There are conflicting accounts about this but it's safe to say that this practice really happened but was almost completely eradicated by the beginning of the 20th. It was thought that it favoured a strong fermentation and increased the quality of the beverage. La muñeca (the doll) was a stocking or mesh bag that was stuffed with human/cow/dog feces and then tossed into the pulque fermentation vessel. This being Mexico men obviously competed to see who pulled off the best/largest alacrán. As one sips pulque from the traditional jícaras (traditional pulque drinking vessels) a string of slime normally hangs from the lips to the jícara, drinkers would then wipe off this slime string with their finger and with a flicking motion throw it on top of the table attempting to make a somewhat curved spit/slime mark reminiscent of a scorpion. Let me tell you about the "alacrán" (scorpion) first. Pulque lore is very vast and somewhat controversial. Whilst it's true that better quality and fresher pulque is less viscous, the sliminess is always present. It is milky white and has a slightly slimy consistency that I personally cannot stand. It was, for centuries, the staple low alcohol drink that Mexicans would drink up until the turn of the 20th century and even during the Mexican Revolution.
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