Vin de Serpent ou Snake Wine

Le vin de serpent, aussi connu comme "sorgho" est une boisson alcoolisée produite par infusion serpents entiers dans du vin chinois. Il a été créé en Chine pendant la dynastie Zhou (771 avant JC), est considéré comme un remède important dans la médecine traditionnelle type de China.This du vin est l'un des attraits gastronomiques les plus importants du Vietnam, la Chine, la Thaïlande et le Laos. Existe aussi en vin Venezuela similaire à l'Asie, qui est immergé un petit serpent connu sous le nom Morrona dans la liqueur. Dans certains cas, il peut prendre jusqu'à deux têtes.

Snakes and tissues have been considered for a long time by the followers of traditional Chinese medicine very valuable to improve the vitality and health. The detailed use of various snake species, parts of their bodies and the different recipes were explained extensively in the medical manual Bencao Gangmu of Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty.

It has been widely believed that snakes possess medicinal qualities and the wine is often advertised as a cure for ailments ranging from myopia to alopecia and sexual enhancer. However, all or most of these claims are based solely on traditional beliefs.

The snakes, preferably venomous, are not usually preserved for their meat but for their poison dissolved in the liquor. However, the snake poison is denatured ethanol, unfolding in their protein and therefore being harmless. Therefore, it can be consumed without any inconvenience.

Although in Harbin (China), a woman was bitten after drinking a liquor with a snake inside the bottle, despite having been macerating for three months, amazingly still alive. It was her own husband who had delivered the product to prepare it based medicine liquor, containing rice and herbs in addition to the snake. The surprise was that after all this time in the bottle drowned in alcohol, was alive and inoculated their poison to the incredulous víctima.Para his fortune, the antidote was administered just in time, and managed to survive. This was not the first case of its kind to be registered in China, as in 2009, a man was bitten by a tiger snake wearing Hubey 60 days engrossed. While in 2001, Guangxi man died after being bitten by a cobra who spent a year in maceration.

The Huaxi street night market in Taipei (Taiwan) is famous for its dishes based on snake and the snake wine products. There are two varieties:

• Infused: You put a poisonous snake great in a glass jar with rice wine, sometimes with smaller ones or herbal infused leaving several months. Wine is taken as a tonic in small doses.
• Mixed: Body fluids are mixed directly reptile with wine and consumed at the time. The snake blood wine is prepared by slicing a snake on its belly and draining its blood directly into a glass of Chinese wine. The snake bile wine becomes similarly, using the contents of the gallbladder.

Opposite to what people think, the snake wine is quite tasty. If you manage to overcome the resistance generated by their appearance, you'll find familiar flavors, being prepared by a rice wine, this is the predominant flavor. As for the smell, you will soon notice that the snake wine has notes of walnut and tea in addition to the typical taste of ginseng. Maybe if you're fond of herbal liqueurs, this wine may be to your liking.

It is illegal to import snake wine in many countries because the cobras and other snakes used in production are often endangered species.

Would you dare to try this exotic drink?.