How do you take your vodka? Straight up? In a Bloody Mary? Or garnished with a predatory arthropod?
If you haven't tried the third option, now's your chance as Makro has announced the launch of Skorppio Vodka, a premium vodka with an edible scorpion in the bottle, 'edible' being an adjective I never anticipated using with 'scorpion'.
The brand originates from Spain but the vodka is produced and bottled in the UK and will be available exclusively at Makro until March.
The scorpions used are raised in Mexico in a clean, pesticide-free environment, especially for human consumption, with the venom removed so they are - for those who want to pretend they're on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here - completely safe to eat.
"Scorpions are considered a delicacy in many countries around the world," says Hannes Floto, MD of Makro UK. "Vodka containing a scorpion is often used by bartenders to make jugs of cocktails, with the drinker who gets the scorpion in their glass considered to be the lucky recipient."
Really??? Personally, I'll feel victimised.
