Nice video! But just so you know, fungicides actually don't work for corn smut. The biggest reasons you don't see corn smut in the US are because we use mostly resistant varieties of corn and utilize crop rotation.
Hello, thank you for letting people know about one of the most loved delicacies in Mexico. But you you are missing one ingredient that is essential for huitlacoche, epazote which is an aromatic herb used is most Mexican dishes and huitlacoche tastes better with serrano peppers or jalapeno pepper
Was really surprised when I scrolled down and saw the viewcount and channel size, your quality and content are both really good. Look forward to coming back in a month or two to see by how many multiples the channel has grown.
Harvested my first bit the other day. Was not disappointed. Unfortunately really hard to find in the north east US, even in gardens. 7 hours managed a 9.4oz yield, but it made for a delicious quesadilla
Once you have it , I believe you can use the infected corn to infect more uninfected corn. Not sure exactly how to use the spores but I'm sure you can find some info online. Im planing on trying it myself at some point.
Yeah, canned Huitlacoches are good if that's all you have but fresh is better to cook up, never tried huitlacoches this way in taco form, my mom would serve us some fried rice with an equal amount of huitlacoches, some guacamole as a side dish and maybe some totopos(corn chips). But never tried it with poblano pepper slices and sliced onion, mom would cook it with a small/medium tomatoe and small/medium onion chop both up and if you have epazote(wild herb that is now cultivated for sale), the epazote gives it a certain, distinct flavor, some people say it tastes like kerosene, lol but its added as a digestive aid, so the eater won't feel bloated.Thumbs up Ethan, thanks for sharing and greetings from Mexico! :)
wHeet la ko che So, what do you all think, if given the chance would you give huitlacoche a try or does the look of it creep you out (it honestly looks really weird)?
Oh wow! I'm mexican and I just learned a lot from your video. I'm impressed on the quality of your video, your information and just how good of a taco-eater you are. You just got yourself a new subscriber :)
I planted corn this year, and it has this growing on it. Never seen anything like it before. I was very surprised to find out that people actually eat this stuff. It looks so gross.
Love this! Where were you able to source that huitlacoche?! You have also perfected your taco bite, you minimized juice on the face and spillage, nice work!
A friend of ours got some corn from a community garden with corn smut and gave us a couple of ears to try out! Haha, I've had several episodes of practice now :)
Such an interesting fungus...looks kinda neat and squishy...haha...I would love to try it, fresh- I've seen it out of a can ..yeah...nope Ethan- you have s great voice too
That is pretty interesting, E. For some reason I always thought blue corn was made with huitlacoche, but that information may be from 40 years ago. You are kinda like the Adam Ragusea of tacos (and that is a compliment). Not only will I try it, but I will try to seek it out. Thanks for telling me something I did not know!
I'm actually not sure what strain of corn they use for blue corn! I learned a lot about huitlacoche making this one, I never realized how interesting it is. Glad you enjoyed!
