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Posted: June 4, 2004 10:18 am
by BuffettPhan
Well, here's my story....
One night my roommate "picked up" two "ladies" a block from our house. so we started drinking takillya, and drank the worm. So all of the sudden my roomie wants more.... Well he had some waxworms from fishing, so he soaks them in tequila then ate em....
What a long day at workk the next day!!!!
Posted: June 4, 2004 10:32 am
by Tiki Bar
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:00 am
by McGee
I ate one once and I did hallucinate. Not sure if it was from the worm or the 11 or 12 shots before I got there but I'll never do it again.
On a side note, I was in a bar in some small town DEEP in the heart of Texas once and they had rattlesnake tequila. Yup, a rattlesnake in the bottle. The shot was free if you had the guts to do it, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I hate snakes and just looking at the bottle freaked me out.
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:14 am
by Coconuts
I don't drink anything derived from Agave anymore, I always end up crying- either because I'm happy and my friends are great and so nice and drunken blah blah blah, or just a sobbing mess.
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:25 am
by Caribbean Soul Man
I know that the "worms" are native to the mezcal plant but why the hell do they feel the need to put it in the bottle? If they found worms in the grapes, they certainly wouldn't drop 'em in a bottle of Chardonnay!
Do they serve some other purpose or just the novelty? The Mezcal folks probably just put worms in the bottles so crazy gringos will buy the stuff. Give me a bottle of Cuervo 1800 Anejo any time!
For a unique (but humorous) version ot the song "Tequila," check out this link
http://www.headwindow.com/tequila/
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:27 am
by LIPH
I've never eaten the worm, but has the worm been eaten? Maybe that's a story for another day.
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:36 am
by nycparrothead
LIPH wrote:I've never eaten the worm, but has the worm been eaten? Maybe that's a story for another day.
Dirty old man.
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:38 am
by MojosMama
Coconuts wrote:I don't drink anything derived from Agave anymore, I always end up crying- either because I'm happy and my friends are great and so nice and drunken blah blah blah, or just a sobbing mess.
I'm not a large fan of tequila in general...makes me sick to my stomach most of the time. And then there was the blackout involving Greg Allman...but, I digress....I DID recently try the Blue Agave stuff...that Cabo Wabo tequila....surprisingly it went down and stayed down, a lot smoother than the Cuervo yuckiness.
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:39 am
by ph4ever
McGee wrote:I ate one once and I did hallucinate. Not sure if it was from the worm or the 11 or 12 shots before I got there but I'll never do it again.
On a side note, I was in a bar in some small town DEEP in the heart of Texas once and they had rattlesnake tequila. Yup, a rattlesnake in the bottle. The shot was free if you had the guts to do it, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I hate snakes and just looking at the bottle freaked me out.
what bar??? what city??? I'm in Texas - I'll do it!!!!
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:45 am
by ph4ever
Caribbean Soul Man wrote:I know that the "worms" are native to the mezcal plant but why the hell do they feel the need to put it in the bottle? If they found worms in the grapes, they certainly wouldn't drop 'em in a bottle of Chardonnay!
Do they serve some other purpose or just the novelty? The Mezcal folks probably just put worms in the bottles so crazy gringos will buy the stuff. Give me a bottle of Cuervo 1800 Anejo any time!
For a unique (but humorous) version ot the song "Tequila," check out this link
http://www.headwindow.com/tequila/
from the straight dope:
in 1950, Mexico City entrepreneur Jacobo Lozano Paez hit on the idea of putting a worm in each bottle as a marketing gimmick. Stroke of genius, eh? I don't get it either, but that's what separates us from the visionaries.
The critter in question is the agave worm, which is actually a butterfly larva. The worms bore into the agave plant's pineapplelike heart, and quite a few get cooked up in the brew used to make mescal. Far from being grossed out, Jacobo concluded that the worm was an essential component of the liquor's flavor and color. He may also have figured, Hey, mescal is about as palatable as paint remover, and the only people who are going to drink this stuff are macho lunatics, so why not take it to the max? In fairness, the worms were also said to have aphrodisiac properties, and worms and bugs are sometimes consumed in Mexico as a delicacy. (Supposedly this dates back to the Aztecs.) At any rate, the ploy worked and the worm in the bottle is now a firmly established tradition.
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:51 am
by Caribbean Soul Man
ph4ever wrote:
In fairness, the worms were also said to have aphrodisiac properties, and worms and bugs are sometimes consumed in Mexico as a delicacy. (Supposedly this dates back to the Aztecs.)
Aphrodisiac!?!? You've gotta be sh*tting me! Yeah, nothing like chewing on a few larva to get the soul man all horny
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:54 am
by ph4ever
Caribbean Soul Man wrote:ph4ever wrote:
In fairness, the worms were also said to have aphrodisiac properties, and worms and bugs are sometimes consumed in Mexico as a delicacy. (Supposedly this dates back to the Aztecs.)
Aphrodisiac!?!? You've gotta be sh*tting me! Yeah, nothing like chewing on a few larva to get the soul man all horny
well I've always heard that gin was the only liquor that was a natural aphrodisiac......drank tons of gin - didn't make me any hornier than normal
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:55 am
by Coconuts
They used to put the worm in there to prove liquor content- if the worm lived, it wasn't good. Now I think it's just tradition.
Posted: June 4, 2004 11:56 am
by zanth
nycparrothead wrote: it makes you look cool in front of your friends!
Wow, must have been some miracle worm to fool people into thinking you're cool...
Posted: June 4, 2004 12:00 pm
by ph4ever
Coconuts wrote:They used to put the worm in there to prove liquor content- if the worm lived, it wasn't good. Now I think it's just tradition.
that was what they said but I've always heard it's a gimmic. Almost any bug put in liquid will eventually die
Posted: June 4, 2004 12:01 pm
by nycparrothead
zanth wrote:nycparrothead wrote: it makes you look cool in front of your friends!
Wow, must have been some miracle worm to fool people into thinking you're cool...
Gee.. Haven't seen you post today.. I was hoping you got hit by a bus er somethin'..... No such luck I guess...
Posted: June 4, 2004 12:21 pm
by Tiki Bar
MojosMama wrote:And then there was the blackout involving Greg Allman...
You weren't a plaster caster were you?!?!
Posted: June 4, 2004 12:25 pm
by MojosMama
Tiki Bar wrote:MojosMama wrote:And then there was the blackout involving Greg Allman...
You weren't a plaster caster were you?!?!
Nope....although if I WAS....I bet I could be making some dough on EBay right about now. Or maybe using them to make... hehehe...custom jello molds for parties....hehehe
Oh, and THANKS ever so much for getting that damn Kiss song stuck in my head.....they call her plaster caster....grab a hold of me faster...if you wanna see my love just ask her....
Posted: June 4, 2004 12:29 pm
by zanth
nycparrothead wrote:
Gee.. Haven't seen you post today.. I was hoping you got hit by a bus er somethin'..... No such luck I guess...
Actually, I was hit by a bus. I died. But, I couldn't go towards the light, my work wasn't done on this planet. I knew I had to stick around to annoy you. So, my soul returned from the shadow-world and I awoke, alive again.
Posted: June 4, 2004 12:39 pm
by Tiki Bar
MojosMama wrote:...using them to make... hehehe...custom jello molds for parties....hehehe
I see Monkey Boy taking this concept and running with it! Instead of a single Jell-o shot, his would be a double!
Sorry in advance nyc..., hope you don't mind me joking about your manhood!