So why are fermented saliva, decomposed shark and maggot-ridden cheese so desirable in some cultures?

WSJ: NattO, Maggot Cheese and Other Food That May Repel

Kathleen Jamie's poetry collection The Overhaul and children's book Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner completed the shortlist.

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The name means "rotten cheese" or, as it is known colloquially, "maggot cheese, " since it is literally riddled with live insect larvae.

WSJ: NattO, Maggot Cheese and Other Food That May Repel

Doctors at the hospital want the NHS to use maggot therapy more.

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Gardner's Maggot Moon is the story of a 15-year-old dyslexic boy living in a dystopian 1950s society whose rulers are intent on winning the space race.

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And after Derek rapped a forecast for the coming weekend, they declared they would sack bandmate Maggot to make way for him as their new member.

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It is believed that maggot therapy can potentially save the NHS a great deal of cash by cutting the length of hospital stays, and substantially reducing the number of expensive dressings used.

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To make maggot cheese you start with a slab of local sheep cheese, pecorino sardo, but then let it go beyond normal fermentation to a stage most would consider infested decomposition (because, well, it is).

WSJ: NattO, Maggot Cheese and Other Food That May Repel