13 Cheeses Even The Biggest Cheese-Head May Be Hesitant To Try

Cheese with maggots in it? Nope, nope, nope.

1. Casu Marzu Cheese

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This Italian cheese is enjoyed in Sardinia, Italy but scarcely elsewhere due to the fact that it contains LIVE MAGGOTS!

2. Milbenkäse Cheese

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This German cheese is similar to the Casu Marzu due to the fact it also shares a living creature inside it, dust mites. They're cutely called Cheese Mites here though.

3. Epoisses Cheese

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This French cheese is famous (or infamous) for one particular reason. How GD smelly it is. This cheese is so smelly it is banned on public transportation.

4. Yak Cheese

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This cheese originating in some Tibetan communities has the consistency of a jaw breaker. There are soft varieties but the traditional variety is quite hard. If one were to bite into it they could break their teeth, so it's more of a cheese you put in the corner of your cheek and suck on.

5. Camel Milk Cheese

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This North East Africa cheese is made from the milk of camels. Unlike other cheeses made from animal milk, camel milk is very low in fat so it is a difficult process. Often rennet from the camels stomach will need to be used as well.

6. American Cheese

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This may be surprising to Americans who grew up with this as a staple in their household, but American cheese isn't technically cheese. The ingredients to make American cheese uses similar ingredients to make regular cheddar but with more preservatives and color dye.

7. Lichen Cheese

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This cheese from Quebec, Canada is made from the fermentation of lichen (a crusty leaf-like plant that grows on trees, rocks, and walls). It was originally discovered after an Inuit fermented lichen from the stomach of caribou that tasted like blue cheese. Now it is made after mixing lichen with goat milk.

8. Airag Cheese

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This central Asia cheese is less of a food and more of a drink. Made from Horse milk it is enjoyed in it's liquid form or it can be dried and sprinkled onto things.

9. Halloumi

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This Cyprus cheese is similar to a mozzarella and feta mix but it has an extremely high melting point. Due to that, Halloumi can be grilled well.

10. Llama Cheese

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This cheese from the Andean region has the constancy of brie.Llamas are notorious for being difficult to milk, so sympathies to those who's job that is.

11. Clawson Stilton Gold

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This British cheese is the most expensive cheese in the United Kingdom. So you can always pay $1000 for a wheel if regular Stilton cheese isn't sparkly enough.

12. Donkey Cheese

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This Serbian cheese is one of the most expensive cheeses in the world due to the health benefits and scarcity of the cheese. Donkeys only produce 200 ml of milk a day. Also, if you want, you can call this cheese, "ass cheese".

13. Human Cheese

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New York chef Daniel Angerer's wife's breast milk was overflowing in their freezer, so he decided to experiment and make cheese out of it. Angerer blogged his efforts and told the New York Post, "It tastes like cow’s-milk cheese, kind of sweet".