Frogs, Toads, and Snails! OH MY!

Walking around Huancavelica, Mike and I noticed a large group of people surrounding a man shouting/holding a water bottle that appeared to hold really really dirty water. We listened for a little bit and discovered that he was selling unlimited toad/frog/snail/artichoke drinks for one sol! What a steal, right!? We listened a little longer as he listed off all the things this drink cured: headaches, nerves, epilepsy, asthma, bronchitis, chronic cough, arthritis, silicosis, osteoporosis, and scares! This sounded too good to be true! Yet everyone around us swore this drink worked. We watched as a little grandmother chugged her drink and asked for 3 more servings. We were sold. He gave us a 2 for 1 deal. It was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It honestly tasted like watered down Quaker (here it is pronounced Quacker by the way.) All part of cultural assimilation :).