Casu Marzu

After hearing about a Sardinian cheese called Casu Marzu from my Spanish teacher, I decided to ask around and read up on it. I think it's definitely worth a post, as it's very interesting. Casu Marzu literally means "rotten cheese" in Sardinian, a language that is similar to Spanish but now almost non-existent in Sardinia, which is good, because I already have one language to learn. Anyway, the cheese is now illegal and can only be purchased on the black market due to various health risks involved with decomposing cheese. Essentially, the cheese, which comes from sheep milk, is eaten after its decomposition point. Inside, the cheese is crawling with live insect larvae, which makes the cheese taste better, or so I've heard. The cheese becomes very soft, almost like a liquid. Right away, I thought this sounded disgusting so I asked my English teacher here if she had ever tried it. She said that she had and that it was actually extremely tasty. Some people remove the worms before eating the cheese while others like the taste better with the larvae still intact. My English teacher told me that she takes out the worms.