It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its ...

It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its ...

When it comes to casu marzu that means getting past the initial appearance — a wriggling, writhing hunk of cheese infested ...

Even looking at pictures of the cheese is somewhat naseauting, as the maggots that help create the cheese are prevalent within it. They’re also extremely active, and are capable of jumping up to ...

Cheese is a wonderful food. It's a core component of many meals, including some of my personal favorites. But not all cheese is good. In fact, some of it is downright terrifying-and even dangerous ...

And it is within these edgy curves that shepherds produce casu marzu, a maggot-infested cheese that, in 2009, the Guinness World Record proclaimed the world’s most dangerous cheese. Cheese skipper ...

While it is being left to mature, cheese skipper flies - or Piophila casei - lay their eggs in gaps that form in the cheese. The maggots hatch and make their way through the cheese, digesting ...

The cheese is produced by allowing Sardinian wheels of Pecorino to get infested as cheese skipper flies lay their eggs in its cracks. When the eggs hatch into maggots, the larvae start to eat and ...

It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its ...