It’s been a long while since we last ran across “Steve, don’t eat it!” at the Sneeze. The intro below gives some idea of what it is we have been missing, but it pales in comparison to the jabba the corn kernel images that await you, dear clicker.
The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.:
Cuitlacoche is a black fungus that infects corn fields, making the kernels bulbous and swollen as they fill with spores. It also goes by the name Huitlacoche. If you’re having trouble with the pronounciation, it’s: Cuitlacoche (kweet-lah-KOH-chay) or Huitlacoche (dat-sfuckin-NAS-tee).
It’s safe to say this is the first time I’ve ever paid for an infection. I am, of course, not counting the one I got from your mother. (YES! You walked right into that.)
I’ve read that U.S. farmers consider it a disease and destroy it. Farmers in Mexico put it in cans and sell it as a delicacy. I travelled far and wide to find my own precious can of Cuitlacoche. Okay, it was at my supermarket, but I had to drive like two miles to get there and got stuck at a couple of lights.
Enough chit-chat. I’m gonna go dine on a can of disease. But before I do, I really do feel bad about that cheap mother joke. My sincere apologies to you and your lovely mom. (The filthy whore.) Be right back!