There’s a Maggot in my Apple
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Maggot Cheese – Casu marzu
BEST BEFORE: May 6th, 2009
This video is in German, but you will get the idea…
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Casu marzu – Wikipedia; Modified on 15 April 2009
By the time it is ready for consumption, a typical Casu marzu will contain thousands of these maggots.
…there is some risk of enteric myaisis, or intestinal larval infection. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea. Piophila casei larvae are very resistant to human stomach acid and can pass through the stomach alive, taking up residency for some period of time in the intestines and causing stomach lesions and other gastrointestinal problems. The larvae have powerful mouthhooks which can lacerate stomach linings or intestinal walls as the maggots attempt to bore through internal organs.