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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"food",<br>"author":"babu5",<br>"permlink":"casu-marzu",<br>"title":"Casu Marzu",<br>"body":"Most Americans reading this may be scratching their heads wondering what casu marzu is,<br> and there\u2019s a reason for it which you\u2019ve probably already guessed: It\u2019s banned in the United States. The traditional dish from Sardinia is made from sheep milk that contains an ingredient the people at the FDA may have gagged at learning: live insect larvae,<br> more commonly known as maggots. Yes,<br> you read that correctly\u2014when prepared in the traditional way,<br> this dish contains a cheeseload of maggots.Casu Marzu is made by placing a wheel of pecorino cheese outside with a small portion of the rind removed. This allows a fly,<br> Piophila casei,<br> to lay its eggs in the cheese. Seeing as these little buggers can lay up to 500 eggs at a time,<br> there are going to be quite a few maggots inside. As they mature and eat the cheese,<br> the acid in their stomachs breaks down the cheese fat,<br> making the cheese incredibly soft. The chef knows the dish is ready to be served when several thousand maggots are present. It\u2019s up to the person eating the dish whether or not they want to eat the maggots whole or by mashing them into a paste. Many do this,<br> while others flick them aside. While casu marzu is certainly banned in the United States,<br> it is also banned in the EU,<br> making it difficult to find . . . should you want to.[6 ![casu-marzu.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmYDF7Ezw7B8WoZ24r59aQHef3Q2wYedMc8zrtHqKnLgpk\/casu-marzu.jpg)",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"food\",<br>\"foodphotography\",<br>\"recipe\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmYDF7Ezw7B8WoZ24r59aQHef3Q2wYedMc8zrtHqKnLgpk\/casu-marzu.jpg\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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