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Two "YUKs" in a row!
Nice way to start Saturday, Dave. ;)
Posted by: Eleanor | April 21, 2007 at 10:06 AM
And two FIRSTS for me - yay!
This will help with the sadness I'm feeling because the Yankees are not on a TV station I can watch today *sobs*, even though I paid the big bucks for the MLB.TV extra innings package. :(
Posted by: Eleanor | April 21, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Sorry, but I'm just not spending my dong on snake wine.
Posted by: Bethie | April 21, 2007 at 10:14 AM
I guess I'll go for the trifecta, since I seem to be the only one here.
Posted by: Eleanor | April 21, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Okay, not only is the bot incredibly unfriendly, it is racist, having me type "randomly" the letters "kkk". White cracking bot!
Posted by: Bethie | April 21, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Oops.
Hi, Bethie!
Posted by: Eleanor | April 21, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Hi El! I guess we are the only ones who didn't go out partying last night!
Posted by: Bethie | April 21, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Somehow I don't think their bottling regulations are all that tough. So if they list ethanol as an ingredient, imagine what's really in there.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | April 21, 2007 at 10:21 AM
They may have meant to write ethyl alcohol (the stuff that doesn't kill you, rather that methyl alcohol), but had the handy dandy Vietnamize to Swahili to English dictionary.
Posted by: almne | April 21, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Hang on a sec....
*blahaapphhfftbbllllaaarghhh!*
I think I just spewed out my gallbladder.
Posted by: Punkin Poo | April 21, 2007 at 10:38 AM
How did they get this home in a one-quart baggie?
Posted by: mm | April 21, 2007 at 10:39 AM
"Makes man strong!" This is true. I'd have to gather up a helluva lot of strength to be able to down that s!&t.
Posted by: Wavey | April 21, 2007 at 11:03 AM
I buddy of mine just came back with a bunch of vacation photos from there. He showed us pictures just like this of Snake and Bee wine. Said it takes a year for the snake wine to ferment and for the venom to reach non-lethal levels. Bee wine ferments for about 6 months before you can drink. He actually enjoyed it. Said it wasn't the best tasting, but it was really strong.
Posted by: Lou Bricant | April 21, 2007 at 11:32 AM
The bottle in the saleswoman's hand looks like it's snake wine with a scorpion chaser.
Posted by: ScottMGS | April 21, 2007 at 11:33 AM
*holds out for a bottle of Brunello*
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | April 21, 2007 at 12:46 PM
dissssssgusting!
Posted by: marfie | April 21, 2007 at 03:00 PM
Thanks, but I will stick to SSSSSSprite.
Posted by: Mikey | April 21, 2007 at 03:43 PM
I cannot quantify how much I would NOT pay for a bottle of this.
Posted by: Deskdiva | April 21, 2007 at 06:26 PM
ethanol+ethyl alcohol... same-same.
Ethanolizard, not so much!
Posted by: CJrun | April 21, 2007 at 08:20 PM
Indeed Cjun speaks the truth.
But I would have concerns about some of the other ingredients. I read a very disturbing article recently about an epidemic of liver failure in Russia, after one manufacturer of bootleg vodka found a cheap source of 95% pure ethanol. Alas the other 5%, not so pure or good for you,
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | April 21, 2007 at 09:13 PM
I think I'd actually drink gasoline before I'd drink this snake stuff. At least I know the exact ingredients and octane level. And I don't have to see a fermented velociraptor or other dino species lying at the bottom of the gas can. Blearrrgh.
Posted by: Wavey | April 21, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Bet that stuff's got a helluva bite.
Posted by: blurk | April 21, 2007 at 11:16 PM
*snork* at blurk!
Posted by: wxgurl | April 21, 2007 at 11:24 PM
Thanks, wxgurl. Made my day.
Posted by: blurk | April 21, 2007 at 11:27 PM
*snaps fingers*
Darn! And if I'd been here earlier, I coulda made blurk's
nightday....Posted by: Deskdiva | April 22, 2007 at 01:07 AM
Thanks to a friend who travels regularly on container ships, I've tried the snake stuff.
It's vile. Truly vile. Remember dissecting frogs in high school science class? The chemically preserved meat/formaldehyde smell? This tastes just like that.
However, it made me strong enough not to throw it up immediately after. Or maybe it just killed all my autonomic nerve functions so my gag reflex disappeared.
Posted by: Cat Conner | April 23, 2007 at 04:39 AM
true story:
my brother has a bottle of snake wine (with cobra) that he received as a gift from a vietnamese friend. the label says "for neuralgia and sweat of limbs". i have (somewhere) a digital photo of the bottle, but never thought to send it to the blog.
Posted by: mudstuffin | April 23, 2007 at 07:51 AM
HOW could you have missed that opportunity, o ye of the butt snake?!
Posted by: DeskDiva | April 23, 2007 at 10:31 AM