Cameraman Jenn wrote:We have had a successful mission. We found the distilled chicken in a liquor store in chinatown. When I pointed at it the guy behind the counter asked if I was sure which one because there are two varieties that come in identical boxes. He then asked me what my friend was planning to do with it so he could help determine which one to sell me. When I replied that he intended to drink it the guy looked shocked and repeated drink it with a sort of horrified and confused look on his face and tone in his voice. I should have asked him what you are supposed to do with the distilled chicken but didn't think of it at the time. We do however know that drinking it is NOT the normal way to consume distilled chicken. Anyway, the two boxes had different stickers with different chinese names so we were able to figure out which one was the same as what we had at Cags. Apparently the difference is that one has chinese herbs in it and the other doesn't. The kind we were drinking had chinese herbs in it. According to Cov's research, the one with the herbs is the kind that causes death after repetitive consumption. Whoo hoody.
I couldn't find a reference to death anywhere, but apparently the herb is acanthopanax, previously known in the US as Siberian Ginseng. It's Latin name is
Eleutherococcus senticosus (formerly
acanthopanax senticosus), and there is a wiki article about it
here, for anyone interested. It looks like a shot a day, like a glass of wine a day, could be medically beneficial.
It was actually requested in an episode of
Firefly, according to my research.