Spiny Snacks

I found this picture in the current edition of Mental Floss magazine. If this is what they serve in China, I’m in trouble.


The caption reads:
Love Fear Factor and food-on-a-stick, but don’t know where you can combine the two interests? Try China, where street vendors deep-fry scorpions and seahorses and serve ‘em up on skewers. Both foods are believed to have medicinal value. Seahorses are said to be good for men’s kidneys, and scorpions supposedly make your blood hotter in cold weather.



Just rice for me, please. I’ll take my chances with the cold weather.