Yes, yes I am eating scorpion.
 There is a small marketplace near the Forbidden City that features an eclectic mix of Chinese souvenirs, silk goods, and exotic foods. Not being particularly interested in the first two options, we went here purely for bragging rights. It’s always fun to say you’ve done something that will win the respect of junior high boys all across the world and freak out your mother all at the same time. As you can tell from the picture below, the cuisine-on-a-stick wasn’t limited to scorpions, but also included seahorse, silk worms, and starfish, most of which are still squirming before they are put on the skillet. Honestly, there wasn’t much taste to the scorpions other than the oils and spices in which they were cooked. But we had a good time.
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Omigosh! What are you doing?!!!!