They developed a preservation technique that is still used today. It was invented by the Vikings in a time they had to conserve as much food as possible. This is a decomposed shark carcass that tastes like strong cheese and smells like urine. Hákarl (Decomposed Shark Carcass) – Iceland It remains uncertain if the pungent smell is the reason of your weeping or the fear of tongue-burning taste with the maggots jumping off while eating.Īlthough this is a generations old culinary delicacy with roots in familial history it does not meet the modern norm of sanitation and declared illegal.īalut 3. The process of fermentation is so advanced that it’s close to decomposition and the cheese is developing a soft, liquid texture. The larvae of cheese flies is burrowing around and digesting the fats. The top of the sheep cheese block is removed like a lid so that flies lay eggs inside. The Sardinian specialty is made from Pecorino cheese that intently becomes the natural breeding grounds for maggots. Literally translated as “maggot cheese”, Casu marzu is the world’s grossest cheese. We’ll find the most stinky eggs and will learn that one man’s waste is another’s delicacy how inventive were people in the times with scarce food and that the saying “you’re eating shit” is very accurate. Yum tour anyone? If you’re planning to skip a meal get your guts together and follow us through a culinary journey of unexpected cuts (i.e.
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