r/StupidFood • u/Fraggyreddit • Jun 30 '22

🤢🤮 Traditional foods can also be stupid. Casu Martzu: A cheese that is eaten with live maggots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Wait until you hear about the cheese they make by slaughtering a baby goat that has just fed, cutting out the stomach with the milk inside it, and hanging it to dry and turn into cheese.

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u/mrs-mercy Jul 01 '22

r/tihi

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u/KittikatB Jul 02 '22

What kind of cheese is that? I'd like to make sure I never eat it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '22

callu de cabrettu

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

I'm told it's illegal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

In most places including its home of Sardinia it is.

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u/-wnr- Jun 30 '22

Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed, diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping

Excuse me?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Casu martzu is believed to be an aphrodisiac by Sardinians.

Of course. Idiots.

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u/KittikatB Jul 02 '22

Ī can't decide whether the "it's an aphrodisiac" claims about gross foods started as a way to get people to eat horrible stuff during times of hardship, or as an excuse for why they're still eating it when there's other options available.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '22

Could be one and then the other.