{"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 ‘erotic’ origins of Sicily’s top pastry"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNN – 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’s an aphrodisiac. <\/p>

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Others say that\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\u00a0banned from commercial sale<\/a>, but Sardinians have been eating it, jumping grubs included, for centuries.”The maggot infestation is the spell and delight of this cheese,” 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.”Some shepherds see the cheese as a unique personal pleasure, something that just a few elects can try,” Solinas adds.<\/p>

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It’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>

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