2006-11-18 20:43:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
<>The story goes that the makers of the tequila use the worms to dtermeine if the drink is ready. They drop a live worm in the bottle and if it is dead by the time it reaches the bottom, the tequila is ready for drinking.
2006-11-18 20:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by druid 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heard from a Mexican friend that the worm is a special worm which produces a kind of toxin which mellows the Tequila a little bit.
2006-11-19 05:27:26 · answer #2 · answered by srinammisra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's supposed to absorb a lot of the alcohol so when you eat the worm you hallucinate. At least that's what I was told when I was a teenager. I have never eaten the worm but I suspect that it would only make you really sick.
Why you have some Tequila??
2006-11-19 04:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by Nickie N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't find worms in Mexican tequila. The use of the worm is exclusive to mezcal, the Mexican standards authority, NOM, prohibits adding insects or larvae to tequila.
The drink that has worms in it and is often confused with tequila is mezcal, a related but different beverage produced in Mexico. The grub in question is the agave worm (gusano rojo) and there are several theories about its presence in the bottle. One of these is that the worm guarantees the strength of the distilled spirit. Another is that the worm is supposed to endow special powers and is said to have hallucinogenic properties. The addition of the worm to bottles of mezcal dates from the early 1950's and while consumption of it has become somewhat of a young man's rite of passage, it is, in essence, a marketing ploy.
2006-11-19 04:51:09 · answer #4 · answered by Michael H 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is only added to a certain kind of tequila which is made of agave
but not limited to a certain kind usually it determines pureness or quality of the tequila
2006-11-19 05:00:48 · answer #5 · answered by calito 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for asking this question, I always wondered about that too! I have never seen a bottle of Tequila with a worm in it yet. Must be, if they do that, the remove it???? I would hope!!
2006-11-19 04:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by Sophia 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No matter what stories may be told, it is advertising and product recognition hype.
Those worms ARE, however, sometimes collected and toasted, and eaten as snacks.
2006-11-19 06:45:13 · answer #7 · answered by hls 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what druid said...sometimes they even use a snake...and once its dead the slice it down the middle, im some restaurants they pull out the snake and u lick it and then take ur shot! its wierd but im mexican and thats what we do...n mickey shut up if uve never been to mexico then you dont know what a great country it is so keep ur mouth shut!
2006-11-19 06:05:23 · answer #8 · answered by sandyscheeks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause even the worms want to leave mexico
2006-11-19 04:44:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's Just More Of A Gimmick Than Anything Else... :)
2006-11-19 04:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋