Editing Casu martzu (section)

==Consumption==
''Casu martzu'' is considered by Sardinian aficionados to be unsafe to eat when the maggots in the cheese have died.<ref name="Mark">{{cite web|url=https://theoutline.com/post/8843/casu-marzu-cheese-sardinia-illegal-dangerous|title=The secret resistance behind the world's most dangerous cheese|first=Mark|last=Hay|website=The Outline|date=March 31, 2020|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref> Because of this, only cheese in which the maggots are still alive is usually eaten, although allowances are made for cheese that has been refrigerated, which also quickly kills the maggots.<ref name="Mark"/> Some who eat the cheese prefer not to ingest the maggots. Those who do not wish to eat them place the cheese in a sealed paper bag. The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound. When the sounds subside, the maggots are dead and the cheese can be eaten.<ref name="Mark"/><ref name="world's worst">{{cite book|last=Frauenfelder|first=Mark|year=2005|title=The World's Worst: A Guide to the Most Disgusting, Hideous, Inept, and Dangerous People, Places, and Things on Earth|chapter=Most Rotten Cheese|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-0-8118-4606-6|pages=22–23}}</ref> Modern preservation techniques have expanded the cheese's shelf life to several years, where it would previously be unobtainable outside of late summer and early autumn.<ref name=CNNtravel />

When the cheese has fermented enough, it is often cut into thin strips and spread on moistened Sardinian flatbread (''[[pane carasau]]''), to be served with a strong red wine like [[Grenache|cannonau]].<ref name="journal"/><ref name="bon app">{{cite web|url=http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/features/travel/sardinia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409031053/http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/features/travel/sardinia |archive-date=9 April 2006|title=Sardinia, Italy|last=Loomis|first=Susan Herrmann|date=May 2002|work=Bon Appétit |access-date=8 October 2008 }}</ref> The flavor is described as "intense", with Mediterranean, pastoral, and spicy notes. The [[aftertaste]] is strong enough to remain for hours after a single serving.<ref name=CNNtravel /> Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves distances up to {{convert|15|cm|0}} when disturbed,<ref name="fly"/><ref>{{cite journal |last=Bethune |first=Brian |date=16 October 2006 |title=The back pages |journal=Maclean's |quote=The agile maggots offer an additional frisson: they can bend themselves so tightly that, when they let go, the force unleashed propels them six inches or more.}}</ref> diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping.<ref name="Mark"/><ref name="world's worst"/>