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The world’s strangest foods and drinks that you only see in Vietnam

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November 21, 2022
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In your nation, mice meats and snake wine appear to be a horrible food and drinks that you just won’t style.

Drink snake wine

Vietnamese snake wine is a wine made by putting a whole snake in a bottle or jar with rice wine or other grain alcohol. Then let it sit for a few months and often add herbs and spices added in the process, either for styling or to cover up unhealthy odors. In some cases, other animals are also added, such as scorpions, bugs, lizards and even small birds. It mentions, all those animals are recognized as having healing properties.

Draining the snake blood. Credit : wanderingwheatleys.com

Some people claim that snakes have healing properties and that by drinking snake wine, it can, among other things, treat certain diseases, fight hair loss and enhance sexual performance. However, nothing has been confirmed about this yet and is mainly used for consumer navigation, localvietnam.com reported.

Many tourists want to buy Vietnamese snake wine as a souvenir to bring home. Just remember that the import of snake wine is not allowed in all countries, as some snakes are on the endangered species list. It is best to verify this earlier, to avoid problems.

There’s also the controversy surrounding the purchase of snake wine, which involves cruelty to animals and that’s completely understandable. However, it is still an aspect of Vietnamese tradition, as Vietnam is a developing country with some superstitions here and there.

Drinking Snake Wine. Photograph: Jonny Wiles

This liqueur is served at street markets, bars and even airports. A favorite place for visitors to buy it is Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City. Solid wine costs between $20 and $180, depending on the size, bottle, and type of snake.

The field mouse is a popular dish in Vietnam

 

In your country, field mouse meat seems to be a horrible meat that you will not eat. However, people in the southern provinces of Vietnam like Phu Yen and Dong Thap consider this to be one of the delicious dishes there. In recent times, some guests call this definitely one of the Best Meals in Vietnam. Once you come to Vietnam and want to explore the food in the country, surely if you want to enjoy the most exotic food in Vietnam, it is best not to miss this dish.

Only mice that live in rice fields and eat rice at harvest time can eat it. Fatty mouse, sweet and fragrant meat is the ideal ingredient for dishes Fried mouse with lemongrass and chili, Grilled mouse, Boiled mouse with lemon leaves, Grilled mouse, Roasted mouse with salt, Braised mouse with coconut water, Grilled mouse with shrimp paste, Stir-fried mouse with field shrimp , et cetera..

In the rice harvest season, the local people go hunting for mice. They use nets or burning straw to catch mice.

Ready-made mice (washed intestines, skin removed, nails removed), marinated in spices for 1/4 hour, then hung on the mouth of the terracotta jar with a specialized hanger. The number of rats that can be baked at one time depends on the size of the jar. They lit a fire in a jar to roast the rats for 1 hour. The prepared dinner should constantly cover the mouse with fat/oil, spices, and change the appearance of the mouse when grilling.

Grilled field mice are served hot with a mixture of salt, ground pepper, lime juice, raw vegetables and green bananas, tomatoes, cucumbers and Vietnamese mint. The field mouse is crispy on the outside and soft, a little chewy on the inside. Some guests may not even realize it includes the “scary rat”. The dish is so scrumptious that it is called “country deer meat”.

Although most field mice in Vietnam are healthy and low in parasites, there are some potential health problems to consider when handling them before cooking.

The mammals carry greater than 60 illnesses that may have an effect on people. In locations the place mice is crop pests, significantly in Vietnamese rice fields, farmers will put out mice poisons, slow-acting anti-coagulants that may take as much as 5 days to kill their victims.

The concern of ingesting mice poison is why many Vietnamese desire to buy dwell mice in native markets, the place they’ll decide for themselves if the animal appears wholesome. Generally, cooking the meat completely is one of the simplest ways to keep away from getting contaminated with a mice-borne sickness.

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