cheese skipper fly

insect
Also known as: Piophila casei

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casu marzu

  • casu marzu cheese
    In casu marzu

    …a cheese fly known as Piophila casei are introduced to the cheese. The grubs are allowed to grow inside the cheese paste to encourage an advanced level of fermentation, one that most people would describe as decomposition. The developing grubs produce a spicy cream inside the cheese with a very…

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