Cheese safety

[Zippy]

I'm not afraid of cheese, so would have eaten it.

[TimberWolf]

I'm not afraid of cheese, so would have eaten it.

Wash your innuendous mouths out now

[RichardCranium]

When blue-green bits grow on the outside of normal cheese, obviously that's bad.

Trim them off and get it eaten.

But when blue-green bits grow on the outside of blue cheese (i.e. the same colour as the green-blue bits that are supposed to be there, but there's more of it round the edges), that's OK isn't it?

Of course. Get it eaten.

Cheese is only rotten, coagulated bacteria bodies that dined and died on milk. A bit of mould won't make much difference. Except to add body.

[TimberWolf]

Wash it all down with bacteria excreta (wine/beer).

[Zippy]

Wash it all down with bacteria excreta (wine/beer).

Erm...it's yeast actually

[hyperD]

Most cheese is mould - it's fine. Cut it off if you are a girl.

If it makes your tongue swell then drink more wine.

[d000hg]

There's a very special cheese which is deemed ripe only when teeming with maggot.

Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed,[1][8] diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping into their eyes

[Zippy]

There's a very special cheese which is deemed ripe only when teeming with maggot.

"Believed to be an aphrodisiac ..."

[Churchill]

There's a very special cheese which is deemed ripe only when teeming with maggot.

WTF?

Several food safety issues have been raised in relation to Casu marzu, including anecdotal reports of allergic reactions and the danger of consuming cheese that has advanced to a toxic state. In addition, there is some risk of enteric myaisis, or intestinal larval infection. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea. Piophila casei larvae are very resistant to human stomach acid and can pass through the stomach alive, taking up residency for some period of time in the intestines and causing stomach lesions and other gastrointestinal problems. The larvae have powerful mouthhooks which can lacerate stomach linings or intestinal walls as the maggots attempt to bore through internal organs.

[thunderlizard]

Toolpusher - I don't know about that valencay cheese, but it looks very similar to a goat's cheese called cerney which is super-tasty. The dark stuff on the outside is probably charcoal; but the white wispy stuff is still mould!