Would you eat this cheese? 🧀🪰 Casu Martzu is the world's most dangerous cheese. It's also illegal because of obvious reasons. It's filled with maggots and is described to have a salty and pungent taste. #casumarzu #cheese #Sardinia #tastelessbaker #dangerousfood #unusualfood #maggot #pecorino | Tasteless Baker

5M views · 4K reactions | What makes the Sardinia’s “casu marzu” the most dangerous cheese in the world? Live maggots. We’ll let farmer Simone Ibba explain just why this rare cheese is “to die for.” Buon appetite! | Great Big Story | Facebook

Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese that contains live maggots. When eating the cheese, one is meant to close their eyes, or at least to hide them behind your palm. It's not to avoid looking at the maggots as you eat them but to protect your eyes from them. When bothered, the maggots will jump up, sometimes going as high as six inches. They've been known to hit people's eyes. Next tip -- It is imperative for one to properly chew and kill the maggots before swallowing. Otherwise they can live in the