Well, after catching up on all the past "Steve, don’t eat it!"s, I must agree that the cuitlacoche was truly bad; so was the natto. Today’s pupas might take the prize, though. Tough call.
Actually, I’m probably going to end up eating some corn smut, soon. It’s not, according to my Mexican cookbooks, meant to be eaten unseasoned, after all.
But, even though I loves me my aquatic bugs, I’m not touching silkworm pupae. You can have mine. :cue pukey smiley:
I still think it’s funny that due to cultural difference, one nationality is going,
“Whoa! Corn’s infected. Might be deadly, let’s burn the crop and hope it doesn’t get the next field or kill us.”
While others go,
“Whoa! Corn’s infected. Might be deadly…let’s eat it anyways.”
I liked the previous posts where some weirdo stole the brain fungus, probably to eat. A mycologist told Steve it was probably edible, and Steve refused to even consider the possibility.
I’m gonna call shenanigans on some of his eating adventures – he’s not showing pictures of this stuff in his mouth, he’s just showcasing the product and offering a brief description. I’m not convinced, although I’m still a fan.
I agree that the corn smut ranks up there-that’s why I said it was ONE OF the worst, not THE worst. I’d say those two, along with the pickled pork rinds and natto, are the top four.