MALMO, Sweden — Desperate for a drink? There
is spit-fermented wine, liquor fermented in
prison toilets, and a strong Scottish brew
served from the mouth of a taxidermied squirrel.
The Disgusting Food Museum in Malmo, Sweden,
which has served up displays of bull testicles
and maggot-infested cheese, is now introducing
a drinks menu in the form of a temporary exhibition
opening Saturday.
Museum director Andreas Ahrens said he wants
to encourage people to examine their relationship
with alcohol by showing the extreme measures
people have taken to concoct mind-altering
brews.
“People are very desperate to get drunk
around the world,” Ahrens said. “So whenever
we find ourselves in a situation where there
is no alcohol, we get quite inventive and
we’ve been doing this for millennia.”
Most of the drinks on display are beverages
that are commonly consumed somewhere in the
world but which would revolt outsiders unfamiliar
with the taste. Please check the link in the
description for official webpage reference.
