cheese mite wonderfulness

[eub]

The cheese mite memorial of Würchwitz contains samples of Milbenkäse that passersby can eat

I was reading about cheese mites: "Milbenkäse and aged Mimolette. Cheese that is infested with the mites can have a sweet, minty odor and will appear to be covered in a fine gray dust of the mites, their dander and excrement."

But the Milbenkäse article made me wonder if this was a leg-pull. The cheese mite monument? That's either made up, or totally great.

Well, an article from Die Welt (and not from April 1, I checked) confirms the cheese, and confirms the monument:

In the village center Pöschel already had five years ago, a 3.5-ton marble monument in honor of the Latin as "Tyrogliphus Casei" designated Animalcule built.

And everyone agrees that Mimolette's crust is mite-eaten.

Comments

[hattifattener]

Cheese mites vs. cheese weasel: who would win?

Also, the scientist in the photo at the top of that BBC article has a natty hat. I'm guessing you don't see so many bowlers in the lab these days.