Prohibited Cheese- CASU MARZU

Casu Marzu in Sardinian language is "rotten cheese" It's a local cheese that is banned by Italian laws.

You can't get it in a shop or a market but since Sardinians love it it is possible to find it in black market. Shepherds are producing it in small amounts and selling it only to the costumers that they trust.

Production part is really interesting; they cut the upper part of Pecorino Sardo and leave it in open area for cheese flies to lay eggs in it. So what you eat actually is the cheese with worms in it.

Sardos while eating are covering the cheese with their hands for protecting their eyes from jumping worms. For those who doesn't like worms there is also another type which they seperate the worms.