Anyone for a Scorpion Lolly?

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I know the Spanish are supposed to have invented the lolly pop, but isn’t this going too far? They’ll sell anything in Barcelona’s Boqueria Market!

scorpion lollies

More random Boqueria photos here.

Written by Ben Curtis

December 7th, 2006 at 10:05 pm

Posted in Spanish Food and Drink

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8 Responses to “Anyone for a Scorpion Lolly?”

  1. Edith

    8 Dec 06 at 12:13 am

    Wow, suppose there is still some poison left in the sting!!! South African meerkats ( members of the mongoose family) eat scorpions alive and devour them whole – sting and all – without being hurt in any way. I bet the meerkats would love these very special lollipops. But I have never heard about meerkats in Spain. :D

  2. JiffySpanish

    8 Dec 06 at 10:36 am

    Whoa, thats a bit creepy for me.

  3. ValenciaSon

    8 Dec 06 at 1:55 pm

    Some Catalans have to much time on their hands.

  4. Culturetastic

    9 Dec 06 at 8:28 pm

    Amazing! And here I thought scorpions were reserved for alcohol only.

  5. richardksa

    9 Dec 06 at 9:08 pm

    Photo pinned up on notice board at work. Arabs are now convinced that the Spanish are mad. But such little scopions. They must be babies.

  6. Edith

    10 Dec 06 at 2:13 am

    Bark scorpions from Arizona are tiny like that, but they can give you a quite nasty sting.

  7. Victor

    24 Jul 09 at 4:19 pm

    hahahahah In fact these are made by a brand called EDIBLE (http://www.edible.com/shop/) which is English… hahahah And it has a wide range of products (this is not the worst one, believe me…)

  8. ceecee4

    4 Nov 09 at 8:12 pm

    dat looks nasty

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