Alive Cheese, Sardinia

Did you know Sardinia have an alive type of cheese? It's called Casu Marzu and it is a very discussed topic here. The cheese is a type of Pecorino colonized by fly larvae. The maggots eat the cheese and create a creamy consistency. People eat it by itself or spreading it on bread (yeah, they eat the alive larvae too). It is legal to make this cheese but illegal to sell it. I've personally never tried it but people seem to like it a lot.

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