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I Accidentally Made Casu Marzu

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posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 06:12 PM
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So, I had a wheel of cheese.
Soft, ripened, double cream, cow's milk.
It has a buttery, mildly pungent flavor.
I picked it up about a week ago and just left it sitting open on a cutting board.
It's good to spread on bread to knock the edge off the munchies.
Last night I was sitting at my computer and my tummy growled.
I got up, tore a chunk of bread off a loaf, spread a dollop of cheese and cracked a pint of stout to wash it down.
The only light was coming from the computer screen.
I was just about finished when I caught sight of movement in the cheese.
I turned on the lights and was not pleasantly surprised to see that gnats were swarming around the cheese and maggots were roiling about in it.
It tasted good. I'm not sick.
Oh, well. Protein.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 06:15 PM
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a reply to: Homefree

I would have barfed all over my keyboard.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 06:17 PM
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a reply to: Homefree

Holy #!
You better get checked out.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 06:25 PM
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a reply to: Homefree

Casu Marzu is illegal in Italy and is considered the most dangerous cheese.

Don't mess with that my friend.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 07:15 PM
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originally posted by: Homefree
So, I had a wheel of cheese.
Soft, ripened, double cream, cow's milk.
It has a buttery, mildly pungent flavor.
I picked it up about a week ago and just left it sitting open on a cutting board.
It's good to spread on bread to knock the edge off the munchies.
Last night I was sitting at my computer and my tummy growled.
I got up, tore a chunk of bread off a loaf, spread a dollop of cheese and cracked a pint of stout to wash it down.
The only light was coming from the computer screen.
I was just about finished when I caught sight of movement in the cheese.
I turned on the lights and was not pleasantly surprised to see that gnats were swarming around the cheese and maggots were roiling about in it.
It tasted good. I'm not sick.
Oh, well. Protein.


If you fed some of this to someone in a prisoner of war camp, it would be considered a war crime. If you serve it in a fine restaurant, it is considered a gourmet delicacy.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 07:23 PM
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a reply to: Homefree


I picked it up about a week ago and just left it sitting open on a cutting board.


Wow. That's a European/Asian level of food confidence.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 08:00 PM
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originally posted by: Trueman
Casu Marzu is illegal in Italy and is considered the most dangerous cheese.

Don't mess with that my friend.


Sardinians.

And people think the Sicilians are weird.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 08:15 PM
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a reply to: Homefree

That beats anything I ever did. I did the same once at night, but it was a slice of pizza left on the counter, lights were out, grabbed it after getting up and ate it. Turned on the light to discover I had eaten a lot of ants with it.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 08:20 PM
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a reply to: Homefree

Anthony Bourdain did an episode on this🤢😝

But locals love it.

***Warning***
Gross but Andrew Zimmern says "if it looks good, eat it".

Watch with Extreme Discretion


I love cheese, but this is up there with the medical terminology of cheese.😥😥


Edit: 🤢 Star and Flag😑

edit on 22-6-2021 by Bigburgh because: (no reason given)

edit on 22-6-2021 by Bigburgh because: Gorgonzola cheese is bestest amish chez



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 08:48 PM
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Yeah, I'm a cheese person and I've even learned how to get into bleu cheeses lately, but I don't think I could do this unless I was starving ... which, come to think of it, was likely how someone discovered it was both edible and desirable to eat at all.

It's probably the explanation for balut too.
edit on 22-6-2021 by ketsuko because: (no reason given)



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 10:23 PM
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originally posted by: ketsuko
Yeah, I'm a cheese person and I've even learned how to get into bleu cheeses lately, but I don't think I could do this unless I was starving ... which, come to think of it, was likely how someone discovered it was both edible and desirable to eat at all.

It's probably the explanation for balut too.
I've heard that bleu cheese is poisonous to rats. It is yummy, though.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 11:04 PM
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I keep cheese in the refrigerator wrapped up fairly good, some need to breath, others don't. Cheese can get some bad mold if left out, it usually spoils the taste not makes it better.

I have only ate maggots one time, they were in the cashews we got from the J.C. Pennies lunch counter in the heated nut hut or what ever it is called. I barfed on the Houghton/Hancock bridge, so did my sister. Brought the rest back and the whole batch was full of maggots, the woman was shocked. She gave us each a bag of planters Cashews since they were all bad.



posted on Jun, 22 2021 @ 11:44 PM
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a reply to: Bigburgh



Gross but Andrew Zimmern says "if it looks good, eat it".

Yet nearly puked while eating durian fruit.



posted on Jun, 23 2021 @ 07:24 AM
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originally posted by: MidnightHawk
a reply to: Homefree

That beats anything I ever did. I did the same once at night, but it was a slice of pizza left on the counter, lights were out, grabbed it after getting up and ate it. Turned on the light to discover I had eaten a lot of ants with it.


Ants, no problem. Little maggots, maybe a problem.



posted on Jun, 23 2021 @ 12:41 PM
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Especially squiggling around in your mouth..... yuck


And I ate a live octopus in Korea. That was tasty.


a reply to: Tundra



posted on Jun, 23 2021 @ 02:10 PM
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originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: Bigburgh



Gross but Andrew Zimmern says "if it looks good, eat it".

Yet nearly puked while eating durian fruit.


He didn't fare too well with Moroccan meat preserved in fat khaleah (sp?).

But to be fair, just because it looks good doesn't mean it tastes that way. I've been foiled by potato salad for years. Looks good; like the ingredients separately; smells divine ... then, ohthen, you taste it
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posted on Jun, 23 2021 @ 04:49 PM
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originally posted by: chris_stibrany
Especially squiggling around in your mouth..... yuck


And I ate a live octopus in Korea. That was tasty.


a reply to: Tundra

Several people die each year from eating sannakji (live octopus.)
Sometimes they don't want to go down and latch on inside their throat with their suction cups.




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