{"id":4646,"date":"2022-05-16T12:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2022-05-16T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:25:04","slug":"cannolo-the-erotic-origins-of-sicilys-top-pastry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/16\/cannolo-the-erotic-origins-of-sicilys-top-pastry\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannolo: The &#8216;erotic&#8217; origins of Sicily&#8217;s top pastry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CNN &#8211; If you are able to overcome the understandable disgust, marzu has a flavor that is intense with reminders of the Mediterranean pastures and spicy with an aftertaste that stays for hours.\u00a0Some say it&#8217;s an aphrodisiac. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli.jpg 900w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli-107x60.jpg 107w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><p>Others say that<a href=\"https:\/\/edepot.wur.nl\/443591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0it could be dangerous for human health<\/a>\u00a0as maggots could survive the bite and and create myiasis, micro-perforations in the intestine, but so far, no such case has been linked to casu marzu.\u00a0The cheese is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruminantia.it\/casu-marzu-pat-storia-di-uninfestazione-agroalimentare-tradizionale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banned from commercial sale<\/a>, but Sardinians have been eating it, jumping grubs included, for centuries.&#8221;The maggot infestation is the spell and delight of this cheese,&#8221; says Paolo Solinas, a 29-year-old Sardinian gastronome.\u00a0He says some Sardinians cringe at the thought of casu marzu, but others raised on a lifetime of salty pecorino unabashedly love its strong flavors.&#8221;Some shepherds see the cheese as a unique personal pleasure, something that just a few elects can try,&#8221; Solinas adds.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Archaic cuisine<\/h3><figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com\/cnn\/q_auto,w_634,c_fill,g_auto,h_357,ar_16:9\/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F210317164505-casu-marzu-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"casu marzu 2-1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\"\/><\/figure><p>It&#8217;s illegal to sell or buy casu marzu.Giovanni FancelloWhen tourists visit Sardinia, they usually wind up in a restaurant that serves porceddu sardo, a slowly roasted suckling piglet, visit bakers who sell pane carasau, a traditional paper-thin flatbread, and meet shepherds who produce fiore sardo, the island pecorino cheese.\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/casu-marzu-worlds-most-dangerous-cheese\/index.html\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN &#8211; If you are able to overcome the understandable disgust, marzu has a flavor that is intense with reminders of the Mediterranean pastures and spicy with an aftertaste that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[857],"class_list":{"0":"post-4646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-cannolo"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/http-cdn.cnn_.com-cnnnext-dam-assets-220506141335-01-sicily-cannoli.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4648,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions\/4648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}