My grandfather was an Italian immigrant. In his home town the men use to save cheese until it "crawled". The term meant there was little worms/bugs throughout the cheese making it look like it was moving. When one of them had "crawling" cheese they would all meet in town to eat it and celebrate. I had "crawling" cheese a few times. While very moldy on the outside and very intense tasting it never hurt me. Maybe the bugs help?
