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CASU MARZU MAGGOT CHEESE Casu Marzu – The Cheese is Alive! Casu Marzu Maggot Cheese If you are a foodie who is willing to try anything, let me introduce you to Casu Marzu.  Casu Marzu is a one of a kind cheese that is from Sardinia, Italy.  In Sardinian, Casu Marzu means “rotten cheese.”  But this cheese is not simply rotten, it is alive!  This sheep’s milk cheese is literally crawling with thousands of living maggots.  Believe it or not, this is the truth.  It has been banned  in Italy and the EU and it is illegal to sell it.  Here is a little more information about Casu Marzu. Making Casu Marzu Casu Marzu is made from Pecorino Sardo cheese, which is then treated with a brine soak, and is then smoked.  After the smoking process is over, it is left outside with no covering at all.  This then attracts cheese files that come and lay their eggs in the cheese – hence the maggots.  Once the eggs have hatched, the maggots are the catalysts for a fermentation process.  When