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Would you be willing to eat this?

Asked by amujinx (5170points) November 21st, 2013

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57613385-1/cheese-made-from-human-toe-jam-belly-button-bacteria/

There is a company that is making cheese from the bacteria found on humans. Would you try this? If you would, would it have to be from a specific person and if so, whom? Would you prefer if it was bacteria from a certain body part of the person?

Personally, I’m going to agree with one of the comments from the article, “Yet more proof that just because you CAN do something does not mean that you SHOULD do that thing.”

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29 Answers

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

I’m not sure and really only my partner’s stuff, if I had to.

OneBadApple's avatar

I think they stole that “CAN / SHOULD” thing from Jeff Goldblum in “Jurrassic Park”

Valerie111's avatar

Oh gross, definitely not!

WestRiverrat's avatar

Why not, I bet it tastes better than Balut.

Coloma's avatar

Hell no! I’d eat dirt twigs and dirt first! lol

Kardamom's avatar

Not unless I was starving. There’s probably nothing wrong with it, but there are “ick factors” that we have to deal with.

AshlynM's avatar

Not even if I was starving. I’d only eat that if you paid me ten thousand dollars.

trailsillustrated's avatar

I’d rather eat Balut.

downtide's avatar

I’m willing to try most things but that? Never.

johnpowell's avatar

If I wasn’t told and it was in a burrito I doubt that I would notice.

ragingloli's avatar

People suck cocks and lick vagines all the time but now they are worried about cheese?

stanleybmanly's avatar

no thank you

Seek's avatar

I’ll try it.

It’s not made with toe jam, folks, it’s cultured with bacteria found on the body.

Not that big a deal.

zenvelo's avatar

Toe jam already smells like good cheese, why not?

Smitha's avatar

This article is enough to turn me off cheese forever. I’ll stick to my regular cheese. Thanks.

Espiritus_Corvus's avatar

This is art, more than it is food. It is fetish art, to be specific. Let’s see: we have coffee made from the excrement of beetles, wine from grapes crushed by the feet of young virgins, pre-Castro Cuban clay roof tiles hand formed on the thighs of young virgins, etc., etc., and now cheese cultured with the bacteria of celebrities. These are things valued by that sector of our society which is wealthy, bored, and decadent. What else do they have to do?

I agree with zenvelo, some cheeses already smell like feet. Especially aged Havarti cheese.

Pachy's avatar

I’m sticking to Cheddar, thanks very much.

Katniss's avatar

Omg no! I would not eat that. Ever! I feel sick to my stomach just reading about it.

@ragingloli Totally different! lol

livelaughlove21's avatar

I just gagged a little.

No.

Zaku's avatar

Well not without more information. It makes me wonder if some or all of the existing traditional cheeses are not all originally from human-contact bacterias anyway.

El_Cadejo's avatar

Ya know…. I’m generally the person that says you should try everything at least once. Here I will make an exception.

I heard this story on NPR a couple days ago. At first they just said something like “and soon cheese will be made from a human source” and went to commercial. I was thinking that they were going to say from breast milk and while that’s a bit odd, it’s just a cultural thing that it’s odd, I’d try it. Then they come back and say belly button/arm pit bacteria. Yea…no thanks.

fundevogel's avatar

You know, given the lifecycle of bacteria none of it will have been on someone by the time it gets to your cheese knife.

zenvelo's avatar

@uberbatman Actually, cheese made from human breast milk is the ultimate locavore initiative. Popular amongst die hard locavores in NYC.

zenvelo's avatar

So given all the antagonism to this thread, anyone want to rethink their position on washing cheese?

Bluefreedom's avatar

Um, not a chance. That “food” item looks and sounds disgusting.

Berserker's avatar

I wouldn’t be tempted to, but with all the crap in the food that we usually eat, it’s no big deal, I don’t think. If it tastes good, I could get over knowing how it’s made. Hell I’d eat hot dogs made out of rubber boots and cow ass if they tasted decent.

LornaLove's avatar

Who moved my cheese?!

Pachy's avatar

One cheese I will never cut.

shego's avatar

Yeah….NO! Not gonna happen. I mean I’m sure it would taste okay, but I’m not one for really venturing outside of my food box.

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