At 08:04 AM 8/12/2004 -0400, Judy Glattstein wrote: >but also corn smut, huitlacoche, on two ears of my neighbor's >corn. An Inca delicacy that we also enjoyed eating Judy, I don't believe you! First you get to taste oca before I do, and now you get huitlacoche. I fruitlessly badgered (how's that for nicely mixed metaphors?) a Mexican friend for years to have some sent from home for me. I can't imagine the USDA allowing the fresh product into the country, but I understand it's available canned. What is it like? Is it mushroom-y? Mild? Strong? I really want to try it. Am I to be reduced to lurking around farmyard dumpsters looking for corn smut discards? "Jim, where have you been all day?" "Going through dumpsters looking for smut." Am I in trouble? Jim McKenney jimmckenney@starpower.net Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where my mycophagous urges are usually fulfilled by the grocery store varieties or the local morels. >The title of this book is "The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens" and it >is about Elizabeth Lawrence and her friend Mr. Krippendorf who had a huge >woodland garden in Ohio called Lob's Woods. A lovely, informative book that >is delightful to read. Miss Lawrence also wrote a pamphlet for the Ohio >Nature Conservancy that now administers Mr. Krippendorf's estate, titled >"Lob's Woods." > >Another great book is "Flowers in the Winter garden" by M.M. Graff. Dicky >Graff gardened in New York - it was either Westchester County or somewhere >on Long Island. A large part of the book is devoted to bulbs. Dicky is very >elderly, in poor health, and now lives in Brooklyn. One of the most >opinionated people I have ever corresponded with, with very firm convictions >and a keen eye for detail, gifted with getting the words that describe the >bulbs together. > >Both of these books were seminal in my journey down the garden path. Though >there have been revisions to the names of the bulbs I have no hesitation >whatsoever in recommending both of these books as pleasant and informative. > >Judy in New Jersey, where the wet weather not only has brought the >chanterelle mushrooms to growing in the woods, as egg yolk golden as certain >daffodils, but also corn smut, huitlacoche, on two ears of my neighbor's >corn. An Inca delicacy that we also enjoyed eating/ > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >