I really shouldn’t lead into a series of journal entries about Beijing with “I ate scorpions.” You can’t follow it. Any story I think of will seem a little tame and normal. Whatever.
I was inspired by seeing a father sharing some of these guys with his son. And Ben had a camera, too.
I will say that scorpions are really pretty decent. Not much different than chips or french fries–probably decent with ketchup. I, following the lead of the previously mentioned father, knocked off the stinger tips, but I’m told that isn’t necessary.
Here’s the recipe for scorpions in three easy steps if you want to make some:
1) Find some scorpions and kill them. This is important since they can also kill you.
2) Put them on a skewer. (Technically, you could combine this with step 1b)
3) Fry and add salt to taste.
Head over to Ben’s web site to see what I didn’t eat and you may not be so impressed.
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