Don't be sorry for the off-topic post. I, for one, loved it. Thanks, Shirley Meneice piaba wrote: >well, jim, i'm sorry your mycophagous tendencies are >not better sated... i have never tasted huitlacoche >either but i just thought i'd mention that at my >favorite japanese rest. in brooklyn, they serve these >cold mini-soba or -udon dishes (soba and udon are two >types of noodles for those that don't know). in the >summer, nothing better than a cold noodle dish as an >appetizer before dinner. the broth is dashi- and >wakame-based (dashi is made from dry bonito flakes and >wakame is a large, coarse seaweed). there are 3 types >of this soup that you can order: with tempura (veggies >that are battered and deep fried), with tororo >(mountain yam) or kinoko, which is a medley of >mushrooms. there are 5 types in the latter dish: wood >ear, straw mushrooms, button mushrooms, enoki (small >white mushrooms) and nameko (tiny round ones). the >whole thing is flavored with orange peel and is >yuummmmm... > >i don't care particularly for the tororo (Dioscorea), >which is a white paste with no particular taste, but i >also order it sometimes as it comes with a small dish >of grated ginger, chopped scallions and wasabi to be >mixed in the soup a la gout. > >sorry for the long off-topic post... :-) > > >tsuh yang > > >--- Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net> wrote: > > >>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. >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com/ >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > >