1. TASTE THE WINE

2. Snake wine (r"u rn inVietnamese) is an alcoholic beverage that includes a whole venomous snake in thebottle. It originated in Vietnam and can be found around Southeast Asia. The snakes, preferably venomous ones, are usually notpreserved for their meat. They are preservedto have the snake poison dissolved in theliquor. However, because snake venom is protein-based, they are unfolded andtherefore inactivated due to the influence of the denaturing effects of ethanol. 3. A large venomous snake can beplaced into a glass jar of rice wine, often with many smallersnakes, turtles, insects, or birds,and left to steep for many months. The wine is drunk as arestorative in small shots orcups 4. Body fluids of snake are mixed into wine and consumed immediately inthe form of a shot. Snake blood wineis prepared by slicing a snake alongits belly and draining its blood into a mixing vat with rice wine or grain alcohol. Snake bile wine is donethrough a similar method by using the contents of the gall bladder.Snake meat, liver, and skin can be prepared to accompany the drinks.