Canada's Yukon seeks 'backups' after toe used in cocktail stolen

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Canada's Yukon seeks 'backups' after toe used in cocktail stolen

 

(Reuters) - The theft of a famed cocktail ingredient, a mummified human toe, has spurred the northern Canadian territory of Yukon to launch a tongue-in-cheek campaign for an "insurance" toe, in case the digit gets stolen again.

 

In Yukon's Dawson City, drinking a cocktail with a pickled toe is a time-honored tradition that more than 100,000 visitors have undertaken, according to the municipality.

 

The toe was stolen from a local hotel on June 18, sparking national headlines. It came back by mail four days later along with an apology letter, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

 

The Travel Yukon government tourism organization asked on Twitter for pictures of toes in the "Toenation Contest," which will grant the winner a free trip to the remote, sparsely populated territory, a neighbor of Alaska.

 

"Our toe was returned, but we can always use backups!" Travel Yukon tweeted. "Donate yours for a #Yukon trip. Will your toe make the cut?"

 

According to Dawson City, the story behind the cocktail is that a local man created the drink after finding a jar with the amputated frost-bitten toe of a rum-runner from the 1920s.

 

"Be sure to remember the most important rule: 'You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow, but your lips have gotta touch the toe,'" according to the city's website.

 

RCMP said a male suspect in the theft case called police after officers identified him. The man allegedly left his identification at the hotel, after downing the cocktail, according to the Yukon News. The toe came back with the apology letter, signed "a drunken fool," according to the newspaper.

 

"At the time that the package was opened, the toe was believed to be in good condition," RCMP said. "Charges are not expected to be laid in this matter."

 

(Reporting by Ethan Lou in Calgary, Alberta)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-06

[Credo]

And here I was thinking that toe could only be used to be make jam.   Those Yukonites are quite brilliant turning it into alcohol.   

[PeCeDe]

How about a "Rusty Toe Nail." or Tom'sToe Collins, or perhaps even a Bloody Mary with Toe Mato Juice... Urghh maybe not. I'll stick to Chang.

[madusa]

9 hours ago, Credo said:

And here I was thinking that toe could only be used to be make jam.   Those Yukonites are quite brilliant turning it into alcohol.   

In China they put tigers dehydrated penis and testicles into the wine supposed to be good for impotence.  If I am not wrong tiger mount the tigress several times during the mating seasons, within the hour . I guess that makes people think they could do the same thing if only they drink this wine with the organs soak in it. How silly.

[ballpoint]

The toe was missing, and in its place a note saying "Gone to market".

[Jonmarleesco]

5 hours ago, madusa said:

In China they put tigers dehydrated penis and testicles into the wine supposed to be good for impotence.  If I am not wrong tiger mount the tigress several times during the mating seasons, within the hour . I guess that makes people think they could do the same thing if only they drink this wine with the organs soak in it. How silly.

They put reptiles in wine; they sell - or have displayed - them in LoS. 

[Stargeezr]

This toe was mailed back to the bar in Dawson City Yukon.  It is an old pickled toe that is put into a drink .    The brave people drink the drink until the toe touches their lips, and they are then considered  Sour Toes of the Yukon, and get their name on a certificate.  This has been going on in the Yukon for a lot of years, and there have been quite a few sour toes used during that time.  I lived in the Yukon in the 70s and then in the 90s for 10 more years. Good place to visit in June, July, August and September. Summer weather is

short lived and the Winters are long.

Geezer

[mok199]

....that's hilarious.