huitlacoche

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌwit.ləˈkoʊ.t͡ʃeɪ/

Noun

huitlacoche (uncountable)

  1. Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
    • 2006, Pete Wells, “Putting Le Bec-Fin to the Test”, in Best Food Writing 2006‎[1], →ISBN, page 164:
      I told him how much I'd liked my fish course, a black sea bass fillet with pickled lotus root and huitlacoche sauce […]
    • 2009 February 2, Susan Sampson, “1001 foods you must taste”, in Toronto Star‎[2]:
      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).

See also

Spanish

FWOTD – 8 February 2014

Alternative forms

Etymology

An alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl cuitlacochin (“ear of maize infected with corn smut”), of uncertain composition.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w̝itlaˈkot͡ʃe/ [w̝i.t̪laˈko.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -otʃe
  • Syllabification: hui‧tla‧co‧che

Noun

huitlacoche m (plural huitlacoches)

  1. (Mexico) corn smut (fungus that affects maize, eaten as a delicacy)
    • 2013, Miguel Ángel Chávez Díaz de León, Polícia de Ciudad Juárez, Oceano, page 9
      ¡Estaba a punto de comer huilacoche!
      I was about to eat huilacoche!

Descendants

  • → English: huitlacoche

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