Scorpion kebabs from a Beijing Night Market - world food and cooking - BBC

[iHasAbucket0246]

another bear gyrlls meal finally discovered can't wait for them to find out about piss

[MrDenocan]

@iHasAbucket0246 Indian drinks cow piss so dont worry. Piss is discovered long ago. :)

[tosen78]

next time, we eat scorpions.

[williamjpiano]

Awesome food, It would be better if it was cooked in another way. Deep frying does not let it shine to its full potential as good food

[sungju58]

so good~~!!

[MrCrazyGamerOfHorror]

thumbs up if you serarch Kebab ;D

[jradetzky]

so healthy

[VAVLOR]

I like that asian guy.

[arixue]

that asian guy appears on every single documentary or show ive seen about this market lol

[MrPlayBeyond]

I raff i ruse!!!???

[ElGrizzman]

u guys should try scorpion before you comment

[phoebeyang814]

dericioush~~!!!

[screwdatt]

Didn't know you could boil stuff in hot oil.

[eastern2western]

the most popular meat in china is still pork. comparing to pork, these bugs are just too expensive and lack of any nutrients.

[stevehwan]

that asian dude should be a comedian

[xNikkaX3]

It's strange... I'm a vegetarian... but I really want to eat a scorpion. :V

[Dumshitcunts]

looks good o 3o but *shivers* if they where moving on the kabobs ill just give it to a homeless guy sittin o the streats

[MisterFahad]

This guy would eat anything ... Mannnnnnn ... :P :P

[DiepSpartan119]

I thought scorpion has poison on it hmmm maybe they took it out lol i taste before in Vietnam asia is better than america cow food cause it makes them fat

[feichen1997]

@DiepSpartan119 Venom normally isn't dangerous when eaten. Your liver breaks it down. Poison is meant to be digested, venom is when its injected

[shammadamma]

And somehow this doesn't quality as cruelty to animals? Having a stick being driven through its body before being boiled alive?

[fernyxferny321]

@shammadamma actually they arent boiled they are fried .... they taste like hell went i went to beijing i saw those and my dad told me "ill give you 500pesos if you eat that" and i did...i almost vomit (yeah im a mexican)

[Jcb4421]

@shammadamma Here comes the PETA. -_-

[RumiaYoukai]

I should GET OVER THERE and taste those delicious kebabs.

[rabbitfootblues]

I couldn't take off that "poisony" taste out of my tongue

[Jaken2020]

Not at as bad as Americans eating road killed raccoons.

[katanaburner]

I love scorpions. We catch em live out here in the Sierra Nevadas and cook em up over the fire. Granted that we remove the stingers first.

[123pixieboo]

不只是因為我們判斷我們吃活蝎子

do not judge us just because we eat live scorpions

[darthfener2]

@123pixieboo I don't judge, I would like to try them. I couldn't eat cockroaches, but I could easily eat scorpions. Do they remove the poisoning tail before cooking them?

[123pixieboo]

@darthfener2 Yes but we sonetimes use the tails as toothpicks lol

[123pixieboo]

不只是因為我們判斷我們吃活蝎子



[123pixieboo]

don't judge us just because we eat scorpions

[smallblocksupercharg]

bejing!! here i come........

[zerosix1786]

LMAO slightly disturbing but delicious nonetheless

[BeyondChange]

YUK

[humayunmhk]

a heaven for bear grills

[gootch420]

@frogger832 you just generalized a whole bunch of people "...Soo you veitnamese..."

fucking dumbass

[frogger832]

@gootch420 That comment was over a year ago.. why are you so rude?

[supermorshu]

that guy enjoys his job....

[benkenser]

@RepublicOfResurrect

Most of the hateful comments against China on youtube come from Vietnamese. I wonder why. Vietnam is obviously nothing compared to China, but I wonder what is the history behind it.....or maybe simply jealousy?

Chinese that I know have much cleaner look than Vietnamese

[MwazZi]

Scorpions doesnt belong in people mouths. Silly chinese.

[TheGodfatherSahil12]

Wow that Asian guy really Tapped Sum Bong

[shen0927]

dericious!

[Tobehonestmale]

@frogger832 Vietnamese eat dogs, worms. Oh worms! How troublesome, theres also videos of them cooking worms on youtube.

[TheGodfatherSahil12]

@Tobehonestmale But they have good Pho Soup. The Chicken Pho. Beef Pho is disgusting.

[pbaffina]

sick

[JRIPx]

It doesn't taste that bad. But caterpillars doen't taste good, they are bitter...

[yawenalice]

Haha, he's humoring the white tourist :)

[maine1600]

DERISHOUS!! lol that made me laugh :D

[enzoTHEferrari]

THAT CHINESE GUY IS FUN!!!!!!!

[Parkjisung91]

if they eat it whole, how would they withstand the poison while they will be swallowing the scorpion along with the poison gland in their tail?

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@Parkjisung91 The poison is cooked out of the meat when you heat it to a certain degree, it simply steams away...

[Parkjisung91]

@ihazl33tskillzdwi oh i see thanks

but, scorpion....i'd puke

[karapaneas]

this isnt weird sure we find barabaric the eating of dogs cats snakes etc but its for there survival these people needed to survive throuht poorness (still do)thats why they eat almost everything

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@therealsuperhobo Scorpions are not "very closely related to lobsters". I have studied biology for 7 years and that is probably on of the most bullshit comments I have ever read. Some of the reason why I am so agitated by a comment like that, is basically because you're trying to sound smart by pretending to know what you're talking about. I don't know why you would lie about something like this, but I would guess that because they are both arthropods you thought "Hey! They must be related..."

[therealsuperhobo]

@ihazl33tskillzdwi

If they are both arthropods, aren't they related? :3

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@therealsuperhobo On another note, just because two animals look somewhat the same, doesn't mean that they're related, all arthropods share the same evolutionary tree (Ants, Beetles, crabs...) but they all split apart a very, very long time ago. For you to then say that "they're closely related", is like saying a mosquito is closely related to an eagle, because they both fly, seriously, do your research before you spew bullshit on a matter that you clearly have no fucking experience in, rofl...

[therealsuperhobo]

@ihazl33tskillzdwi

Does it matter?

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@therealsuperhobo Yes, because people like you are misguiding people who actually care about the theory of evolution, that's why it matters. Bye the way, why respond in such a childish way as "does it matter...?" when I have clearly explained why it mattered to me twice, seriously, stop acting so immature, you said something that wasn't true, I corrected you and then you tried to bullshit your way out of it, grow up please ^^

[therealsuperhobo]

@ihazl33tskillzdwi

I was just asking if it mattered ;_;

Seems u mad.

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@therealsuperhobo I'm not mad, I'm just irritated that you say something that simply isn't true to try and sound smart, that gets me mad. Please, either check your facts before you post mindless comments regarding subjects that you have no experience in, it's just embarrassing. By the way, when I have clearly explained why it matters in great detail don't simply state that "does it matter...?", that's just childish, but hey, judging from your comments I see that's a style you prefer, grow up...

[therealsuperhobo]

@ihazl33tskillzdwi

I'm just trolling man. You're absolutely right.

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@therealsuperhobo Trolls don't belong on the internet, go home to your basement...!

[therealsuperhobo]

@ihazl33tskillzdwi

But...I was born here!

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@therealsuperhobo There are basements all over the world, pick on of choice...!

[therealsuperhobo]

@ihazl33tskillzdwi

I know, I've been to several 5 star basements all around the world, but what I'm saying is, I was born on the internet.

[ihazl33tskillzdwi]

@therealsuperhobo You say you were born on the internet...? gtfo, web 2.0 rules...!

[gougou11555]

I used to eat them all day



[On1Th3K1ll3r]

hhahahha that chinese guy is disturbing! he looks like a pedophile!

[sawu101]

"SUPER HELTY DELISHOSH!" *STEPHEN* "crisp on the outside smooth on the middle" *CHINESE GUY* "AH EATA SUPOGEY HELTY" *STEPHEN LAUGHS*.......*CHINESE GUY* " DELISHOSH!"

[sindude300]

DEEELICHIOUSE!!! SUPREAR HEALTHSLY (Delicious super healty)

[lastingpain22]

ITS DELEEESHOUCE!

[emcheung100]

China's the size of Europe with the diversity to match. A German guy would probably throw up looking at an English guy enjoying pork blood pudding (the politically correct term would be "black pudding"). Chinese people don't eat weird stuff, poor people eat weird stuff. Trust me, the Ukrainians sure got creative with canabalism when they worked up an appetite.

Poor people eat scorpions to survive, white people eat cow testicles to be famous.

[cybersunday07]

That's fucking disgusting.

[procambarusalleni]

immm yummy

[wiwbib]

gosh...so cruel...many vids like this from China..so everyone understand that all chinese love to eat all even those aint born to be our food, and the way they kill them that is so CRUEL!!!!!

[yerk3]

@wiwbib Get ahold of yourself, bib. If you aren't a straightedge vegan writing this, you're a hypocrite. No animal is "born to be our food" any more than any other. Animals are animals. Have you ever eaten a lobster? That's basically the same thing as this, but much larger, and with a different tail. Do you eat fish? Fish die less humane deaths than these scorpions. Fish suffocate slowly, these scorpions are put out of their misery fairly quickly.

[Grunthor1978]

@RepublicOfResurrect

Speak for yourself. I happen to love China. There is an immense amount of history and culture to soak up while vacationing there, and the people are very friendly. The government might not be great, but the people are awesome. Besides, my ex-wife and current fiancee are both Chinese, and both are very good people.

[HunterH1000]

They aren't that bad, they actually kinda taste like potato chips that have been fried too much.

[WipeoA]

DERICIOUS! lol

[MCRateNGo]

lol thats nothing, we have a candy store mixed with insects!

[nioor]

Heh this is kids stuff. Try eating scorpion that's still alive but intoxicated with alcohol.

[zekun4]

i saw that live when i went to china

[xsapx13]

horA HORA ? NANDA NANDA KHORE?

[ultrafishaddict]

ching chong deeeeliicious! laka somboooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­adeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[ukspizzaman]

If it lived in the ocean, you wouldnt think twice about eating it.

[ToiYeuDatNuocCuaMinh]

European never eaten insects? what a joke heard of maggot cheese :)

[ip0n3di]

Your a joke, humuliating europians.

[ToiYeuDatNuocCuaMinh]

What do u mean? Its a known fact and well documented with videos showing somewhere in Eastern Europe some nation eats maggot cheese. I will try it, snails, sheep's brains or horse in EU I will try it too LOL. Anyway poor slum SE Asian probably live longer (eating what they eat ,dogs,cats,rats) on average than compare to most US or EU lmao.

[leonard141]

i tried that when i lived in beijing

[jupiterscastle]

just wait til you see the rat eating video

[jupiterscastle]

afterwards he was like , did i just eat a scorpion? (in his mind)

[texNoz]

Actually it looks fairly snacky!! I'd eat a kabab of em!

[xVinxl]

GEEZ people lol... its just eating food? wow u guys are like making such a big shit out of this lol. Its the way of life, insects have lot of protein. so just try to deal with this ok?

[michael3021]

man all you wusses out there are nothing, but pussys.

if it's food you eat it, nothing else unless it is very wierd tasting or tastes revolting, hotdogs look like huge dongs and people in the world question about them too

[simonheros]

Guy's you guys are jokes stop bieng racits.I mean its survival and for fun it doesnt matter if its survival. You would eat one if you were about to die from starvation wouldnt you? Or would you rather die just because its disturbing? Die from scaredom?Pff

[SyriusFerreal]

who dun scaredom?

[Veo77]

thanks for that insight sherlock

[Thelucastube]

If you believe local people in Beijing eat what are offered on the night market then you are crazy. These are all things sold mainly to tourists.

[Veo77]

Before there were tourists they had to eat them first. Who cares what people eat. I'll eat it too.

[jackiehsu97]

@Thelucastube LMFAO... no locals actually eat it.... lol....

[blackriver991]

@Thelucastube SO NO ONE IN CHINA EATS IT BUT SELL TO TOURISTS STUPID

[anekste]

@Thelucastube

lol, didnt even know that!

thx xD

[Veo77]

If they ate the fucking snake they wouldn't be banned from the paradise. jack ass. stop being a westernized pussy

[kooljerzeyboy]

Being friendly is not stupid - I guess you're not used to it since you probably  live in a "barbaric society". Peace out.

[albstralian]

lol that merchant is awesome i'd eat just about anything to make him say "very very good" again

[Nadasulaki]

omg! ow.... poor scorpion!

[WoOTfoOT]

the west meat industries is fucking distgusting, they sometime let humans be put into all the meat, for not talking about how the mcdonalds meat was from the beginning, omg i wanna puke

[sawu101]

"helty! delishosh!"

[shawnai9]

lmfao

[folle97]

LOL xD

[mikkydayo]

wtf?

[Shamoosa1989]

... :O

[beeeeeedoo]

cos em el grf

[moniikku]

Haha, the merchant is silly... Super healthy! Delicious!

[Galaxnite]

but it's true. Apparently insects have more protein and low in fat than beef, chicken and pork

[mielecmazi]

Poor Scorpions...:(((

[NallePu83]

McDonald`s?

[AnonymousCowardX]

Dude, do you really think what's going in our western meat industry is better ?? lol

[heshamcairoo]

oh my gad

[jtmjtm2001]

YUMMY!

[nikedindin]

Im a chinese, i don't eat scorpion. Eww its >_> disgusting.

Anyway, nice video.

[bu0sultan]

identity crisis?

i don't find it digusting, just strange.

[candy80564]

i wanna try it too! if he says it's crispy in the outside and smooth in the middle than it must be good, plus it said it was healthy too. I'll be the judge of that. ; )

[DragonDoper]

I've eaten a hole snake b4 in china once it's chopped up and skinned b4 u see eat it's look's like a dish of presentation. Tastes like Meat!!! I had a sweet source on mine with rice and veg. Oh and i 4got 2 tell you i sore it b4 they cooked it and named it b4 i ate the bastard. jajajajaj

[LlLnig]

u sound like a drunk british version of redneck

[Nepoznat86]

there is no punishment for this kind of animal torture

[420FF]

it's a scorpion as in insect as in not an animal

[manoman0]

oh shut the fuck up, suck it up and get over it...

[swolfs9999]

I'v never ever eat this disgusting food,even if i'm a chinese.those are just for making money from the tourists.

[olktree]

Delishush  yeah lol

how about the trantulas?

[dashin999]

Lol trantulas....

[LotBountyHunter]

im sure they got some roasted CATS & DOGS there lololol

[henry7515]

hell yh..aint notin rong with dat!

[douchebag79]

i wanna try it !!! delicious,ill be the judge of that!

[sawu101]

healty delisioucSE!

[trexonax]

güzel bişeye benziyor :)

[charismaladyn]

Looks weird, but I'll try anything once :)

[Arcamea]

Haha, same, just to say you ate it.

[loppylolly12]

omg scorpiens what if they just stunned they might come alive and kill u as u eat omfg danguosous im making page to support scorpiens too

[dashin999]

Lolololol XP

[Shamoosa1989]

HAHA

[habibiak]

ha ha at 1:03 , Delishush

[milnusthegnome]

LOOOOL

[AmericaTheHedgehog]

1/5 + blocking you!!!! >:(

P.S. I'm making a webpage to support Scorpions

[saaanid]

uhhh...they r not humans....bull shit may be good thing to eat than that dumn sorpians...

[ThisIsGonnaBeCool]

so-uh gooda delishoush!!

[deadlysyith]

they do taste good iv been there and done that

[kiki9827]

try sparrow there

amazingly delicious

[ZZZcatsy]

wow chinese people do not eat fetus only one person did. He was broadcasted over tv, he was a disgrace.

[Dannyt0]

haha! deliciaas!

[aussiegunnut]

I'll pass on the scorpions but I went to Beijing in 2006 and had Peking Duck at the Beijing Friendship Hotel and it was beautiful.

[gryphean]

peking duck is amazing

[wesg77]

peking duck is a damn pervert :-)

[sodaxcandy08]

william112004 chinese doesnt eat humans .. u and ur friend r retards

[houserave]

OMG i loved the guy that was cooking the bugs!

[rob91883]

hahaha oh god, Im glad that China gave the West pasta, but this they can keep lol.

[william112004]

this is nothing!.. i heard in china they even eat human feutus which i didnot beleive until i asked my friend and he confimed it!

[cnniub]

You and your friend must be a retard.

[FCanaletes]

it's tru go to rottendotcom

[luisnunezuk]

Its true. Its normally rich old chinese women who eat dumplings made out of aborted foetuses and placentas to reverse the signs of ageing. My aunt's friend was one of them -didnt look like it worked tho..

[ElayneTrakand]

@william112004 Well either your friend is a retard or you are for believing a fake rumour such as that.

[akshooter47]

my dad tried something like dat, it was a lotus (u kno the bug that looks like a graahopper) kabbab, did in the same procedure in pakistan.

[wreaksrevenge]

mm that must be nice having a skewer shoved up your arse, then being being thrown alive into boiling hot oil...'deelishaas!'

[iluvcelinaagain]

ooo i wanna try scorpians cant wait to go to beijing again i luv it there!!

[ZZZcatsy]

ugggh im chinese but i dont eat raditional food

[StukovM1g]

I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE MY FELLOW CHINESE. (I don't live in China, Mind you.)

[rushspbr]

hmmm delicious hahaha

[EllaAcapella]

aww it is soo lush!

[lordgooge]

Scorpions are really good..But when I had it it was on a kabob, dipped in Carmel, then coated in chocolate...really good  searved on icecream

[nikiforberg]

...yeah followed by baby shit milkshake, yum!

[joshman0708]

i have always wanted to try that =]