Editing Salamander (section)

===Brandy===
A 1995 article in the Slovenian weekly magazine ''[[Mladina]]'' publicized salamander brandy, a [[liquor]] supposedly indigenous to [[Slovenia]]. It was said to combine [[hallucinogenic]] with [[aphrodisiac]] effects and is made by putting several live salamanders in a barrel of fermenting fruit. Stimulated by the alcohol, they secrete toxic mucus in defense and eventually die. Besides causing hallucinations, the [[neurotoxin]]s present in the brew were said to cause extreme [[sexual arousal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mind-Bending Hallucinogenic Drinks |author=Goldsmith, Richard |url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/mind-bending-hallucinogenic-drinks |newspaper=Fox News |date=2010-06-11 |access-date=2014-01-02 |archive-date=2014-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205172850/http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/06/10/hallucinogenic-drinks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Later research by Slovenian anthropologist Miha Kozorog ([[University of Ljubljana]]) paints a very different picture—Salamander in brandy appears to have been traditionally seen as an [[adulterant]], one which caused ill health. It was also used as a term of slander.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kozorog|first=Miha|title=Salamander Brandy: 'A Psychedelic Drink' Between Media Myth and Practice of Home Alcohol Distillation in Slovenia|journal=Anthropology of East Europe Review|year=2003|volume=21|issue=1|pages=63–71|url=http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/aeer/article/view/364|access-date=2014-03-22|archive-date=2014-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331130641/http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/aeer/article/view/364|url-status=live}}</ref>