Scorpion Kebab, Anyone? It's Fast Food Beijing Style....

The Daily Mail ^ | August 3, 2008 | By Geoffrey Wansell

[Tamar1973]

That T-shirt upset Pamela “The Vegan” Anderson, apparently.

[Candor7]

Hey Jack, thought I would add this tasty bit to your visual menu! Alas, poor Eurich, I knew him well.

[Clemenza]

I’ve eaten seahorse and fried grasshoppers. Liked the former better than the latter. Ate horse and fried calves brains while in France. And yes, Alligator DOES taste like chicken, albeit very TOUGH chicken.

[Clemenza]

The Ramapo Mountain Indians (aka Jackson Whites) in northern New Jersey have been hunting squirrel since they were chased up into the Ramapos. True Kentucky Berdoo also makes use of said rodent.

[mylife]

Alligator is more like a fish flavored pork chop

[mylife]

Burgoo?

[JoeDetweiler]

One thing you can get right here in Oakland’s Chinatown is deep fried chicken feet. I was gonna try ‘em but I couldn’t get anyone to tell me if you’re supposed to eat ‘em bones and all or just gnaw off the meat.

[Clemenza]

Burgoo. I was thinking about the stuff that keeps landing on my windshield. ;-)

[mylife]

I have had them. You can keep em.

You dont eat the bone

[Clemenza]

I tried gator nuggets at the Miccousoukee restaurant on Tamiami trail several years ago, and they tasted like tough chicken. Maybe the Injuns lied to me and gave me bad chicken instead.

[mylife]

L0L! I bet the chinese fry that up too!

[mylife]

All I have had is gator tail tasted like fish to me

[Dick Bachert]

PAGING ANDREW ZIMMERN...PAGING ANDREW ZIMMERN. PLEASE CALL YOUR OFFICE as they MAY have found some crap you haven’t eaten yet.

[WSGilcrest]

Problem with chicken feet is you get tired before you get full.

[Zhang Fei]

Any chance of some beef with broccoli and an eggroll?

These are pretty much Chinese American dishes. You're not going to find these dishes in China, any more than you'll find fettucine alfredo in Italy. Having had both Chinese American and Chinese food, I have say I prefer the American variant (which appears to be mainly Cantonese style dishes with an American flavor) - the Chinese stuff is too weird and in some cases, an acquired taste.

[Clemenza]

If you go to Flushing, NY, not too far from LaGuardia airport, you can get many of these “mainland delicacies”, moreso than in any other Chinatown in the hemisphere.

[mylife]

Nice tagline!

[Clemenza]

Its oh so true. The thoughts that pass through my head when I see that woman are often nonpolitical. ;-)

In all seriousness, she is a smart woman with extensive knowledge of natural resource development. Her gender and expertise help her.

[mylife]

:)

[tubebender]

Food Ping with pictures. You might want to leave the pets at home...