I dont eat rotting food.
Pickles are not rotting cucumbers. Pickling in vinegar prevents rotting.
I dont eat rotting beef. The actual rot is trimmed from aged beef before serving.
Only the skin of cheese rots, and that is trimmed off.
In my younger days I went to Europe and was served a cheese with my meal. Being a typical American, I had not come across a cheese with a 'skin' that had to be removed. I simply ate the cheese and its skin. It tasted horrible. Not wanting to embarrass myself or call attention to myself in a restaurant, I just chewed it all up and swallowed it. It wasn't until a few days later that I found out that you were supposed to remove the skin before eating the cheese............