"Dry legs." The fairy ring mushroom with white flesh and a pleasing taste. These dry well and have good flavour but must be cooked first.
"Haman's ears." A deep-fried biscuit shaped like an ear and flavored with lemon peel, vanilla, and sometimes rum and dipped in icing sugar (US: confectioner's sugar). Haman was a Persian who decreed death to all Jews, and these biscuits are made by Italian Jews during the Feast of Purim.
Judas's ear fungus, often found dried. Dried or fresh they should not be fried, as they explode, but stewed with other ingredients.
Judas's ear fungus, often found dried. Dried or fresh they should not be fried, as they explode, but stewed with other ingredients.
"Tiny ears" pasta, made by hand by pushing the thumb into a small disc of pasta, especially in Puglia.
