In Pictures: Vietnamese Snake Wine

Published by djmick on May 2nd, 2009

snake wine

Snake wine originated in Vietnam and over the years grew in popularity and spread throughout Southeast Asia and Southern China.

In many countries in the Far East snakes are widely believed to possess medicinal qualities and the wine is often advertised to cure everything from hair loss to eye troubles not to mention it’s suggested ability to increase sexual performance.

There are two varieties of snake wine:

Mixed: Body fluids of snake are mixed into wine and consumed immediately in the form of a shot.

Steeped: A large venomous snake can be placed into a glass jar of rice wine, often with many smaller snakes, turtles, insects, or birds, and left to steep for many months. The wine is drunk as a restorative in small shots or cups.

Personally speaking, I’ll stick with tequila and worms.

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