cheese mite wonderfulness

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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.

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http://www.altenburger-hof.de/english/erleben-14.html

Mite Cheese Tour

Living cheese - not from the jungle of Australia, but from Altenburger landings. Completely within your reach, probably the most alive cheese of the world matures. For experts, an absolute delicacy.

Visit the cellars of the Würchwitzer cheese trader. With optimum temperatures, mysterious additions and loose sayings you can watch the "real Würchwitzer mite cheese" in the tire. As you expect, awaits a really tasty range of mite cheese and many interesting facts about the small agile spiders, which are responsible for this deliciousness - But have no fear, as it is generally known, the larger ones "eat" the smaller ones!.

Place: Würchwitz
Appointment: At short notice
Duration: approx. 1.5 - 2 hours.
Price: from 18.00 € per person,
includes bus transfer