Lizard Lollipop

Today's adventure will begin in an outdoor Chinese traditional herb/medicine market. Granted this is not the typical gastronomic fare or gastronomic journey, but nonetheless, this stuff does end up inside the internal orifices of the mouth and stomach, commonly known as the Gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

So, in these herb markets, they sell lizard lollipops, basically dried out lizards on a stick. They dry snakes, snailes, fur, skin, and other animals you'd likely see on "Fear Factor."

What do they do with these fine delicacies? They boil them in water and make tinctures. You go to a traditional Chinese Medicine doctor and they prescribe a concoction for you to make. You steep it like tea and then drink it. Doesn't the idea of Lizard Lollipop just enthrall you??

Uh, so yeah...it was an interesting adventure crawling through the market place and seeing animals and other extraordinary things sold in bulk bins, think of it like costco for dead dried up animals!

On that note...gotta go make myself some tea...herbal tea...not snake, snail, and lizar tea.

Question of the moment: What does an antioxidant do? And, where do you find it?

Dana's Discourse: Prevents your body from the "rusting". They're found in fruits and vegetables, so...eat them up! not cause your mom told you to, but because they're good for you! and I told you to!!!