The Sourtoe Cocktail

You try to stay mad at Canada, but then they go and start an amazingly awesome tradition like this:
Established in 1973, the Sourtoe Cocktail has become a Dawson City tradition, and is exactly what is sounds like: An actual human toe that has been dehydrated, preserved in salt, and served in a drink.
According to the story, Yukon local Captain Dick Stevenson found the toe preserved in the jar of alcohol while cleaning a cabin in 1973. After discussing it with friends, Captain Dick preserved and started serving the toe in a “Sourtoe Cocktail” at the Eldorado hotel bar.
The first toe is said to have belonged to a miner and rum runner named Louie Liken, who had his frostbitten appendage amputated in the 1920s. Likens preserved it in a a jar of alcohol in his cabin, until Captain Dick Stevenson found it some 50 years later.
More at Atlas Obscura, including pics and vids of the drink being imbibed.
Official Website of the Sourtoe Cocktail Club.
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