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On the island of Sardinia, there’s a kind of pecorino cheese that is purposely left out to rot until it is covered in maggots. It’s intentionally eaten that way, with live maggots jumping in every direction! Formaggio Marcio is now illegal but still popular on the underground market. We wonder if the word sardonic—a kind of dark sarcasm—has any connection to this maggot-filled cheese.