Our first stop -- a coconut candy making factory. While this may not be incredibly interesting to most, I was thrilled to visit the "factory". Every year at Christmas my Dad, Monica and I make cookies and candy. We are particularly fond of making salt water taffy, mostly because it is fun to pull and shape the taffy. Which is exactly what these women were doing! Instantly I thought of Christmas!
That was the sweet. Now for the spice. This is fermented rice wine. And yes. Those are snakes. Cobras, actually. Always ready to volunteer Jason for anything odd or disgusting -- I peer pressured Jason into drinking it. And he did. See below for how good it tasted!
With Jason is Ang, our guide. Who politely told Jason when I was out of ear shot, that the snake wine increases old men's virility -- i.e. rural, Vietnamese Viagra!
Our first stop -- a coconut candy making factory. While this may not be incredibly interesting to most, I was thrilled to visit the "factory". Every year at Christmas my Dad, Monica and I make cookies and candy. We are particularly fond of making salt water taffy, mostly because it is fun to pull and shape the taffy. Which is exactly what these women were doing! Instantly I thought of Christmas!
That was the sweet. Now for the spice. This is fermented rice wine. And yes. Those are snakes. Cobras, actually. Always ready to volunteer Jason for anything odd or disgusting -- I peer pressured Jason into drinking it. And he did. See below for how good it tasted!
With Jason is Ang, our guide. Who politely told Jason when I was out of ear shot, that the snake wine increases old men's virility -- i.e. rural, Vietnamese Viagra!
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