Casu-marzu cheese

Cheese with larvae, from Sardinia. Larvae is deliberately introduced to the cheese, this does sound quite disgusting. The lengths someone will go too, just to make something totally vile. I know the French are partial to frogs legs and some countries have people who eat cats and dogs. This takes the American hotdog to a whole new level. 
But putting maggots into cheese, which the maggots eat, what happens then is up for conjecture but what goes in must come out and people eat this cheese? They claim it promotes an advanced level of fermentation and breaks down of the cheese's fats. 

In this civilised island of ours, we have a government body called Health and Safety, this is one of those occasions where they have put a stop to this cheese being sold or eaten. Something to do with eating something that is still living, they feel it cannot be right, so without trying it, have taken it off our menu. Sensible fellows really, one never knows where those insect were before they laid their eggs in the cheese. 
After doing some research, I have discovered that it is not that common, even in Sardinia and from what I have read, it is an acquired taste.

Enough of this seriousness, I am at Caffe Nero enjoying a Americano in a double expresso cup, intensifies the flavour and Nero's is one of the better coffee shop chains that are around. Great little cafe and the bonus is I can bring JB along, he does love a visit to just about any where, never been too fussy. I try not to sit near the door as everyone that comes in wants to say hello to him and that is a distraction, when I am trying to complete a blog.

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