden is definitely daily learning ...
Thank you, Guten
I hadn't ever checked wholefoods for it, but I am not surpised because they have some really unique foods there. If you get the chance, you should definitely give it a try! Thank you so much for watching. Have a great day!
It's just so weird how some cultures see it as a pest and spend millions to eradicate it while others intentionally farm it as a delicacy 😂
I know! I will say this. We love sweet corn, but we also love the taste of the huitlacoche. I hope we get more of both next season. :)
This is one of my favorite foods to eat when I go to my home town in Sultepec, mx. All the open markets or Tianguis will have vendors selling these as quesadillas or gorditas. The preparation in the video is correct. You can even use it to stuff chicken breasts with cheese. Epazote herb is the key to enhancing the flavor. The real food of Mexico are nothing you would find here in the states. They also do sell the huitlacoches in can at your local Hispanic market, just make sure you drain them well to avoid too much moisture in your saute as you cook them. Enjoy
We used to get that stuff in our field corn back in the 80's in florida all the time.
But we had no idea you would eat it
Thing that I found most interesting is the fungus is more nutritional than the actual corn
Isn't that so interesting? That was one of the pieces I was also fascinated by when studying this and trying it for the first time. :)
Fungi consume material to use for reproduction. In that one stage before the spores pop out, the fungi’s work is accumulated and concentrated in nutrients. Makes me wonder if corn wasn’t domesticated as much for the smuts as the raw corn.
Well, fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants, so that could be part of the reason.
I only heard about Corn Smut for the first time a few weeks ago - so interesting seeing it actually being eaten!
I can tell you one thing, it surprised us in a good way. :)
I'm going to try to grow some this year. I have a massive garden and grow corn moat years but I've never gotten any corn shut on them. Last Yeats, my sister had a few ears get infected, and she was kind enough to save them for me and let me collect all the spores. I have 2 dozen corn stalks growing right now and I'll be innoculating them as soon as the ears start to form!
I am reading about corn smut in my cuisine and culture course for college, so I looked it up on here! I was surprised to see you on RUclips. :)
Well, hello there! Surprise surprise! Welcome to the channel, and I hope all is well! So, does that mean you haven’t tried it yet?
@@GutenGardening I have not tried it yet. I will have to put in a request at my dinning hall.
Good luck with that :). I will tell you from our experience, though, it tastes great! I hope college is going great for you!
@@GutenGardening I love college so much! I hope all is going well for you too.
Everything useful is on RUclips today. ;-)
So that’s what I ate yesterday! 😂 I had a huitlacoche taco at a local taqueria (US). The menu description listed corn truffle, roasted, mixed mushrooms, fresh corn, and queso chihuahua. I love mushrooms and truffle-infused things, so I thought I’d give it a try. I had no idea that the corn truffle is the huitlacoche itself and that huitlacoche is a fungus lol. I was surprised by how smokey the flavor was. I’d thought the restaurant must have added their own smoke flavoring, like how it’s done in BBQ sometimes. But it was so good! Highly recommend on a soft corn tortilla. 😋 Thanks for the garden-to-table education!
Thanks for sharing! I’ll keep an eye out for this strange delicacy!
You won't regret it at all. I hear there are many different ways to prepare it, so now we are wishing we had more to experiment with, but next year we will keep a closer eye out for it.
Love how adventurous you guys are lol lol fascinating and amazing watching your process
Glad you enjoy it!
its so calming listening to you ☺️☺️
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!
It’s delicious stuff! I’d love to learn how to grow it.
Very delicious indeed. We were fortunate to have some this past season. We will see if fortune is on our side again this year.
Wow that’s awesome, never would have thought that!
Very delicious, in our opinion, and worth trying if you get the chance. Have a wonderful rest of your week!
Just learned about huitlacoche! Loved your video and learned a lot. So cool!
Awesome! We tried it for the first time this past season, and it was so tasty. We are glad that you enjoyed the video. We try our best to share what we learn. Have you had huitlacoche show up in your garden before?
You can use it to make a guisado of mushrooms, corn and huitlacoche. So good! I also love them in tamales and quesadillas.
That sounds outstanding. We will have to give it a try next year if we get more! :) Thank you!
That is an interesting find!
It was! We learn so much when we grow our own food. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the info, I’ve never seen or heard of this before. I usually grow corn and maize popcorn and if I saw that I would of put in fire or bin
It does look so strange, doesn't it? What we found most interesting (besides the delicious taste) was just how healthy it is.
Make it into a quesadilla with handmade tortilla and you'll never look back
I've never heard of it but saw it on a foraging web ad and decided to utube it, I think I found some in The Bronx after asking a Mexican restaurant owner, they call it Mexican Truffles! nice.
Ital vital very well documented. First time for me I love it
Thank my ancestors 🌵✊🏾
All my gratitude there. I think anyone who tastes the deliciousness has to think that way. :D
I saw some growing on corn plants in the northern part of SC.
I have seen it all over. I know we used to get it when I lived in West Virginia as well.
Huitlacoche! The best quesadillas! Use to have these all the time, at the country club in Monterrey, NL Mexico! Delicious..
I wish we had more! I know they are supposed to be so delicious in quesadillas, and if we get some this year, we will plant to make some! Have a wonderful day!
That’s awesome! Hope you do! 😋
That looks so good! We just harvested several ears of huitlachoche from our corn field! I am so excited to try this and I really appreciate your willingness to be a guinea pig and document it for us.... I was super hesitant because of the way it looks but I have heard that it is delicious....Seeing you try it gives me courage....Getting my very discriminating husband (fondly nicknamed "Mr. Picky Pants") to try it will be the next challenge!
Wonderful! Please come back and share your taste test experience.
@@GutenGardening Oh my! Thank you again! I just cooked up some tacos filling like you did except I included some fresh sweet corn kernels in the mix...it turned out phenomenal. The taste is very mild but ramps up the surrounding flavors....I loved it and Mr Picky Pants even tried it and liked it which surprised the dickens out of me.... We have a bunch in the corn this year due to so much rain....I went out and got a five gallon bucket full - all I could find.
Wow! That is quite the harvest. I am glad Mr. Picky Pants decided to give it a try! Haha
@@GutenGardening It is a big corn field.....Yep - he volunteered to taste it, then wanted more! - I guess he wants a different nick name...😋
The ancient mayans considered this delicacy a gift from the gods.
How interesting! I did not know that at all. I do know that, growing up, I had no idea this was edible, but I frequently saw it in my grandmother's garden. I wish that I knew then what I know now about it. It was absolutely delicious, and we will be on the lookout this coming season to see if we can't harvest any we see a little bit earlier. :) Have a wonderful weekend, and thank you for enjoying the video with us and for the info!
@Johnnie Boi they all ate the same ingredients for the most parts (with regional staples but with the same basics)
A fungus? The ancient believed child sacrifices too….
Looks and tastes nasty 😨
@@LitPenguin713 That was pretty much exclusively the Aztec, and a lot of people hated them for it. This is a Maya food.
Whoever found out that it was edible must've been really hungry that day!
I just found your channel, because I was wondering what this tasted like. (I saw an advertisement while I was watching another channel, it was for a book but it mentioned this and I needed to learn more about it! So, I looked it up, after doing a little research, none of which mentioned what it tasted like, but one thing I read did mention about "how-to" purposely make them, like you mentioned here about purposely exposing to the spores. But, I needed to findout what it tasted like, so I prematurely left the video I was watching.. just to Watch.. YOUR video!
Thanks for this video!!!
I have now, Subscribed to your Channel!
I also am going to be showing your video to multiple people, because it is much easier than just trying to tell everyone about it, you also do a good job educating people on it!!! Thanks!!! 😀
Thank you and welcome!
Honestly Is Delicious !.... In a Hot Pan place butter with your fav seasoning, Add Huitlacoche, cook for 30 secs, and you are Ready for a Delicious Taco. You can try a raw kernel of huitlacoche, and see how sweet It IS. plus nutricios !
It’s considered some kind of truffle, delicious 😋
Exactly!
Goodness I haven’t had that in years! So so delicious
It is incredibly tasty for sure! :)
I grew up in rural Minnesota and saw this fungus in several fields that we worked. Did not know that it was an edible substance.
Can be expensive as well.
I remember seeing this in my mother's garden
My corn is doing this right now and I'm not mad about it..... anymore. 😆
In Michoacan we put inside our dough quesadillas its delicious 😋
That sounds so delicious. I really like the taste, and we were happy to get a little more this year to enjoy. We will have to give this a try! Have a wonderful week!
We used to throw our corn out when it got this fungus.
I think many folks do this. I know we did as well when I was younger.
Well i definitely learnt something new today! Corn smuts....i would have dismissed them as a harmfil fungus!! Thanks for educating.
We have dismissed them in the same way in the past, but not any more. It really was delicious, and now we are hoping for some more next season. (Although we would also like some more sweet corn as well!) Thank you so much for watching!
Seen a ton of that recently on the edge of a field that was wind damaged.
That was a huge driving force for us with this particular crop.
My mom cook it with onion and tomato and its so good❤
It's the second year I'm gardening corn and this year I found this alien in my crop... Tomorrow I'll taste It
I recall eating enchiladas with huitlacoche in a very nice restaurant in Oaxaca. I consider myself quite a “foodie” (😅) and asked the chef just what it was, as I could not identify it by flavor. I was so surprised to discover it was “corn smut” when she brought out a couple of ears to show me. I grew up in the South and thought such infected ears were ruined. The cuisine of Mexico is one of the most evolved in the world and constantly provides surprising fare that is both nutritious and delicious.
I love Huitlacoche, and is a mushroom! I'm Mexican, the meaning of the word means skunk poop !
It is very delicious. Thank you, and have a great day!
That is hilarious
I'm watching this while eating a huitlacoche taco with pipian sauce.😊
Had that in Mexico years ago I loved it too
This was our first time growing (accidentally) it in our Yarden. So much to learn when growing your own food! Thanks for watching.
How would describe it? I hope I can find it one day.
Thank you for doing this video! I'm interested to know more about your research as I'm experimenting to try to grow some. Not everyone can go to Mexico to get fresh huitlaxoche and I've been told by those who know that the jarred is just not the same. Hoping I can make something happen to have that little Mexico experience once before I die. I do the best I can with what I've got! I am trying to grow some corn but gardening has never been my thing and wondering if this can happen with the fruit that falls off the plant as well.
Thank you for watching Brandi! We discovered the huitlacoche on our corn after having only heard about it. In previous years, we did not see it on our corn, and I think a big reason we had it this time was the stress caused to our corn by some pretty major storms. That likely opened the ears up to the fungus. In terms of where you might find it, I am not sure I have heard of it occuring on anything that falls off of the plant, but that is a possibility. I have read that some individuals do place the spores for it directly on the ears in order to infect the corn to make it produce the huitlacoche, but I am not 100% sure how one goes about obtaining those spores. I will tell you, though, the taste is definitely worth the experience. I absolutely love it. :)
Is there a way to preserve it?
Canning or dehydrating?
This would be an item that is only seasonal.
Do you have to have a live corn plant,,or just an ear of corn to inoculate yourself,,with spore syringe?
I grew close to Mexico city, back in elementary school we used to be taught about huitlacoche, supposedly the word huitlacoche roughly translated to "the excrement of the gods" and used to be a food that only the aztec emperors were allowed to eat
I love to eat it on quesadillas and was one of my favorite quesadilla fillings 😋
Huitlacoche de mi corazón 🤤🤤🤤
So, so delicious! :)
I find the term corn smut hilarious
It is definitely a strange one. :)
If you saved the spore if you added it to the next years corn would it make more of it.
Like putting mushrooms spores on wood?
Can that corn fungus be incorporated into the soil as a fungus to help plants grow better?
Una quesadilla de huitlacoche con flor de calabaza es lo que deberías probar alguna vez en tu vida 🤤
Flores de calabaza son muy delicioso, y necesito comer con huitlacoche inmediatamente! Gracias por su sugerencia. (I hope my memory of spanish is close to correct.) :)
Mi mamá hace esto seguido ahorita mismo lo estoy comiendo 😋
Cool! Thanks for the vid! :D
Absolutely! Have you eaten huitlacoche before?
@@GutenGardening no I just saw someone post about it, wanted more info, and found your vid! I'd like to try it though!
@@PossumMedic I can confirm, it is quite tasty. I hope you get the chance to try it out. :)
What kind of beautiful non toxic pan is this? :)
Now mix it with shredded beef, cheese, and sour cream
That sounds so amazing! We are hoping to get some more this year! We will know before too long, I think. Thank you for the suggestion!
Huitlacoche is now trending in reddit, I come because of that post lol. Amazing video nevertheless
me too
Awesome, and thank you!
Have you tried Huitlacoche before?
La boda del Huitlacoche....a very famous song in Mexico a Huapango. look it up. the dance is very cowboy
Cuitlacoche is a Bird and Huitlacoche corn fungus. The guy or composer is singing wrong. The songs refer to a bird.
Stuffs dope eat it when you can!
Huitlacoche + cheese + tortilla = delicious!!
Oh yes!
It has a couple of other spellings: cuitlacoche, quitlacoche but it's the same thing. I like to eat it in an omelet. Just add a tablespoonful in a bowel and whip it with an egg. The cuitlacoche seem to go to the inside of the omelet and stays moist and delicious. I buy it canned in Mexican markets.
Cuitlacoche is a bird
@@martiruiz I think you mean cenzontle, mockingbird in Mayan language.
Quesadillas with stir fried huitlacoche! (Aka corn smut/corn truffles/Mexican truffle)
huitlacoche is the Mexican truffle
A delicious one at that!
where i live in mexico, they also eat this inky black parts.. apparently completely safe 😄
just found a piece on my maiz morado black corn here I'm trying to grow in sw pennsylvania. looking up what to do with it. thanks for the info! 🌱
Our pleasure! If you try it out, we would love to know what you think of the taste. :D
very happy for you but even more entertaining was watching the near puke look on my wifes face when i showed her this video. keep growing buddy!
Ha! Thank you, and I hope your wife recovers. :D :D It tastes so, so much better than it looks! Have a wonderful rest of your weekend!
All I can think of is those zombies in the last of us.
Let me tell you lol
I never heard of that
Must try now
It tastes so, so much better than it looks. This was our first time trying it, and it was so good. We will definitely keep an eye out for more of it next year! Thank you for checking out the video!
I find it so fascinating that thats good for you, yet black mold is toxic..Although black mold is toxic when you inhale it, I wonder if its edible?
A lot of this stuff used to grow on my corn and I used to throw it away
Me dio hambre que rico
Seguro que esto es delicioso. :)
Very cool video! I remember finding this in the field when I was a kid and thinking it was poisonous
Btw, I enjoyed your more relaxed voice in this video. I’ve missed the last couple so I don’t know if you have done it before, but it really makes a difference.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hello, and sorry for the very late reply. Thank you so much. It does look poisonous, doesn't it?! I appreciate that feedback about my voice, and hopefully you have seen a bit more of that in recent videos. Have a wonderful weekend!
Npr says complete protein when combining normal corn with this moldy corn.
However there was an article posted years ago indicating a risk regarding eating moldy corn too often - especially for pregnant women.
Some areas may hate this corn mold. Those who like & want to farm the corn mold probably need to stay far away from areas where they hate corn mold.
Is a hundred miles far enough away?
Reminds me of tempeh.
Thank you
Interesting! I hadn't thought of the tempeh comparison at all, but I can see what you mean. I have read some of the literature in terms of risks, etc. I don't know that I would eat this too often, and we don't eat any of the huitlacoche that has burst open.
In the US, most farmers spray to keep corn smut from occuring. I have not found a distance necessary to prevent spread.
Thank you for the comment!
Mi mamá los ponia en una hoja de maiz y ponerlo en el comal con su ingredientes y los cocia en el comal.
You get an “A” for effort but please please fry a corn tortilla! It will make a big difference
Unfortunately, it was all we had on hand that day, but you are so right, it is way better with a corn tortilla. :) Thank you so much for watching and have a great day!
You are awesome! Thanks for the kind reply and God bless you! Great video! 🔥
Cook togedher, tomato ,onion, garlic give two minuts end add the witlacoche. You loveet
Thanks for the tip! Tomatoes, onions and garlic... a winning combination.
I am a little bit more adventurous then some people when it come to food. I would try this if it was on a menu at a authentic Mexican restaurant. I am going to look for at least canned Huitlacoche in a grocery store that has more ethnic foods.
Thanks for explaining the exploded kernels...
But get rid of hard shell....sooooo American...
Ha! I wish we had had corn torillas on hand that day, but no luck. You are so right, the taste would have been even better. Glad you enjoyed the video. :)
True but just tell people you had a tostada instead of a tortilla. It's basically just a bent tostada. Quality depends on the brand.
You look stunning in pink perfectly matched with soft purple hat! Amazing! Gorgeous! I just learned about this corn smut! I hope I can find this someday! Heard it's expensive! 3k per kilo here in Philippines!😱😱😱😱😷😱
Thank you very much for watching! Huitlacoche is hard to find here where we are in the US, so it is also quite expensive here. But, the taste is definitely worth a try. I absolutely loved it!
This is my a try to make things myself. Too expensive and worth it to get organic stuff.
You are the only one that knows what it is
When you get a chance, check out some of the other comments below. There are people who love it and those that will not go near it! We happen to stumble on it in our garden and decided to give it a try. At first glance we wanted to trash it, but our curiosity got the best of us.
Is best to make on quesadillas (basically a tortilla with cheese and huitlacoche)
Yes, we are so hopeful to get more this year! When we made this video, we only had hard shell tacos. :( This year, we will be prepared! :D Thank you for the suggestion and for watching!
Huitlacoche on a corn tortilla and not a hard Taco Bell shell 😢
corn truffle
So is corn itself a fungus?? Or does the fungus grow on the corn?? Thank you.
Great question. The corn gets infected with the fungal growth, and that can be done intentionally, but usually happens when the ears are open during the growing process, experience a long period of dry weather followed by a large a mount of rain, or go through trauma, like being blown down by the wind, etc. I hope that answers your question fully. :)
Yech!
I promise you, looks can be deceiving!
Como le hace al tarugo, oiga
I moping to try it I shuck lot of cor and I'm going to try it
Good luck! I promise, it is worth it!
Does it smell moldy? I had these last yr in my garden amd thought my corn spoiled
No, it doesn't smell moldy so much as it has a nice earthy smell. I promise you it tastes so much better than it looks. Those tacos I made with it were fantastic. But, definitely harvest it before it splits open. :) Thank you for watching!
@@GutenGardening corn.ces.ncsu.edu/mycotoxins-in-corn/
I have them growing in north Dakota
Interesting! Are you planning to try eating it?
@@GutenGardening after your video I am thanks for the explanation
You are absolutely welcome! Have a wonderful weekend!
@@benjaminfranklinhawkeyepie9721 try making a quesadilla with them, cook with regular corn and cheese. Preferably Oaxaca if not mozzarella cheese 😋
It crack me up that with all the technological advances in the world you still call those hard shell aberrations tacos.