Meanings
alternative cuitlacoche
- uncountableCorn smut prepared as a delicacy.
I told him how much I'd liked my fish course, a black sea bass fillet with pickled lotus root and huitlacoche sauce […]
2006, Pete Wells, “Putting Le Bec-Fin to the Test”, in Best Food Writing 2006, →ISBN, page 1641 more example
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).
2009 February 2, Susan Sampson, “1001 foods you must taste”, in Toronto Star
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Classical Nahuatlcuitlacochin
- Spanishhuitlacoche
- Englishhuitlacoche
From Spanish huitlacoche, an alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl cuitlacochin.
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
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