Foods I first tried in 2018

[redbird]

As usual, this is ingredients rather than preparations:

I tried two new vegetables this year. Huitlacoche is an edible fungus which grows on maize plants; I had it in a quesadilla, with a very bland cheese. I liked it a lot when the dish was first put in front of me, hot, but less so after it cooled off. (Tenoch serves large quesadillas.)

Koori squash is a small orange winter squash; based on one sample, I prefer acorn or butternut squash and probably won't get koori again if one of the others looks good.

(I also got to try four new-to-me varieties of apple.)

Comments

[unicornduke]

Hooray for new ingredients! What kinds of apples did you try?

[bibliofile]

I didn't even know about the fungus until this year, and this is the second time I've heard about it. (Mmm, quesadillas.)

I'm not sure if I tried any new foods this year. I had my first brioche (by itself) recently, but that might have been last year. And housemate J tried a new recipe for pineapple bars that was curious: I couldn't puzzle out the texture (lots of dry flour). Not I think a recipe that either of us will be trying again.