ELV knows a little German. He’s sitting right over there.

He also knows a bit about casu marzu cheese — that Sardinian soft specialty that’s an acquired taste if ever there was one.

In fact, if you’ve ever had a hankerin’ for ingesting some live maggots with your fermented curd — and let’s face it who hasn’t? — then this is just the cheese for you (translation services upon request):

One of the reasons you can’t get this delicacy in these here United States of America is because the eating of it often causes vomiting and diarrhea, and the little mouth hooks on those cute little worms have been known to play havoc with human stomach and intestine linings…

Just thought you’d like to know.