| Aphrodisiac Myths And The Great Pinoy Dog-Eaters | | Aphrodisiac Myths And The Great Pinoy Dog-Eaters
By Diana A. GalangThe Filipino has an adventurous palate. We eat almost anything, edible. More so, our regard for aphrodisiacs, and exotic foods goes inevitably, bedded in our culture.CULTUREFRONTWild animals that are difficult to catch?bayawak, sawa, musang, bats?are just some of the most famous exoticas that are still enjoyed today.
Ginseng Root
With high-spirits and strong guts, many people from all corners of the country take table-exoticas like frogs, ant eggs, locusts, crickets (kamaru,) dogs (as Azucena,) and duck eggs (balut) for their unique taste, and?believed to be?potent effects.Azucena (out of dogmeat) is an exotic food, widely eaten by Filipinos both in cities and rural areas because it is affordable and sometimes free. And as part of the exotic fiasco, stealing a neighbor?s dog is part of the whole process.
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| | King Snake Whiskey with a real King Snake in the bottle | | King snake whiskey is a whiskey made in califorina that has a real king snake in the bottle. Certain kind of farmers raise these snakes for the making of this whiskey. When I mean the snake is in the bottle I mean the whole snake. Head and all. They also put ginseng roots and seed pods in with this whiskey.this whiskey Is suppose to have a unquie and aquired taste to it. It is also suppose to be very potened and in north east Asia is used for a very strong apherodiac. It is also used for many medical uses. I would not drink something that has a snake in it. Snakes scare me dead or alive. | |
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