TV ban on adverts for cheese, the latest 'junk food'

Daily Mail ^ | 2nd January 2007 | NA

[A. Pole]

The texture of the cheese becomes very soft, with some liquid (called "lagrima", from the Sardinian for "tears") seeping out. The larvae themselves appear as transparent, white worms, about 8 mm (1/3 inch) long. When disturbed, the larvae can jump for distances up to 15 cm (6 inches), prompting recommendations of eye protection for those eating the cheese. Some people clear the larvae from the cheese before consuming; others do not.

[ApplegateRanch]

such products are actually regarded as healthier than cheese.

Swiss, Provolone, Parmesan, Stilton, Limburger, Roka Blue, or Velveeta?

Do they include that yellow liquid plastic-goop at Take-A-Smell Taco Bell?

What they mean by "cheese" DOES make a difference.

[ApplegateRanch]

Is the "strong, red wine" to kill the flavor of the cheese, or that of the sardine bread?

[Candor7]

brought about by the digestive action of the larvae of the cheese fly, Piophila casei.............The larvae themselves appear as transparent, white worms, about 8 mm (1/3 inch) long. When disturbed, the larvae can jump for distances up to 15 cm (6 inches), prompting recommendations of eye protection for those eating the cheese.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ahhh! An excellent fishing cheese.Your lunch and bait , all rolled into one!

Doubt I could eat it. Have to be awfully hungry.

[Candor7]

LOL. Sorry you had to eject the Stilton. I really do like it for some reason, its really enjoyed with fruit and nuts in Scotland as a desert. Its actually the King of cheeses in Britain.

Just so you know it goes for about $32.00 the pound in Vermont.We had 4 ounces of it over Xmas, cost us $8.00. So if you gave away a whole round , well, your charity is overwhelming!

I am sure your Mother-in-law would have loved the fruit cake, especially if you rummed it up.She is British I take it?

[A. Pole]

Doubt I could eat it. Have to be awfully hungry.

This cheese can be a health risk and is expensive (on black market as EU bureaucrats has banned it of course):

From Wikipedia
"Piophila casei larvae can pass through the stomach alive (human stomach acids do not usually kill them) and take up residency for some period of time in the intestines, where they can cause serious lesions as they attempt to bore through the intestinal walls."

That is why strong red wine and thorough chewing might be recommended. On the other hand, when larvae are not moving it can mean that cheese is not good for consumption anymore.

[Just Lori]

No, she's not British. Every year she sends us some kind of food which we don't like, and always expensive. (Trust me, it's just her way of saying she has the "class" we can't afford.) The fruitcake (a Safeway special) would have sent her a message for sure! I had the decency not to send it. You'd have to know this woman to understand.

[6SJ7]

prompting recommendations of eye protection for those eating the cheese...

OK. That's to adventurous for me! I wonder, in making up a place setting, where does one put the 'eye protection'? To the right of the butter knife?

[Lokibob]

Give me a can of squirt cheese and a tube of ritz crackers and I'm happy.

[Candor7]

Thanks! I know just what you mean. I had a relative we lived near in Cape Cod just like that. After we moved to Vermont, we luckily disappeared from her gift register, and she now just sends us a card.

But I never lucked out to the point we got a Stilton Cheese! LOL.

But I can tell you that smoked herring makes a pretty good retaliatory gift.

[neverdem]

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[Candor7]

Piophila casei larvae can pass through the stomach alive (human stomach acids do not usually kill them) and take up residency for some period of time in the intestines, where they can cause serious lesions as they attempt to bore through the intestinal walls.".............

Sort of like the Japanese Puffer fish, but that can kill you immediately if the poison glands are not cut out. Being eaten from the inside out does put a certain panache into how one would consume this cheese!

Several dozens of these in a creamy cheese somehow puts the appetite down, obviously this fomaggio is an acquired taste!

[mulebones]

This cheese can be a health risk...

We call fly larvae maggots here in Indiana. And yes, stuff with maggots alive or dead can be a health risk! We try to throw it out before it gets that bad here.

[ReignOfError]

Not original to me, but thanks.

[SheLion]

health nazi - nanny state ping

Thanks for the ping.  The nanny's are really going too far when they start picking on CHEESE!

[metesky]

Venezuelan Beaver Cheese

Nope, not gonna say it, wouldn't be prudent...

[djf]

Everyone will live forever once we get that hellish sludge called mothers milk banned.

It's a proven fact that eating rocks and sand and bark is gud fur ya!

[deoetdoctrinae]

If they put Jack on the list, it would be the last list they ever made. Oh, wait... They weren't talking about Mr. Bauer? Never mind.:)

[Beckwith]

If these idiots even begin to suggest the end of these they better hide.

[EVO X]

If that is just a thin crust cheese pizza, it has about 1600 calories. The calorie count goes up quickly as ingredients are added.