Some stuff is too gross to feed to the pigs; So I ate it...

Last week good friend, neighbor, renowned culinary artist, and quite intrepid food taster, Gaylord, was at my house and we happened to be wandering through the garden when he spotted the disgusting pus-looking fungus stuff growing out of the top of the husks of corn. Not just growing, but BURSTING forth out of. He made a comment similar to how lucky I was to have that because it was worth quite a bit of money if sold for food.





I was a little dubious at first, not because I don't typically believe Gaylord, but mostly because I couldn't imagine anyone actually eating it. But if anyone would know something as obscure as that, it would be him. (Did you know that you could eat Queen Anne's Lace? I didn't, but now I believe him) And as my curiousity grew, so did my internet searches, and I disovered one of two things; either he was right and people do eat it or he is the master of practical jokes and went to a lot of trouble to prank me, because there is actually a lot about it on the internet. Often called "Mexican Truffles", they are basically a mushroom that feeds off of the corn. But dont take my word for it; check it out for yourself.
Remarkably, I couldn't make any of my family try it out with me, execpt an unwilling Wifey. Grace's remark as she was staring at it in horror was: "It kinda makes me shiver when I look at it". Here's some more pictures:



After eating it, I have to say, the looks of it and the name of it (according to wiki it translates into something roughly "raven poop") are the most defining things. It mostly tasted like slightly musty sweet corn, with a lot of jalepeno, to help my digestion, of course. It was mostly unremarkible in taste; my only regret about this cooking experience is that Gaylord is working nights and I never know when I can call him up and have him try something. You should have tasted what he did with a huge snapper-turtle I caught last month!