Friday, August 04, 2006

Smut

OK, y'all. Are you ready for something nasty? It's corn smut and I've got some in the garden. Yuck.


The whole ear and a cross section.


It gives me the willies just looking at it. Corn smut is a fungus that essentially makes the kernels enlarge to a mushroom-like growth. From what I read at Wikipedia, the growth is called huitlacoche and it is considered a culinary delicacy. People eat this stuff?! Ugh.


Eat it or not, this junk is ruining several ears of my corn! My much loved and coveted corn! Thank goodness it's only a few ears.


I feel like I need to take a shower.


Such a cute dress but "Don't take my picture!"

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

eewww... gross... corn smut! Don't say that!

ashley said...

Ugh! That stuff looks seriously gross! I can't imagine why anyone would want to eat that!

Andria said...

yuck-o! I'm glad it's only some of your ears.

I love the picture of Miss E. Too cute. I was warned recently that Dellaina will one day scorn me and my blasted picture if I keep up my picture taking frenzy and she will no longer allow her picture to be taken or ham it up for me. Then what will I do?

Anonymous said...

WE DON'T GET THAT STUFF HERE!!!!!! ONE MORE REASON TO MOVE BACK TO GEORGIA HUG ELLA FOR PAPA

LOVE DAD