Interesting Things Found At Chinese Street Food Markets

Fried Tarantulas

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For those terrified of spiders, we recommend you not try these. The giant and hairy spiders are enough to send the majority running for the hill, but the same cannot be said for the people of China. They make themselves a delicious snack out of tarantulas.

The Chinese have been making this dish for centuries by deep-frying tarantulas. It wasn’t until the 1990s that other places tried making the dish themselves. Surprisingly, the internet can now provide numerous spider recipes for when eating spiders strikes your fancy.

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