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This has to be the worst cheese in the world

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:35 am
by Canuck
Ok whoever thought of eating rotten cheese with live maggots that launch themselves at your eyes has had too much wine;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:37 am
by Ferno
oh wow. that's just gross.

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:40 am
by Isaac
I bet it's extra sharp :P

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:41 am
by Hostile
\"Some people clear the larvae from the cheese before consuming; others do not.\"

Oh you have got to be kidding me..... Some do not?

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:52 am
by Tunnelcat
Gross! Here's Andrew Zimmern eating what he thought was very tasty and very aged chontales cheese in Nicaragua. I think there's a video of it but my old computer chokes on their player.

Chontales Cheese

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:48 pm
by Duper
The larvae have powerful mouthhooks which can lacerate stomach linings or intestinal walls as the maggots attempt to bore through internal organs.[1]

yeah.... I'll pass.

Re:

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:55 pm
by TigerRaptor
Hostile wrote:"Some people clear the larvae from the cheese before consuming; others do not."

Oh you have got to be kidding me..... Some do not?
Honestly does it even matter? Maggots crawled all over it in the first place.
Duper wrote:yeah.... I'll pass.
Here's one more reason why you should.

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:14 pm
by Spaceboy
I love that stuff, it tastes delicious.