How is the Sourtoe, a drink with a human finger as an ingredient

Back home in Bolton, UK, Griffiths decided to make a small but strong contribution to Yukon culture: sent by email his two fingers amputated at the Downtown Hotel to be used for his famous Sourtoe badtail.

With 40 years of tradition, macabre but tradition at the end, the Sourtoe badtail consists of a measure of alcohol, usually Yukon Jack whiskey, to which a mummified human finger is introduced.

Fundamentally It's a "finger-sour".

Griffiths confirmed on UK website The Guardian who saw a downtown announcement that says "Have you suffered from frost? We want your fingers". He thought it was a joke, but it was the truth.

Then he contacted the hotel and then he kept his fingers in jars on his bright table until he decides to send them by mail, wrapped in polyethylene. He stayed one in case the other two did not arrive.

"The big toe is the one that is worth the most"Terry Lee explained to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation" Usually, we do not send fingers (amputees) for hypothermia. They occur by gout, diabetes, or by accident of lawnmowers or power saws … Get one for freezing is phenomenal"he added.

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Terry Lee is the finger expert for Sourtoe

Lee created the Downtown Hotel drink, which four decades ago challenges the good taste and courage of its guests. Be part of the "Sourtoe Cocktail Club" you must drink the whiskey until you touch your finger with your lips.

In fact, Lee wants Griffiths to go to the Downtown Hotel to take Sourtoe's challenge with his own finger, but the Brit has still not accepted.

There are three fingers in circulation in the city center, but each time, new "dedications" are necessary because the guests swallow, bite their fingers or steal them.

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As unpleasant as it sounds (which says a lot), Sourtoe's "special" ingredient it is not dangerous for health since it is supposed to be sterilized first and then six weeks with coarse salt to cure it well there are no more bacteria that can make the drinker sick.

In addition, it is known, alcohol kills everything.