Reply to: Cheese safety

[hyperD]

I'm pretty adventurous with food - raw steak, witchety grubs but yes, holding my hand above a sandwich to stop larvae jumping into my eyes...!

[Durbs]

there is some risk of intestinal larval infection

Thats kinda where i draw the line, right there. Furry cheese, yum, intestinal larvae, nope.

[d000hg]

WTF?

It's a MAN's cheese

[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!

[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.

[Zippy]

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

"Believed to be an aphrodisiac ..."

[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

[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.

[Zippy]

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

Erm...it's yeast actually

[TimberWolf]

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

[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]

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

Wash your innuendous mouths out now

[Zippy]

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

[TimberWolf]

Go for it.

I had some iffy meat the other week. It was frozen but had been defrosted and refrozen at least once and stunk a bit when finally defrosted. Anyway I thought cooking would sort it out, especially if the outside surfaces were excised. Nope, still tasted pretty nasty throughout after cooking. It even still smelled, which if anything was worse than before it was cooked.

[norrahe]

Do the research and you will find that it is the perfect combination.

what snot goblin as well? I don't think so