Scorpion is a Shandong dish, and the main ingredient is the whole sheep spine with the loin and spinal cord. Scorpion is often used to make broth hotpot, which tastes delicious.

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Su Shi, a great writer in Song Dynasty, was demoted to Huizhou because of political struggle. The local market is scarce and commodities are scarce, but he kills a sheep every day. Because Su Shi is a prisoner on death row, he dare not compete with local dignitaries for good mutton. So Su Shi privately told the man who killed the sheep to leave him the backbone of the sheep that no one usually wanted, with a little mutton between these bones.

After returning home, Su Shi cooked the sheep's spine, then poured wine on the bones, put a little salt on them, roasted them with fire, and ate them after the flesh and blood were slightly burnt. Su Shi picks minced meat among sheep bones all day, claiming to eat seafood, shrimps and crabs. Later, because its shape is similar to that of a scorpion, it is commonly known as the sheep scorpion.

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The edible value of scorpions;

Sheep scorpion has the reputation of "king of calcium supplementation". Scorpion stew for a long time is beneficial to promote the absorption of calcium and achieve the effect of calcium supplementation. Therefore, the elderly can relieve osteoporosis, middle-aged people can protect their skin, and teenagers can strengthen their brains and increase their height. It has obvious curative effects on symptoms such as chronic colitis, gastritis and tracheitis.

Scorpion also has the effects of nourishing yin and clearing heat, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, supplementing calcium and benefiting qi, and strengthening the body.

CCTV Cuisine-Eating Sheep Scorpions in Autumn and Winter