If you opened up a cheese container and found maggots, would you throw it out? I think I'd burn it, myself. (Okay, maybe not, but I'd think about it!) Just thinking about it gives me the heebie-jeebies and knowing that some people actually approach the dish as if it's a delicacy makes me want to throw up. Logically I know that bugs are a great source of protein and most of the world does eat them in some capacity, but my conditioning makes me gag at the thought.
Known as casu marzu, this maggot-filled cheese is also known as rotten cheese and it's been banned for health reasons by the European Union. Even so, it survives via the black market because people love it. It's known and the world's most dangerous cheese and it's eaten with the maggots alive and well. Blech.
Have you ever eaten live insects? Which kind?
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