On: Elephants are scared around bees

[felipemnoa]

Except honey?

[bitwize → felipemnoa]

And larvae. A honey badger will go right into a house of bees to get some larvae. How disgusting is that?! It eats larvae!

[shultays → bitwize]

It beats flower sperm

[codr7 → shultays]

Thank you

[nicolas_t → bitwize]

my grandfather who happily let his cheese age on the countertop until larvae appeared because it improved the taste would not be shocked at all by that.

[aziaziazi → nicolas_t]

Is it a personal habit or a local speciality? If the later, any name/recipe will be appreciated.

[nicolas_t → aziaziazi]

The cheese itself was a camembert. It doesn't seem to be strictly a personal habit since others from my grandfather's generation (born in 1920s) in the village (small village in Picardie) did the same according to my mother. I've also seen it as a child when I came to visit. The larvae (asticots) look similar to photos of Casgiu merzu from Corsica

I never tried it though. Even though I'm typically open to trying new things and really liked Escamoles in mexico, this was beyond what I could stand to try.

[icedistilled → aziaziazi]

as in a name of a version other than the well known casu martzu?

[phonon → aziaziazi]

Mimolette?

[SEJeff → bitwize]

Everyone thinks bears like honey, but in reality it is the protein from the larvae they are after. The honey is simply a nice side benefit.

[NikkiA → bitwize]

A lot of non-factory honey includes larvae bits anyway, so shrug