。大家小心啊。How Does It Taste? Korean Traditional Drink “Ttongsul” Made From Human Feces
One of Korea’s best-kept secrets, Ttongsul (똥술) is Korean for “feces wine”. This drink is made by pouring shochu into a pit full of chicken, dog, or human feces, and leaving the mixture in the pit until it ferments. Human feces is most popular, since it’s readily available from chamber pots. It’s similar to the African drug jenkem, but unlike jenkem, Koreans actually drink the Ttongsul, out of the belief that it can cure illnesses.
The drink is not very popular anymore but can still be found at traditional restaurants, as shown above. Korean food is famous around the world, but it seems like this is one drink that would be difficult for foreigners to enjoy!
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Here’s a video of a Korean TV team trying out this kind of traditional medicine! They eat various kinds of feces and give reviews about the taste. It’s also been reported that the Korean Army has forced hundreds of soldiers to eat human feces in order to establish discipline.
Korea has a strong tradition of using human feces as medicine. Above is an illustration from the Korean children’s story “The Magic Panacea Feces” showing a young boy making medicine for his grandmother.
If you ever visit Korea, ask them where to find the Ttongsul!
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