This “Infected” Corn Is Actually Edible and I Don’t Know How To Feel
Corn is officially in season and that means our corn on the cob (with extra salt and butter) will taste incredibly fresh and sweet during these last few weeks of summer!
Other than smearing half a stick of butter and shaking a generous amount of salt for the perfect sweet to salty ratio, consider what you think you might know about the starchy vegetable out the window because apparently eating infected corn is the best way to eat corn on the cob.
Infected corn is the new hot topic on social media and considering you might disagree in the moment, infected corn is actually edible and apparently, it tastes really good.
Before you continue to shake your head no, ears of corn can be infected by a fungus that causes the kernels to expand during intense heat and the humidity outside.
The fungus that grows creates a delicious delicacy known as huitlacoche and in other words, corn truffles!
Other than looking like a group full of spider eggs (**shivers**), the plant disease is commonly used for a variety of delicious, expensive dishes, specifically in Mexico!
You might have heard of Mexican truffles or corn smut used in the kitchen at a fancy restaurant and when this type of infected corn is cooked, they taste like a cross between mushrooms, fresh corn and black truffles!
The taste is so addicting that some farmers purposely infect their corn fields to guarantee that corn truffles will grow!
While it’s typically preferred to eat foods without infection, who knew that eating fungus off of a cooked ear of corn would taste so good!
