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Agents Seize 411 Bottles of Rattlesnake-Infused Vodka in Texas Raid
FoxNews.com ^ | March 18, 2008 | FoxNews

Posted on 03/18/2008 9:46:43 AM PDT by Squidpup

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To: from occupied ga

Wife went to China a few years ago... She told me that in the South they offer Snakeshead Wine in the restaurants; i.e., a bottle of white wine with a real snake’s head in it. Nobody in her group ever had the guts to try it. Can’t say I blame ‘em.


41 posted on 03/18/2008 10:53:15 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Rattlesnake Shake!


42 posted on 03/18/2008 10:54:17 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: from occupied ga; Red Badger; big'ol_freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ..
A snake only taste like chicken if he has a fresh killed one in his gullet. Otherwise, snake taste like snake unless you put ketchup on it.

Then, I've been told here on FR... it taste like John eFing Kerry's old lady.

43 posted on 03/18/2008 11:08:13 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Squidpup
I thought you always downed the vodka after the rattlesnake bit you.

I mean, that's way we did it in all our rattlesnake huntin expeditions. After you apply the vodka detox for a few small rattler hits, a big ‘ol six footer can nail you and it dont faze you hardly at all ;)

44 posted on 03/18/2008 11:10:35 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: Joe 6-pack

Pretty sick if you asked me, and I don’t care if you didn’t.


45 posted on 03/18/2008 11:30:23 AM PDT by JEC ((Pray for ALL our troops))
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To: GATOR NAVY
Habusaki in Okinawa. I had some kind of snake whiskey in China that kicked my butt too. I recall seeing that stuff in the tourist shops meant for us American service personnel, but I never imagined someone would actually drink it!
46 posted on 03/18/2008 11:44:45 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
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47 posted on 03/18/2008 11:53:29 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal)
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To: Billthedrill

Hebishochu. I’ve had some, and it’s OK. I asked the guy at the local bar how to make it: Catch one small poisonous snake (either mamushi or habu, both are pit vipers), and put it in a bucket of water, so that it has to swim all of the time. Change the water everyday. If the water remains cloudy after keeping it for a month, continue to change the water for another two weeks. If still cloudy, throw the snake away and start over. After 30 days, fill up to the top a wide-mouth jar with shochu (white liquor made from various things, such as sugar cane, sweet potato, barley, etc, depending where you are), drop in the snake, and screw the lid on. If the snake stops moving in a very short time, it’s OK. If it lasts for more than just a few minutes, you’ve got to start all over. Apparently, if it struggles, there’s a chance it will release too much toxin into the shochu. Let sit for at least week (in a cooler is best), and then put in your prettiest bottle. Then, whenever you’re feeling particularly down, give yourself a small tot. I’m sure that the $7/small shot he charged cheered him up, too.


48 posted on 03/18/2008 11:58:02 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("Ah! but it was something to have at least a choice of nightmares.")
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To: Squidpup
“Infusing alcohol with snakes or scorpions is believed to possess aphrodisiac properties....”

Of drunks and aphrodisiacs....

49 posted on 03/18/2008 12:08:48 PM PDT by LucyJo
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To: Squidpup
Wow...

That gives a new definition to the phrase, "That stuff's really got some bite"

I take my vodka chilled and mixed with orange juice, hold the reptiles please...

Does the alcohol kill any venom that might be left in the snake... I don't know man, don't think I'd want to risk the following happening...

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50 posted on 03/18/2008 12:10:08 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (The Liberty Rocks Blog - http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ also see; http://www.libertyrocks.us)
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To: VanShuyten

That was the word I was trying to remember! Never tried it myself, actually. Never tried fugu, either. Call me a coward but there’s that little death thingy...


51 posted on 03/18/2008 12:12:34 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: deport

Man those are REALLY small bottles... I was expecting something a bit bigger! LOL


52 posted on 03/18/2008 12:14:26 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (The Liberty Rocks Blog - http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ also see; http://www.libertyrocks.us)
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To: Cicero

I think it’s for the tourists:’)


53 posted on 03/18/2008 12:17:51 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: LibertyRocks

Man those are REALLY small bottles... I was expecting something a bit bigger! LOL


Yep, looks like 1/2 pints to me.... Novelity sale item I’d guess to take home and display. Or at least that would be the extent of it for me.


54 posted on 03/18/2008 12:21:45 PM PDT by deport ( -- Cue Spooky Music --)
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To: deport

Yeah. He should have put a novelty, not for consumption sticker on it. A man finds a creative way to make a living and get rid of snakes and look what happens. Why don’t they just leave us alone?


55 posted on 03/18/2008 12:25:00 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Squidpup
From Vietnam: Cobra Whiskey:


56 posted on 03/18/2008 12:27:23 PM PDT by lowbridge ("I can't wait to see what he stands for." - Susan Sarandon on her support of Barack Obama)
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To: lowbridge

Woah - that’s about the gnarliest thing I’ve ever seen. Please tell me you have never consumed any of that!


57 posted on 03/18/2008 1:24:52 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: BarbM
Soumi? Isn't today St. Urhos Day?

Actually it was two days ago on the 16th.....

8^)

58 posted on 03/18/2008 3:07:22 PM PDT by The SISU kid (I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
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To: Squidpup

Wow, that’s a great improvement over the traditional worm in the bottle of Mexican tequila. People have fought over getting the eat the 100% proof worm at the bottem of the tequila bottle and a little vodka-soaked rattlesnake would be even better if you’re into that sort of thing.


59 posted on 03/18/2008 4:57:02 PM PDT by xJones
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To: Squidpup

wacky!


60 posted on 03/18/2008 6:17:13 PM PDT by RDTF (Go AEGIS!)
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