SKORPPIO Vodka (& Other Scorpion Goodies)
Usually finding an insect in your drink is a bad thing, but in the case of SKORPPIO Vodka it's meant to be a special treat... like getting the worm from the bottom of a bottle of tequila. SKORPPIO is five times distilled single-grain vodka produced in England that has a special woody flavor that comes from the addition of food-grade edible, farm-raised scorpions.
Although eating a large, vodka-marinated insect isn't something I'm interested in, I can appreciate that it's a delicacy in some cultures and a unique experience I'm sure. Check out the gallery below for more edible scorpion treats.
Via Book of Joe
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SprayingTruth Feb 17th 2009 6:54PM
There's too much scorpian.
You've got the name of the bottle "Skorppio", an outline of a scorpion on the label, a reassurance of "vodka with scorpian" and the actual scorpion at the bottom of the bottle.
Forget subtlety, this bottle is for the stupid.
And probably the discriminating taste that goes with low brands.
Jason Feb 17th 2009 10:15PM
Actually there are no worms in the bottle of tequila bottles (except maybe some spring-breaker moonshine)... it's mezcal that sometimes includes a dried worm.
Michelle Feb 18th 2009 8:36PM
actually i have a bottle of mezcal in my cupboard and it is a brand of tequila.................
coccinellid Feb 18th 2009 11:46AM
Just a technical piece of information. Scorpion is not an insect. They are arthropods, like insects, lobster and centipides, but belong to a different classes. Scorpion, like spider are Chelicerate.
Kate Feb 18th 2009 12:24AM
I tried scorpion kabobs at a street vendor in Beijing a couple of years ago on a dare. They were the momst popular food around--the line wound through the market--and were actually pretty decent, albeit chewy.
Ray Feb 18th 2009 8:23PM
Tequila does not have a worm in the bottle, you're thinking of mescal which is the cheap mexican liquor
obabystar Feb 18th 2009 9:58PM
Do they drown the poor scorpion???? Is it dead when they put it in??? Seems rather cruel
car4t4 Feb 19th 2009 3:59AM
Your a freakin idiot. Its a BUG.
Jen Feb 18th 2009 11:46PM
ANYTHING FOR A BUCK!!!!!!!
dude Feb 18th 2009 11:55PM
The term mezcal generally refers to all agave-based distilled liquors that are not tequila (a mezcal variant allowed to be made only from the blue agave plant, usually in the town of Tequila and the surrounding region of Jalisco). Al Tequilas are Mezcals but not all Mezcals are Tequlia.
Karen Feb 19th 2009 12:53AM
Oh PETA will be all over this. They are trying to get us to think more kindly of fish, (ergo, less likely to want to eat them) by re-imagining them as "sea kittens" How will they refer to scorpions? "desert lobster"?
pinkthenred Feb 19th 2009 12:54AM
What is the point? I guess it could be fun if you were just going to display the unopened bottle in your bar.
opinionated alchemist Feb 20th 2009 7:17AM
Man - you were all faster than me...
Mezcal actually made it to an own category of mexican spirit.
In Tequila though it is prohibited to put anything like worms or other additives into the bottle [the distiller would loose his license] - maybe there would only be a hole in law, if you would refer to "flavored Tequila"; but this is just theoretically...
And yes, Scorpions are related to Spiders. They have 8 legs like spiders. Insects [bugs, grasshoppers, bees, flies etc.] have 6 legs...