What is Cheese Without the Maggots? - Neatorama

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Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese with the singularity to be pre-digested by cheese flies' maggots.

Wait! it gets better : "Casu marzu is considered toxic when the maggots in the cheese have died. Because of this, only cheese in which the maggots are still alive is eaten" (from Wikipedia)

This documentary in German brings us closer to this old and tasty tradition.

Funny... apparently all of us Neato bloggers are fascinated by the maggot cheese :)

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Holy crap triple post

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In case anyone's wondering, the documentary explains that casu marzu can't be acquired legally. The sale of the cheese is forbidden because it can be toxic - apparently the name "cheese fly" is completely made up and the flies used to get the maggots feed on anything fleshy, even dead animals.

So, yeah.

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Well, I just had some cheese with my brunch...now I feel it crawling back up my throat. Blegh!

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This stuff is following me. Even before the first post about it, I've been seeing it on TV shows and it's come up in conversation. I hope it doesn't mean that I am destined to taste it.

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Ya know - as fascinating as this is, it's downright freakin' nasty when you think about it. I've seen it 4 times in different blogs in the past week.

Ew EW Ew Ew Ew EWWWWWW!!!

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To answer the question "what is cheese without the maggots?"; Only slightly less disgusting than cheese WITH the maggots.

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is a lot worse the collau´s cheese, a rare spanish rotten cheese

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Watching that fat guys hairy arms swirl around the milky mixture really adds to the over experience.

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This maggot cheese has been all over mental floss for the last couple of months, now neatorama. We get it, the maggot cheese is yucky. The maggots will put your eyes out. Bad maggot cheese.

Next?

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I know this sounds crazy, but my Czech friends mom and dad love this stuff! They can only get it in Czech, but according to her its an aquired taste, even when you dismiss the maggot factor

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The thing that is nasty is that they're eating MAGGOT POO!!! That's why it's so creamy and BLEH.
It's like those weirdos who want to drink coffee after the beans have been pooped out by goats or whatever. Nasty sickos. It's POO. It's coming out for a reason!

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It seems a little extreme, but we eat vomit and insects and mold all the time.
Honey - regurgitated bee nectar (it's enzymes in the bee's stomach that makes it into honey)
Cheese - Moldy milk
Mushrooms / beer - mold
Prawns/lobster - Basically sea insects

The POO thing is the extreme bit.

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i've eaten with my eyes closed....but it's wonderful.

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I second the hairy armed guy. As disgusting as the end product is, his sweaty hirsute stirring is what churned my stomach.

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This is the grossest thing imaginable that you could possibly eat. GROSS!!

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WTF???????????!!!!!!

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