i've got some scorpion in my teeth.

I know several of you have cautioned me about the things I may or may not be eating here in China. But what fun is the Beijing Night Market without throwing a little caution to the wind?

The Night Market is every evening, and you can eat as much lamb testicle, centipede and snake as you want. About 40 stalls line up along a street, kind of like the Taste of Beijing, except the food vendors are very aggressive. "Hey, I love you, eat my snake," was one of the things yelled to us... quite the pick up line.

After the initial overwhelming feeling of all of this crazy "exotic" food, we wanted to sink our teeth into something. I started with a skewer of caramelized fruit... delicious. But since we didn't have much time, we went straight for the scorpions. And not the big ones, just the little ones. The vendor fried them up for us, and we were off.

Surprisingly, you just pop the whole thing in your mouth... tail, eyes, legs... everything. Even more surprising is how much it tasted like popcorn. Salty, crunchy, pretty good for scorpion if you ask me. In fact, I sort of wanted more. (I'm also pretty sure I had a scorpion leg wedged between two teeth.)

We're all planning on going back before we leave. I'm hoping to eat things so disgusting you can't even imagine. (Except shrimp. Gross.)