Casu Marzu - The Illegal Cheese That’s Crawling With Maggots
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Ordinarily, if your food was crawling with live maggots, you’d throw it away as fast as possible. But on this Italian island, maggots make up part of a delicacy that’s so dangerously delicious, it’s illegal.
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The guy that invented it must have gone to work all week . He was craving that cheese all week. And when he came home and realized he had left it out all this time and this was his only cheese, he said "fuck it" and ate it. That's how this cheese was born
I have a feeling it came about during some starvation years with bad harvests. Some people left the village to find food in other towns or hopefully make it to the mainland in Italy. The few people who were left in the village became more and more desperate and hence began raiding the abandoned village houses for anything which was edible. Lo and behold they found some cheese which the people who left in a hurry forgot to bring with them. When people are starving they'll eat anything (sometimes even other people) so they ate this rotten cheese. Now, when you're starving any food you otherwise can't stand tastes like the most delicious meal ever. Those who survived on it were conditioned to love its taste because it literally saved their lives. Hence it became a tradition to celebrate their survival with this maggot cheese. After a few generations the story had been "improved" and the starvation part was wholly forgotten and it became a "secret delicacy" instead.
It's also likely it happened during the Black Death of the 1300's. Most people fled their towns and villages if the plague reached it. They only returned to them once everybody had died and the plague had "passed". But when they returned to the villages there was nothing left to eat... Well, aside from all these pecorino cheese wheels which remained following the rapid death of their makers in the bubonic plague ."We've got to eat to survive." Hence maggot cheese was ingested.
You'd be amazed what kind of bizarre things people cherish after surviving death. I once saw a documentary of people who had survived shootings in the USA. This lady had picked up one of the empty casings of the ejected cartridges and made an amulet of it, as her "lucky charm". I guess all those bullets who slaughtered everybody else weren't any lucky charms for these unfortunate victims. For idiotic lady the casing of a bullet from a shooting spree was her "lucky charm".
@@jamesshunt5123 "when you're starving, any food you otherwise can't stand tastes like the most delicious meal ever" I agree with that to a limit. But any food that's rotten enough to host maggots, is past that limit. I can't imagine being starving enough that rotten cheese or meat with maggots would taste good. I'm not saying that people won't eat rotten food if they're starving enough, since starving homeless people have been known to eat out of the garbage. But actually enjoying it is another thing. You ever seen extremely rotten meat utterly saturated with maggots with half of that meat now being weird green sludge? I don't think any level of starvation could make that taste good, or even edible. That maggot infested green sludge in severely rotten meat is highly toxic and smelling it up close alone can cause a sick feeling in stomach strong enough to get you to skip your next meal, and eating even one mouthful of it will make you violently ill
@@alvexok5523 The cheese and maggots aren't rotten though. They're both food that hasn't undergone the chemical change that occurs in meat rotting to become toxic. The cheese is still edible and so are the maggots. The meat is not, and neither are the maggots feasting on the rotten meat.
@@alvexok5523 I mean, technically all cheese is in some form rotten. I wouldn’t be able to eat this either though.
Deinitely desperate measure lead to this cus sane mind wouldnt allow itself to eat food crawling with maggot unless survival is at stake😂
I did a bit of research on this, apparently as the cheese passes through the maggots bodies to give it a distinct taste and flavor, as said in the video. You think your eating creamy cheese but most of it is maggot excrements.
Well cheese is mostly bacteria and fungi
Excrement
Yumm!!!!😋
Even better, DELICIOUS!
👌🏻
NASTY MAGGOT SHIT
you know, honey is bee vomit, but nobody complaints on that.
I’m glad Italy has great dishes so they can make up for the invention of this
mai assaggiato?
this cheese is not Italian, it's Sardo
gitgit git Sardinia is Italian
@@seantheguy1391, Italy is the nation, Sardinia is the region where it is made..
Sardegna no est Italia
*when that sheep fell I lost it*
🤣
That's at 1:55
Coz of the floor
Niggha slipped on some maggots
😂
0:40 Wait. Maggots can actually JUMP?! 😱
Ye 🤣
So can Mice. Not that it's highly relevant, but they're also pretty good at it.
Sam o nella academy brought me here lol
haha me too
This has the unintended side effect of me *really* wanting to try it.
I'll be sure to chew carefully, okay?! Where can I try this??
1:56 my boi almost fell :(
No matter what anyone tells me, I’m not eating cheese filled with maggots!
Yess
I’ll throw up
Stop eating yogurt. Stop eating Honey. Stop eating Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Coffee-
I think people would stop eating if they really knew what's in their food...
@@ShinyShilla but maggots???? Ohhhhh hell no!!!! I can handle some undesirable ingredients or two but MAGGOTS????? Literal fly larvae!???? Bitch you must be high or somethin!
@@ShinyShilla False analogies aplenty!
I work in the food service industry as a delivery driver and this maggot cheese is the looks more appetizing than the things I’ve seen in some kitchens.
What happened?
oh stop it
i cant imagine anything more disgusting then maggot food
I came here because I'm reading a book about forensic entomology where it was stated that maggots of the cheese fly can jump and I really wanted to see that. Now I did. And now I imagine them jumping from a decomposing body on someone's face...
What book was that?
@@romanzolanski3193 a german book about the methods of criminal biology the author is Mark Benecke
@@aribumi4674 I'll go find it, sounds like a good book. Cheers!
they're cheese flies, they won't eat decomposing bodies
1:55 Whoops.
Lol
Lol
Legend of Carsu marzu,
You eat the cheese,the cheese eats you,it tastes good,but looks scary,it’s famous,it’s hope for health,you can taste it,for a whole new level
I dont care how tasty this is, i just cant eat it.
It’s not just maggot cheese it’s maggot poop like it eats the cheese poops it and you eat it again
@@sunjungnam980 😂😂😂😂😂
@@nocommentaryjustfun6735 mm yummy
Do you eat honey? Which is just bee vomit.
@@lumpyfishgravy I think we can all agree that we rather eat bee vomit than maggot poop. At least with bees, you don't get the desire to use a flamethrower.
I bought some “fancy” goat cheese from the local farmers market. Was told to let it sit at room temp for about a day in a bowl. Covered. It stunk like manure almost. When I opened the lid a small fly flew out. Upon closer examination I found small baby maggot looking things. It was about $18USD for this piece of cheese. I am now scared to eat it but it has started to get nice and creamy under the slightly fermented crust. I want to eat it but am slightly terrified and kind of want to ask her what’s up next time I see her at the market
Did you ever ask her about the cheese? Did you end up eating it?
cheese update?
No update, that means 💀
Rest in peace
Lol
Sheep: *fell*
Me: *lost to my laugh world*
The royalty free music really puts the cherry on top of this cheese cake video.
I'm sardinian, I didn't eat it until I was 18 because of the same reason that affects most of you.. then I tried it the first time and wow!! it's absolutely the best cheese people can eat in their life! of course it's difficult to find and you need to book it(cause not many people knows how to do it) and it costs 50€/kg, if you are lucky you can have some friend that gives it to you. We call it Sardinia Viagra xD it's perfect if combined with Carasau's bread and Cannonau's strong red dry wine.
Typical italian exaggeration :)
get outta here dude
EWWWWW 😭
My GF is half-Sardinian, and I absolutely love pane carasau and the cannonau red wines. Hopefully I am able to taste this combination, even though I am disgusted by the idea of the maggots.
Outtta here bro
Pssst in the Netherlands we also have a forbidden cheese. It's called green sheep cheese from the island of Texel. The cheese is green because the cheese maker adds a tea made from sheep's poe. It's forbidden to sell, make and eat cheese. I've never had it but legend has it that it is one of the best sheep cheeses in the world.
I'm going to look it up, fascinating!
I looked it up,yikes!! It is banned,good.
@@dipitickner1927🤣🤣🤣
damn I had to dig deep to find more information about this. But its real wtf
@@theforeskinsnatcher373 It's totally real. It's sometimes being produced in secret on a small scale. By now everyone has heard about Casu marzu, but almost no one knows Texels green cheese XD
The perelli jacket tho 🔥 only in Italy does your sheep farmer rock Perelli gear! He's most likely either got a ferrari or lambo too lol
I mean, I really get that it's cultural and maybe if I grew up with it I'd be less disgusted but holy moly wtf Sardinia
Ever had it without the cheese 🤤
@@Isaiah_Cochran Oof
@@Isaiah_Cochran did u do it?🤔
@@Isaiah_Cochran it indeed was enough to make anyone kill himself at that point
When he says it's not dangerous it's so irresponsible. Eating live larvae is dangerous. They can survive the digestive process and actually can eat through your intestines.
Yup
thats not how it works, when you chew the cheese, the maggots are probably already dead. And even if they do survive, there is no way a maggot can eat though your intestines, you'll just shit them out like any other food.
@@titanplanet5630 many fly species can survive in your digestive tract. Intestinal myiasis. Insects can survive, lay eggs, and even consume while in you.
@@josro1234 youre saying a half dead larvae can survive digestive acids. I dont think so
@PaintPaws they're barely moving and jumping is because of dying muscle contractions
Sardinia is the cradle of cheese. One of the most ancient european cheese recipe we know is Sardinian: Casu de cabreddu. Sardinian cheese is incredible. If they say it's safe, you must believe them: it's safe.
"As far as I can tell, there isn't a single person that ever got sick from eating it."
Source: Trust me, bro
He's right, though. The alleged concern is that the maggots could survive in your intestines. But there are no recorded cases of that ever happening from consuming this cheese. So it being banned on that basis is pretty dumb. Just to highlight the absurdity. The US also bans casu marzu. But fugu, which has actually killed people, is merely heavily regulated but not outright banned.
While I personally have no interest in eating this cheese, all evidence indicates that it is safe. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that it's less likely to get you sick than unwashed vegetables or cross contamination from raw chicken.
And in Sardinia, with another location in Japan, are the places where people live the longest. Do a web search. There are many people who live more than 100 years.
If there was an unsee button, it would be spammed until the algorithm breaks
Disgusting
What about the honey? It is the vomit of bees.
@@cobell7267 What about milk? Part of it is made from stuff that sits in a cows stomach
sheep are soo adorable
Yes
Just add some light-hearted music, and the cheese goes from disgusting to A-OKAY!
My mozerella cheese has maggots😂 as it has expired can I still eat it?
Comercialized it maybe it would be a suxcess
It’s been a month, have you eaten it? 😳
Hell no.
@@theblackvalkyrie69it's been 3 years and he still hasn't responded. Hope he's okay after eating it 😢
am alergic of chese ... and this cheese make me alergic + anxiety
This comment looks so cute
Uuu soooo ugly
@@gerryprakasa34 shut up '^')/ u piece of sh*t
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'^')/ here your brain
Immagine eating the cheese then you see a maggot then it jumps,THEN YOU SEE AN GIANT MAGGOT ON UR EYE
Just because it’s Artisan and old doesn’t mean it not shit!
I just ponder the mind of the person came up with this idea in the first place
I'm a first generation Italian Canadian and I remember my aunt and uncle somehow getting a hold of this cheese. This was the late 70's early 80's, so things were very different back then. I can still vividly see those little maggot bastards jumping and squirming in the cheese! Can't remember if I actually tried it 🤣🤣🤣. Just thinking about it and I can feel them😳
I'm a gangsta until the maggot jumps
Something is wrong when you love cheese so much you're willing to eat this shit
1:56 i actually burst into laughing 😂
Question, when you eat the Casu Marzu, do you also eat with the maggots in it? Are these maggots safe to eat? And are these flies are specifically raised to make that cheese?
Internet tells me that casu marzu with dead maggots are toxic/unsafe, so it must be eaten either fresh with the maggots or refrigerated (it says it kills the maggots).
Safety is a bit touch and go, larvae might survive your stomach acid and cause pseudimyiasis, or cause allergic reactions and other digestive problems. The maggots in the cheese itself can also jump into the air as high as 15 cm/6 in, so there's a possibility it might get into the eyes or nose. I don't have any data on maggot safety but some testimonials online say they're fine after eating casu marzu. As always, take these with a healthy amount of skepticism.
The fly itself is a natural cheese fly called Piophila casei. It's not specifically bred (like, say, sweet corn crop) or anything, as far as I can tell.
I really want to try this but I've had digestive issues my entire life, so I'll happily take a pecorino, parmesan, or grana padano over this :)
you eat it with the maggots in it, but they get digested by your stomach - except when they don't and you end up with a condition called pseudomyiasis where they live inside and feed on ur intestines. You'll probably end up just pooping them out though, unless you end up with multiple of them inside you and they start reproducing, then you need to get them removed manually
@@puru7976 well put . I too had surgery to get the maggots out of my Anus after feasting on the putrid creation . Let me tell you my anus is in way better shape
@@puru7976 best comment ever!!!
@@puru7976 maggots cant reproduce
I'm from Sardegna (sardinia) and is one of my favourite food...... Has a very strong smell and strong taste
America: Mac n’ cheese
Italy: Mag n’ cheese
After seeing this, i think indian street food is not bad 😅
I don’t care if it’s even Cheese made by god i’m not eating it
It's called "Worm Cheese" and I would love to try it. As much as I love cheese, I'm a little skeptical about eating maggots which can cause you to contract Salmonella and E-coli.
Not at all
@@francocasu7278
Some people recommend keeping the cheese in a bag until the maggots have died. I would still be skeptical about eating it.
Its called 'Rotten Cheese'
@@basicallythatoneperson
You're absolutely right, but all cheese is rotten. Cheese is cream that has molded.
Don’t forget about myiasis, when the lovely larvae eat through your stomach and intestines.
no way these people are the same eating cheese is one thing eating molded is another but eating maggots is crazy
Bruh im not gonna eat live maggots.
You better eat it.
@ParkAinul YJD close your eyes and swallow It, bitch.
@ParkAinul YJD Ahahahah, okay
In our country Philippines,we have a meat infested with maggot too,we called it Etag,it can be located in Cordillera Administrative Region,its legal to sell
I’ve try it many time. And now im alive without problem and in good health. The cheese is very tasty, spicy and creamy. LOVE CASU MARZU
do you feel the maggots in your mouth when you eat it?
Maybe not now
The illustrations are more disturbing than the actual cheese.
2:04 need beautiful place like this to Alive
And eat this cheese.. Perfect life..
@@szymanowski7 yeah special cheese
Mag and Cheese
With the uplifting music 💀
The purpose of a maggot is to eventually turn into a fly so it can lay eggs. If one of these maggots somehow survived in your intestines it would only be one because it never turns into a fly as well as it dying very soon after arrival. This cheese is really good.😊
Assuming the eggs don't dissolve by the stomach's acid, which is pretty strong.
How about skip the maggots. Probably be better cheese
But they’re half the fun
They make the flavor
@@seantheguy1391 yes they create the "cream" guess what the cream is.
@@irkedd the maggots were born inside the cheese, they only eat cheese... they definetly are made by cheese :)
@@entidade1000 😂
🤢🤢🤢
That’s basically mouldy milk with maggots
Exactly!!
Dont forget maggot poop 🌝
D I S G U S T I N G
Ill never look at the maggots in my bin the same again
Why does this looks good
Me encantaría probar este queso. Soy vasco de Navarra y desde siempre he conocido el queso con gusanos y para mi es un autentico manjar.
Of course you would.
🤢🤮😵💫 nope!
Illegal cheese with maggots can cause stomachache deadly?
The one cheese I would never eat
I bet they’ll love a ‘maggot shake’ (why not).
Omg people are so ignorant 😂😂 Im from Sardegna, i personally never tried this only because im not living in Sardegna, but my mum always tells me that its not dangerous at all and farmers have been eating this cheese for years. If it was so dangerous and disgusting as people say i dont think Sardegna would be one of the Blue Zones in the world. And if im not wrong its not just any type of fly that comes to lay eggs in the cheese but only this specific type.
Please dont offend or judge before you even tried it.
The farmers in Sardegna have been producing fresh food for years and they know what's best.
Ah cheese made of maggot poop, and of course, thousands of live maggots! Bon apetite 👌
The maggots are actually pretty nutrient dense. When i was fermenting pork some of the flies got in an lay eggs on it. Ate some of the maggots from it, having better digestion since.
Did the same with beef.
I'd eat it as long as there would be no maggots in the bite
Looks creamy and tasty
The way it spreads on the bread
I wish i can try it someday
Disgusting
There is so many food and a lot of cheese ,why should we eat that shit !
I accidentally tasted and chewed on a maggot before my mouth was open beside a tree and a maggot fell off. Something I vomit 3x taste like shitt
I dont care if this is an old tradition.. this is not safe for your health and nobody should be eating that...
So I don't know a lot about maggots. Am I understanding this right, that a fly can give birth to maggots, but then maggots can procreate with other maggots before they turn into flies and have baby maggots? So Flies can give birth to maggots and maggots can also give birth to maggots?
Sick people😠
The sheep wouldn’t have fallen if there was no water! Silly sheep
Can you make it without the maggots? Lol
No
Yes, it's the classic pecorino sardo cheese.
1:57 e copot copot
Keju harom🗿
The other cheese he didn't talked about is "casu feces" all the farmers from the villages shit in a bucket and let the fly lays their eggs on it. In 3 months time it is edible, it is use on special occasions like weddings and birthdays.
My sides. You should be a comedian.
i'm dead, thank you
I needed A good laugh so thank you
Have you considered selling to the UK now we are no longer part of the EU?
why though?
if you want creamy cheese just have burrata lol
The maggots actually die in your stomach right? Unless they give my Frye parasites, then I wouldn't be willing to try it. But if they're harmless I'd try it out, even though it doesn't sound like my taste of tea
I would love to try this.
It’s be the first and last time
You'd love to try cheese mixed with maggot shit? Because that's literally what it is. That's what causes it to break down and become "creamy".
@@ajuiceboxxx And still better than 98% of American food.
@@garrgravarr I love how you assume i’m American lol
@@ajuiceboxxx My apologies. It struck me as a very American thing to say.
Oh hell no
Just why.....
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And people think the Icelandic fermented shark is bad
it is. It smells and tastes way worse than this. This just looks gross cause of the maggots.
That's fully disgusting by all means and in so many ways!!!!😡😡😡
So? Then don't eat! I'd wanna try it. There's ivermectin for parasites!
I some understand why anyone would eat maggots and maggot poop.
How is this acceptable?
Correct me if I’m wrong but this is the only kind of it’s dish in Italy, no?
When does something stop being cheese and start being shit?
These guys just defying drs
I'd try it.
Why not?
I will try any sort of cultural delicacy from around the world.
"Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Cheese Ass"
Great video but the music is far too loud and distracting, you can't the guy.
Ma pochissimi lo mangiano e ne mangiano pochissimo.
Wiggly cheese 😩🥺😫
I'd rather eat this over Natto.
No. Just no.
Why is it illegal? Is it poisonous?
probably because the sale of dairy with live maggots rolling around in it is fucked up would be my guess?? i mean lol
Casu Marzu is not Illegal but its Illegal for selling. But I guess you can Consider it being illegal because it is Unsafe to eat because of the maggots have died inside the cheese.
more reason
1) etical questions, Is not so good in Europe eating living Animals so this Is a big 1 strike
2) the cheese can be Dangerous if not prepared in right way
the most important thing Is the maggot
the maggot Is from a specific fly (cheese fly) and not the domestic fly
they Just make the cheese Rotten but If the cheese get to mutch Rotten can poison Who eat It
how i know the cheese Is not poisonous? Easy the maggots r Alive
if the maggots die the cheese Is not safe and could be toxic so u can t eat It, if the maggots r Alive the cheese Is safe
At least a British dairy would have a more hoof freindly floor. Only peasants would milk a sheep in the first place.
It actually tastes great. It's like being hit by a massive amount of some sort of parmesan or pecorino cheese. The taste lasts for hours.