There are many strange foods and drinks all around the world but Snake Wine and Baby Mice Wine just might be the strangest. You hear the name Snake Wine and probably think of some fancy bottle with a colorful picture of a snake on the front. But when it comes to the real thing, Snake Wine is in fact made with a real snake. Baby Mice Wine is also named after what it’s made with, baby mice.
Snake Wine is very popular in Vietnam because it's a traditional Vietnamese drink that is thought to help with arthritis, hair loss, excessive sweating, dry skin, flu, and much more. According to “Natural History Mag”, ¨The more venomous the creature, the more beneficial the treatment, since it is believed that the venom will dissolve in the liquor and add more medicinal value.¨ Like Snake Wine, Baby Mice Wine is believed to have many health benefits, healing anything from asthma all the way to liver disease. Baby Mice Wine is a traditional drink from China and Korea and is made by taking baby mice from their mothers and are placed in rice wine. “Omg Facts” stated, ¨There they are left to drown and ferment. It isn’t just one mouse, but a slew of them floating at the bottom of the bottle.¨ To get even stranger, you supposedly have to eat the dead mice after finishing the drink to get the full health benefits.
Lastly, I find it most interesting how people actually come up with these unusual drinks. I've always wanted to travel to different countries but if all countries have as strange drinks as Snake Wine and Baby Mice Wine, I might just have to rethink that. Especially if the locals attempt to get me to try them.
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