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Why disgusting foods like Kopi Luwak and maggot cheese can be perfectly safe to eat

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Jonan Pilet

11d ago· 6 min readenOpinion

Summary

A personal essay exploring the paradox of disgust versus safety in unusual foods, using the author's experience gifting Kopi Luwak (civet coffee) to their father as a springboard. The article examines how foods like Kopi Luwak and maggot cheese challenge our perceptions of what's safe to eat, arguing that disgust is a cultural and psychological response rather than a reliable indicator of food safety. It highlights that many traditional food preservation methods (fermentation, aging) involve processes that might seem gross but are scientifically safe.

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bskyWhy disgusting foods like Kopi Luwak and maggot cheese can be perfectly safe to eatfoodsafetynews.com

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It sounded ridiculous. It sounded disgusting. It also sounded exactly like the kind of thing my dad would love to try.
Gross doesn't mean dangerous.
Our disgust response is a cultural and psychological reaction, not a reliable food safety indicator.
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-- OPINION -- My father is a coffee enthusiast. For his birthday, I wanted to find him something he had never tried before. That sent me searching through specialty coffee websites looking for a unique gift. Then I found it. Coffee made from animal dro

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