This Rare Cheese Is Infested With Live Maggots

“Casu marzu” literally means “rotten cheese,” but in Sardinia, it’s a glory to behold. What starts off as a regular wheel of pecorino is then visited by cheese flies that lay their eggs inside, giving the formaggio its signature zing. But, with a nickname like “the world’s most dangerous cheese,” you can be sure that along with the cheese comes some risky business. Still, a handful of artisans continue to produce the traditional cheese, cementing its status in Sardinian culture.

#Dangerous #Cheese #Maggots

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[dafungazzzz]

Maggot: takes a shit
People: This is some serious gourmet shit!

[mondaymotivator_]

Maggots: don’t mind us, we’re enjoying the cheese too!

[entidade]

“ It’s ilegal to sell, but some farmers like Simone continue to make it *just for themselves* ”

_suuure..._

[LionsInBoots]

I still can‘t believe some guy, at some point in time looked at some maggot infested cheese in a trash can and said: „That‘s probably still edible, lemme give it a go.“

[pedeb]

*Cheese gets invaded by maggots*


Italian: "MAMMA MIA!"

[pondererofpointlessdreams]

I personally prefer my maggots to be without cheese, thank you very much.

[mochixsaito]

Maggots: *take a shit*
These guys: _"Finally some good fucking food!"_

[danieldevito]

I'm Italian and I absolutely love ALL Italian food... almost. This goes way too far for me.

[patfam]

“This cheese has maggots in it!”

Guy trying to sell bad cheese: “oh you haven’t heard?”

[milwaukeerican]

France: We have mold in our cheese






Italy: Oh how cute

[thedanishcommunist]

Boss: "We need a new type of cheese. Anybody got any ideas?"
Employee: "I have an idea. What if-"

[rannierunsfast]

I won't try it but I'm happy that this guy is keeping this tradition alive. It's fascinating

[hakankiran]

Me: can we get fast food
Mom: No, theres food at home
Food at home:

[yaboitaylor]

Imagine how high or insane the inventor was

[ONESTRNG]

Blue cheese: I am mold

Italy:Hold my maggots

[lvsports]

This is why the Carthaginians gladly gave Sardinia to the Romans

[alikhidzam]

“its to die for" literally figuratively and literally

[veryrealaccount]

France: I’d like to think we have the most disgusting cheese

Italy: So anyway...

[johnielravina]

I imagine this was invented accidentally, some idiot must have forgetten the cheese he stored and thought to himself, meh, what a waste of good cheese. Might as well eat it.