From Wikipedia:
Snake wine (r??u r?n in Vietnamese) is an alcoholic beverage that includes a whole venomous snake in the bottle. It originated in Vietnam and can be found around Southeast Asia. The snakes, preferably venomous ones, are not usually preserved for their meat but to have the snake poison dissolved in the liquor. However, the snake venom is denatured by the ethanol; its proteins are unfolded and therefore inactivated.
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5 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.“However, the snake venom is denatured by the ethanol; its proteins are unfolded and therefore inactivated.” … if you’re lucky.
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Hee, hee…in google reader the ad underneath your post says “Lose weight for good”. I guess that’s if the alcohol doesn’t do its job in the wine
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How bored do you have to be before you say to your buddy, “Hey, I know… Let’s make wine out of poisonous snakes.”
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@Danno – and it makes you wonder what other things were attempted.. and didn’t make the cut.
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Mmmmmm…. Mmmmmmm… that’s good Mamba.
We need Billie Dee Williams as the pitchman for this. “Works every time.”
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