Poetry
Aboriginal Connections:
SEAWEED YOU CAN EAT!
Red laver is seaweed that looks a bit red and is found on the shoreline. It can be boiled with oolichan grease, fish, and clams to make a tasty soup.
The First Nations people also spread red laver on rocks in the sun to dry. When it was completely dried, it was chopped into pieces and eaten as a snack, like potato chips or cornflakes. Sometimes these dried pieces would be pounded into a fine powder, mixed with water and whipped until it was a foamy dessert treat.
You probably eat seaweed without knowing it. Agar, which comes from red laver, goes into candy, ice cream, and sherbet.
They scrambled through branches and followed the sound.
Then will said, "It's coming from under that mound."
And that's when they saw it—a dark open hollow.
They stopped in their tracks and took a big swallow.
"A cave," Wally whispered. "We can't go in there."
And Will said, "It could be a den for a bear."
They heard Fitzhugh howling from somewhere inside.
And Cecil was tempted to run off and hide.
If you think you’re going buggy eating burgers and fries
Same old ice-cream, same old pies…
We’ll seat you, and we’ll treat you to wild cuisine!
We’ve the best bug platters you’ve ever seen!
If you crave a beetle, an ant or a fly,
The Bug House is the place that’ll satisfy.
I saw two hippopotami,
when they were peeking water-high.
One hippo seemed a friendly guy,
but not for very long!
