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spog:In China, I was served snake - the White Mountain Cobra.
Once we had finished that, they brought out a metal tray with surgical instruments on it and a cloth covered bowl. Inside was a tiny little organ from the snake (I believe it was the gall bladder). Carefully using the tools, they cut it open and squeezed out the liquid therein. It was bright green.
This was proclaimed to be great for men and was mixed with more rice wine and drank. I can't say that I felt a rise in my virility, but that may have been due to the rice wine.
All things considered, I think I would have preferred a KFC
spog
outlawaggie:Can't say for sure but I would guess the little organ was actually the Venom Sac. I know several Vietnam Vets who have told a very similiar story about snake in Vietnam but it was the Venom Sac. :11:
3dent:My wife's a Pediatric RN, and she say's it's not uncommon at all for hospitals to give charcoal to kids who've ingested a poison. On a side note, they also have a stock of sterile leaches that (I believe) are sometimes used to keep a wound clean.