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[Fossaman]

All cheese is rotted, at least a little. It's produced by putting bacterial cultures or mold in milk and letting it ferment, after all. But most cheese doesn't have macroscopic beasties in it; just the little ones.

[Duke 2.0]

All cheese is rotted, at least a little. It's produced by putting bacterial cultures or mold in milk and letting it ferment, after all. But most cheese doesn't have macroscopic beasties in it; just the little ones.

 Most cheese is still in the fermentation phase. This is in the decomposition stage.

 It has little bits of rot water.

[Belteshazzar]

I would rather dine on aged Waleshark. Really.. The stuff is toxic when fresh-caught so some bastard decides he will cut into steaks and let it hang for a few months outside before trying again. Aparently it tastes like amonia and fish but I figure that has to be better than the cheese.

Hmmm I think I just realized why this infested cheese commands a high black market price. They believe its an aphrodisiac because of its 'eruptions' of writhing spawn. Its the same line of thinking that caused the black market for grinding up and snuffing Rhino Horns (the power of innuendo and association.)

[SirHoneyBadger]

I've eaten a lot of questionable foodstuffs in my lifetime, but absolutely none of it spat maggots at me.

[Duke 2.0]

I've eaten a lot of questionable foodstuffs in my lifetime, but absolutely none of it spat maggots at me.

 ...

 Consider yourself lucky. A surprising number of things in my life have spat maggots at me. That's what I get for helping a friend renovate a flooded home.

[Mephisto]

I would rather dine on aged Waleshark. Really.. The stuff is toxic when fresh-caught so some bastard decides he will cut into steaks and let it hang for a few months outside before trying again. Aparently it tastes like amonia and fish but I figure that has to be better than the cheese.

Lutefisk may be for you.

That's fish soaked in lye for so long that the fat turns to a kind of soap, to those of you not in the know.

[SirHoneyBadger]

I've eaten a lot of questionable foodstuffs in my lifetime, but absolutely none of it spat maggots at me.

 ...

 Consider yourself lucky. A surprising number of things in my life have spat maggots at me. That's what I get for helping a friend renovate a flooded home.

Ever been attacked by a mass of bloodthirsty fleas? I had that happen to me in an old farmhouse cellar. I think I might have actually preferred the maggots, considering that maggots don't eat living flesh.

[Duke 2.0]

 They were everywhere.

 Everywhere...

[Christes]

I would rather dine on aged Waleshark. Really.. The stuff is toxic when fresh-caught so some bastard decides he will cut into steaks and let it hang for a few months outside before trying again. Aparently it tastes like amonia and fish but I figure that has to be better than the cheese.

Lutefisk may be for you.

That's fish soaked in lye for so long that the fat turns to a kind of soap, to those of you not in the know.

See, now this needs to be included in DF...  It already has fish and lye!

[pushy]

Ugh, the thought of formaggio marcio brings back pretty horrible memories of marcetto. I dunno if this applies to all variations of the cheese (I'd imagine it does), but it's legal for you to make and consume it yourself, you're just not allowed to sell it (because of the larvae)...still, it's fucking horrible to think about. Apparently, for you boys though, the cheese is like viagra

[Zorgn]

Apparently, for you boys though, the cheese is like viagra

Viagra doesn't try to eat you. It just makes you go deaf and blind. Far better, IMO.

[Sutremaine]

Besides, isn't Blue Cheese, rotten cheese? Last time I've seen it, it's barely blueish-pale white, not blue.

What kind were you looking at? Blue cheese generally resembles marble, as the mould that colours (and flavours) it is lovingly mixed into the cheese instead of being on the surface where it's easy to cut off.

[SirHoneyBadger]

Ugh, the thought of formaggio marcio brings back pretty horrible memories of marcetto. I dunno if this applies to all variations of the cheese (I'd imagine it does), but it's legal for you to make and consume it yourself, you're just not allowed to sell it (because of the larvae)...still, it's fucking horrible to think about. Apparently, for you boys though, the cheese is like viagra

Wow, that turned me off cheese AND sex. Thanks!

[Royal Surveyor]

Ugh, the thought of formaggio marcio brings back pretty horrible memories of marcetto. I dunno if this applies to all variations of the cheese (I'd imagine it does), but it's legal for you to make and consume it yourself, you're just not allowed to sell it (because of the larvae)...still, it's fucking horrible to think about. Apparently, for you boys though, the cheese is like viagra

Yes, and I've learned to always be wary when in Southeast Asia and someone says "Makes you strong."  They mean it's an aphrodisiac... which usually means it's some sort of terrible tasting part of an animal you've never heard of, and this is the only way that they could actually sell it.  Or it burns on the way in and on whatever route it takes on the way out.

[worldspawn]

I always wondered how the hell dwarves were milking maggots to make cheese. Now that question has been replaced with where are they getting the cheese they put the maggots in.

It is called dwarven cheese, so I guess they've been milking themselves. Combining maggots with dwarven boobie milk sounds so wretched it's awesome.