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

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Interesting; it's basically yogurt cheese.

I tend not to eat most rinds: some are grainy, most rinds cover dried-out cheese, and some are wax. I remember some kind of Tomme (de Savoie, I think) that chamois and I liked that had a strong ammonia scent. We hadn't noticed before, but after sniffing the rind, we could make out the flavour. However, it's not organisms that are keeping me from eating rinds. I've never quite figured out the disgust people have at the thought of *gasp* bacteria and fungus in their food.

I suppose this cheese is some variant of not exactly vegetarian. Luckily, I don't care.

[eub.livejournal.com]

As creatures get larger people do seem to get more grossed out at the idea of eating them live.