#casu marzu

[cerebrodigital]

Casu Marzu es uno de los quesos más costosos que existen. Debe ser delicioso, ¿verdad? Pues su venta está prohibida en varios países y se le conoce como el queso más peligroso del planeta.

Y sí, lo que se ve en la imagen es lo que crees que es...

Descubre a que se debe su peligrosidad:

[cruorlupus]

A tale in two parts

[pygian-weapon]

I wonder what's the dividing line between supposedly "evolutionary" phobias, and cultures where the object of those phobias is a traditional dish. Think fear of snakes/spiders/bugs/etc... They're probably less frequent out of sheer exposure, but I wonder if some people still develop them anyway and try to avoid those specific animals.

It also makes me wonder how much of these phobias are actually biological predisposition and how much are instead social contagion. Did the first person to sautée grasshoppers do it out of necessity and crunched through the fear, or was it the curiosity of a scientific cook?

[definitelynotshouting]

Hii :3

1. Favourite type of tea? Or are u a coffee person?

2. Which of the poems that youve shared on here are your favourite/most proud of?

3. LEAST favourite type of cheese?? Ik youre a connoisseur in this department so..

-☀️

SUN ANON HELLO MY BELOVED GLAD TO SEE YOU!!!!

1.) ohhhhh thats a VERY strong tie between matcha and lavender (so its even BETTER when theyre combined<3). I dont tend to drink coffee much bc it often leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth :O so tea is deffo what i gravitate towards the most

2.) OH MAN..... poem 13 i think, i didnt anticipate so many people liking it but i love the rhythm and how the all caps just really adds to the feeling of wordless screaming i was trying to get across

3.) velveeta is liquid plastic and you cannot convince me otherwise

[miss-rum-hee]

It's always these UwU ass cunts doing shit like this...

These are the sort of people they put me on a list with. Literally just people who want the hostages back, but somehow they're Nazis? Make it make sense.

[divinituscaptivus]

Salvē imperator,

Apparently the word larva means ghost or spirit in Latin. (pronounced Lar-wah)

Makes sense. They are ghastly pale, widely considered unsettling, and aren’t easily understood by the human mind.

They are all around us silent but always there operating outside of what man thinks how the world work; No ideals, no dreams, and no gods,

Thoughts on these creatures Imperator?

(Thanks for listening to my autistic rambling on grubs,)

"They are also surprisingly robust sources sources of protein. Many cultures have subsisted on the larvae of insects since time immemorial. I have done so myself. I have eaten many substances mortals would consider 'unsettling' in order to survive. Did you know, Stranger, that an ancient culture once created a form of cheese infamous for containing living fly larvae? The flies were allowed to lay eggs within the rind and their maggots made the cheese soft, sour, and creamy. One had to consume the larvae alive. as the cheese was said to have spoiled once the maggots died. "

[kobabeach]

brie cheese also just owns in general. im not a cheese scholar i need to get aquainted with the higher arts of cheeses all over the world but i do enjoy me a good brie, gorgonzola, camembert and maybe a little edam despite it paling a bit compared to the others (i am portuguese, so that's why that last one is there)

[iamdotwav88]

Casu Marzu 🪱

so yesterday i learnt that in italy there is a cheese made by using maggots, and believe it or not italy is still a legit country.

[cerebrodigital]

Que apetitoso queso... 💀

Contexto:

[squeakadeeks]

its always kind of funny to see how many genuine polls are structured like: What's your favorite food?

Option 1: australian spaghetti (1%)

Option 2: Casu Marzu (1%)

Option 3: Hot dogs (3%)

Option 4: Other (95%)

[lesvegas]

Haven't finished dunmeshi but Laios would eat casu marzu. He'd eat an ortolan bunting and say the bones piercing his mouth making him bleed adds to the flavour. He'd eat a live octopus. He'd eat a live anything actually. He'd eat another person.

[libertarian-druid-ny-separatist]

And still like cheese, even if you might be toxic, someone is still looking for you.

I think there's a real tragedy in the way straight men don't see themselves the same way that people who are attracted to men see them. If you ask a straight man to describe what an attractive man looks like, there's very little variety - the masculine male ideal is tall, broad-shouldered, square-jawed with a cleft chin and built of sculpted muscle. The stereotypical image of an Alpha Male, someone whom he could respect, and envy.

And sure, there are plenty of women, gay men and people of all sorts who are attracted to to this specific type, even exclusively attracted to it, there is so much more variety in this, both in the tastes and their subjects.

The stereotype of "hot wife, ugly husband"-couples was drawn from the observations of straight men, from their own perspective. Women going after men that men find unattractive makes no sense to them, and they figure that women are willing to overlook being ugly if a man's funny, smart or rich enough. If a woman insists that she's attracted to a specific man who isn't attractive by their standards, they'll assume that she's lying.

The tragic part is when a man who believes himself to be ugly grows bitter over this, developing a foul personality which people do find repulsive, and then uses their repeated experiences of being romantically rejected as proof that they're physically unattractive, insisting that surely women would overlook his heinousness if only he was tall and muscular enough, and had the right bone structure. The self-feeding vicious cycle of being a bitter incel is born.

The thing about "ugly men with a good personality can still be attractive" is that they're usually not even ugly. Some people do genuinely find fat and hairy men, thin and delicate men, short men and feminine men attractive. There's as much variety as in cheese, you can't compare aura to brie. And just like in cheese, as long as you're not toxic, somebody's into that. You just need to find the right wine to compliment it.

[davekat-sucks]

someone asked about a gold blood pretending to be a blood they werent. what about the time equius made an aradiabot and filled it with his own blood to change her class? homestuck needs more of this sicko shit and more of the strange food too. thats what makes the cast feel like aliens

Yeah, Equius wanted Aradia to be equal with him by making sure she has the same blood color as him in that new body. Epilogues Meat also mentions that Karkat ate CHOCOLATE COVERED BEETLES, confirming that yes, trollkind eats bugs and insects. They would find shit like casu marzu (cheese with maggots), kamaro (mole crickets), mezcal worm, abuos (ant egg caviar), adobong salagubang (seasoned may beetle), uok (coconut worms), and other insect dishes across the world as actual meals for them. I mean, this is the same Alternia alien trollkind that has their Christmas decorate LITERAL MONSTER SHIT instead of a pine tree. And it really is shit, even Karkat says BEHEMOTH LEAVINGS towards his Future self, confirming that the trolls celebrate the holidays with POOP. Makes me wonder when people ship troll x human, would the fans want the humans engage in troll culture? Or would the trolls be corrected that their customs and beliefs were wrong and that human kind is better and healthier? I'm definitely on the side that has humans fixing them. No way fans would accept something like Dave kissing Karkat after the troll ate a dung beetle for dessert.

[liminalmemories21]

Hi Lim!

A writing prompt: “You go first.”

He's walked in on any number of scenes at the firehouse in the last three year, from prank wars, to foosball competitions, to sweaty one upmanship in the gym. Sometimes they're even working, although not usually between the hours of 12-1pm unless the trucks are out on a call.

When he walks in today the entirety of the 126 is standing around the kitchen table staring at something.

"It was for you, Cap," Marjan says, and there's more than a hint of aggressive innocence in her voice. "You should take the first bite."

Owen makes a dubious noise. "It was for the firehouse, as Captain I should really eat last."

Carlos raises his eyebrows, and wonders what can possibly be on the table.

"So, reverse seniority?" Paul asks. "Mateo should go first."

He's familiar with the particular silence of Mateo trying to find a polite way to say hell no to food. Granted he's more familiar with it when Mateo is presented with something Owen has made that he claims is a healthier version of something that usually tastes good, but Owen doesn't seem eager to eat whatever it is either.

He finds TK on the other side of the table, eyeing whatever it is with the expression Carlos usually reserves for the live crickets they give Lou II as a treat. He tries to peer at the table, but Judd is a solid wall in front of him, and he gives up and clears his throat.

"Hi guys."

They all turn and look at him with eerily identical expressions. "Carlos should go first, he's a guest," Nancy says triumphantly.

TK opens his mouth, hopefully to defend him from whatever the hell it is that's on the table, and then shuts it abruptly on a squawk when Tommy clearly steps on his foot, and really he wouldn't have suspected that of Tommy.

"What should I try?" he asks, and hopes he doesn't sound quite as filled with trepidation as he is.

"Kendra brought Cap a present," Judd offers, and Carlos narrows his eyes, because there's definite amusement in Judd's voice.

"Kendra very kindly brought a present for the station," Owen corrects. "She was in Italy on business recently and brought us back some cheese."

"Okay," he says slowly, because there has to be more to this story than a wedge of Parmesan. "What kind of cheese?"

Tommy flips open a card and reads, "Casu Marzu is a traditional sheep's milk cheese from Sardinian. Once considered a rare delicacy it has now been classified as a traditional food and is being introduced in the finest restaurants."

The name rings a very faint bell in his head and he steps up to the table with more curiosity. TK elbows his boss. "Read the rest of the card."

Tommy eyes the cheese and grimaces. "The ancient traditional cheese making process is further enhanced by the larva of cheese flies hatching inside the ripening cheese and adding to the fermentation process." She pauses. "The larva may be removed before consuming, but many people consider them to add a subtle nuance to the flavor and be an integral part of the experience."

He takes a hasty step back, hands behind his back. Judd snorts, but Carlos notices that he's a safe foot away from the table. "And you're actually planning on eating it?" he says faintly.

"You're a foodie," Paul says mildly.

He glares at him. "So are you."

Paul shakes his head emphatically. "That shit's moving. I gotta draw the line somewhere."

He shudders and swallows hard. TK comes around the edge of the table and takes his hand. "Don't worry baby, I won't let them make you eat Dad's weird cheese."

"Dirty," Nancy mutters, and TK scowls at her.

There's a noise behind them and Buttercup wanders in, visibly torn between demanding affection from all of her favorite people and the food on the table. Carlos eyes her and then the cheese and then her again. "What if," he says slowly, "what if you said you were about to try the cheese and then a call came in and Buttercup ate it while y'all were out."

"We are not feeding that cheese to Buttercup," TK objects, horrified.

He shakes his head. "No, we put the cheese in the dumpster," or the incinerator he thinks privately. "You just tell Kendra that Buttercup ate it."

Paul leans around Marjan to high five him. "I take back what I said about the pudding cup. You, sir, are a criminal mastermind."

[pleafyistired]

Hello Pleafyyyyy! :DDD Trick or Treat! :3333

awwwwwhhhh thats such a cute costume!!! Unfortunately i am fukcing in the Military rn (serving mandatory time 😭😭) but since youre so cool and my only trick or treater at my house today, youll get something special

illegal cheese (in tha us)! Casu marzu :3 happy halloween!

[vamprisms]

wyll with tears in his eyes: please. please tell me you didn't sign anything for that guy

i think the hells has beatlemania for the dark urge. the difference in the way raphael greets you as durge is so funny. um like... do you want my autograph or something