Mark Thorson > wrote in news:475CC08B.DE655A22
@sonic.net:

> Until Anthony Bourdain pronounces it good,
> I'm not going to try it.
>
> Quoting from:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu
>
> "Piophila casei larvae can pass through the
> stomach alive (human stomach acids do not
> usually kill them) and take up residency for
> some period of time in the intestines, where
> they can cause serious lesions as they attempt
> to bore through the intestinal walls. Symptoms
> include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and
> bloody diarrhea."
>
> What I said before about Anthony Bourdain,
> forget it! I'm not eatin' this stuff.
>
> And I'm not too keen on this cheese, either:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milbenk%C3%A4se
>
> Although I may have had this one:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimolette
>
> If so, that is pretty good stuff, as I recall.
> Though I might not have bought it, had I known
> how it was made.
>

Mimolette is very tasty, I think. I wouldn't eat anything with live
insects in it, though. Bleh.