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9 Things You Didn't Know

 

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On the front page of Squidoo there is a list called: 9 Things You Didn't Know. That list is there to showcase the top lenses in various topics, to so you the variety of lenses there are for you to read on Squidoo. Today while reading that list, I got to thinking: Why not make a lens like that? Like what you ask? Like this one! On this lens I well be seeking out 9 things from various categories that you may not have known and well talk about them.

Created on August 22, 2007
Last Update on May 16, 2008

9 Foods You Never Ate: 

Well, maybe you have eaten them, but more often than not, I find these food which I eat, are unknown to others, and when I tell them about any one of them they go: "Huh? What's that?". I'll keep adding to this list until I can come up with 9 different things.


    * First on my list is the Pomegranate. I don't know about where you come from, but around here Pomegranates are very seasonal, available only for a few weeks in December, and cost $2.99 a piece, so I don't get to eat them very often, and it's quite a luxury when I do, but I love them, and would eat them every day if I could!

    * Second has to be Fiddleheads. Fiddleheads are a very rare little plant that grows in the local swamps. Fiddleheads are pure heaven to the taste buds, with a rich buttery, musky flavor, somewhat like a cross between asparagus and buttered mushrooms. You have two choices: head out to the woods, fight off black flies, wade through peat bogs and pick them yourself, or find a farm stand on the road side and pay from $4.99 - $12.99 a pound for these delicate plants from someone who already did the swamp wading for you. These are only in season one week of the year in late April or early May, and must be picked while still in bud form as they are poisonous once they bloom.

    * Third is Moxie. Another local food, this one a drink, originally sold in the early 1800's under the name of Snake Oil, it is now a soda, made with a bitter tasting herb, and is described by it's fans as tasting like a dead snake boiled in kerosene. It is the official drink of the State of Maine.

    * Fourth on my list is Pierogi. Part pasta, part pastry, a Pierogi is a kind of dumpling made from potato and cheese, and either fried or boiled, and served with butter. They have a delicate texture and a rich heavenly flavor.

    * Next has to be Tender Bits. Tender Bits are a meatless form of lamb tender loin, made out of soy protein. Never having eaten lamb, I have no idea if they taste like lamb or not, but they sure do taste good in a stir-fry with Nappa, rice, and turmeric.

    * Rhubarb are a strange bitter fruit, tasting sort of like strawberries mixes with raw lemons. They make the most amazing pies, thus giving them the common nick name of "Pie Fruit".


I'll be featuring lenses for each of these food items, as I find them.

9 Lenses About Unusual Foods 

 

9 Animals You Never Saw: 

Alright, so most of you have heard of these animals, but how many of you have ever actually seen one? I'll keep adding to this list until I can come up with 9 different things.

 

9 Movies You Never Watched: 

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9 Books You Never Read: 

It's no secret that I love to read and that I read a lot. On this list I'll be featuring 9 books that I have read, that most likely, you have not. I'll keep adding to this list until I can come up with 9 different things.

 

 

9 Websites You Didn't Know About 

Here are 9 random website, I often visit that you may not know exist.

Blingo
Blingo is a search engine with a twist. Each search on Blingo is also a chance to win a prize. Learn more. Welcome to Blingo.

Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search - Web Site Content Copyright Protection
Search for copies of your page on the Web. Defend your site with a plagiarism warning banner! Premium - Unlimited searches, copy and paste. Copysentry - Automatic web monitoring.

LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
LibraryThing catalogs your books online, easily, quickly and for free.

The I.N.D.U.C.K.S. COA search engine
Home page | Help | Creators | Characters | Publications | Advanced Search | Comics collection | Online indexing | COAzilla | Login I.N.D.U.C.K.S.World-wide database about Disney comics.

Gothic clothing from Drac-in-a-Box UK, gothic lolita, plus size gothic fashions, boots and jewellery
Gothic clothing from Drac-in-a-Box UK, gothic lolita, plus size gothic fashions, boots and jewellery.

Seventh Sanctum
A site of generators to randomly produce concepts, characters, and descriptions for stories, role-playing games, and art, as well as have fun or combat creative block.

National Novel Writing Month
Home of the National Novel Writing Month contest.

Cartoon Dolls - Doll maker and Dress up games to dress up dolls and avatars - Making Cartoon Dolls @ TDP
Dress-up games and doll maker to create cartoon dolls and design avatars with HTML Codes for profiles and pages. We offer fashion and fantasy games for girls, educational articles for kids, many fun activities and contests.

Purple Paws
The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need - providing food for some of the 27 million unwanted animals given to shelters in the U.S. every year.

Screaming Queens Drag Entertainment
Welcome to the magical world of Screaming Queens Entertainment! Let us add a colorful twist to your next event. We bring to you the world's most exquisitely costumes party performers. Choose from our larger-than-life assortment of Las Vegas Showgirls, Strolling Buffet Tables, glamorous Drag Queens, and whimsical theme characters. Whether your soiree is edgy yet sophisticated, family oriented, or wild and reckless, Screaming Queens has something for you!

9 Birds You Never Saw Before 

Again, a list which most of you have heard of, but how many of these birds have you actually seen? I'll keep adding to this list until I can come up with 9 different things.

 

9 Blog Posts You Never Read Before: 

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I love designing my own clothes, and clothes for my dolls, and hope to one day have a fashion/costume shop in Portland, Maine. There are no Gothic or Lolita or CosPlay or LARPing stores around here, I want to change that.

My clothen style includes velvet, capes, empire gowns, gowns with trains, burnoose, shawls, runas, fishnet hose, striped stockings, combat boots, velvet, top-hats, long dresses, ruffled frilly skirts, cosplay, Gothic, Lolita, Victorian, Edwardian, velvet, frock coats, Alice in Wonderland, vampire fashions, Medieval fashions, crinolines & petticoats, eyelash-fringe fabric, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, cloaks, ruffles, broomstick skirts, stripes, plaid, poet blouses, peasant dresses, fairy tale princess gowns, faerie outfits, wizard-look stuff, big hats, bright colored hats, ballet flats, platforms, anything that Dracula would love to wear, and stuff like worn by Jem*, The Holograms, and The Misfits.

I wear full kimono (layered) after Momoyama styling, more often than I wear anything else. If you are ever in Maine and you see a girl walking around in full kimono or looking like she just walked out of a comic book, than that's me.

I love all things Japanese, esp the cloths from Medieval Japan. I am currently in the process of recreating the outfits worn by the characters of InuYasha, eventually, my entire wardrobe will be switched over to just those and I will wear nothing else.

No I am not wearing a costume. Yes, I really do dress like this EVERY day. No, I do not own any "normal" street cloths. I'm a life actor, that means I dress in CosPlay 24 hors a day, 7 days a week, 12 month of the year, and yes, I have been dressing like this for more than 25 years now.

Yes, I REALLY am making a historical reproduction of Lord Sesshomaru's costume, and yes, I do intend to wear it as part of my daily street cloths, fluffy tail, battle armor, and all.

I am owner of The Twighlight Manor Press and Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts .
On the internet, I am know as EelKat, my alter-ego, the talking black bobcat from Planet Diona (a character from both my The Twighlight Manor series & The Planet Ptarmargin series, as well as The Chrystonite Chronicles).

In alphabetical order: I like Alan Rickman, Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, anime, birds, candy, Carl Barks, cartoons, cats, C*C*DeVille, Colombo, comic books, CosPlay, Darkwing Duck, David Bowie, Disney, dogs, Don Rosa, Donald Duck, Dr. Who, dvds, eels, Etiole, fashion, Gothic, haunted houses, horror, ice cream, InuYasha, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, Kieth Laumer, manga, movies, NegaDuck, peacocks, pigeons, Lord Sesshomaru, Prof. Snape, Retief, roosters, sci-fi, Scrooge McDuck, Sir Roderic, Star Trek, Tom Baker, Twighlight Manor, Uncle Scrooge, video games, Vincent Price, Willy Wonka, writing, X-Files, Xena, Zorro.

I am the creator and Administrator of A Writer's Desk, the forum for writers.


I love cats, dogs, roosters, birds, and esp. eels. (Have or have had pets of all of the above.) 




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