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Edible? Yes. Appetizing? Not always. This week, Tidbits cooks up some unusual foods that you might not eat if you knew what they were!

• Is it offal or awful? Maybe both! Offal is the term chefs use to refer to the entrails and organs of ani-mals, such as brains, hearts, kidneys, liver, tongue, pancreas and glands.• When you hear the word “sweetbreads,” don’t think banana or pumpkin bread. It’s actually the culinary term for the thymus glands of a lamb, pig or calf, lo-cated in the throat and neck. Most often, the glands are soaked in salt water, then poached in milk, after which they are fried. • Head cheese isn’t really cheese at all, but rather a mixture of the meat and tissue found on a pig’s skull, set in gelatin. • Remember the old advertising phrase, “There’s always room for Jell-O”? How about a gelatin mold made with meat stock? Add cold pork, chicken, hard-boiled eggs and some vegetables, and you’ll end up with a concoction known as aspic. Although some cooks add unflavored gelatin to the mix for a firmer mold, traditional aspic uses the coagulated broth re-maining after boiling an animal’s head and bones.

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Nearly everyone has heard of Helen Keller and her triumph over her disabilities. This week, Tidbits brings you a few more details you might not know about this author, lecturer and political activist.

• This amazing woman’s life began on a lovely Alabama homestead known as Ivy Green. Her fa-ther had served as a captain in the Civil War and worked as an editor for the local paper. Kellers’s grandmother was the second cousin of Robert E. Lee, and her paternal grandfather had been a Civil War hero as well. The family’s pleasant lifestyle changed forever when Keller was 19 months old, and she contracted a critical illness. Doctors called the mysterious illness “brain fever,” thought today to have been scarlet fever or meningitis. Although fairly short-lived, the illness left her blind and deaf. Keller’s parents thought she had recovered until they noticed there was no response from the tod-dler when the dinner bell was rung or when they leaned into their daughter’s face. • Although able to communicate with her family on a limited basis with signs, Keller was a very frustrated and difficult child, whose screaming tan-trums kept the household on edge. Her parents were advised to put her into an institution. • Keller’s mother contacted the Perkins Institute for the Blind, whose director asked Anne Sullivan to become the child’s instructor. Sullivan herself had suffered the loss of most of her vision at age 5 and was a former student of the Institute. A miraculous surgery restored enough of Sullivan’s sight to en-able her to read normal print for short durations. The 20-year-old reported to the Keller home when Keller was 7, and the two became companions for the next 49 years.• Sullivan began spelling words into Keller’s hand immediately upon her arrival, starting with the word for the gift she had brought Keller, D-O-L-L. It was a full month before Keller realized what her teacher was doing, when Sullivan signed W-A-T-E-R into Helen’s hand while holding it under water rushing from the pump. • After attending the Perkins Institute from age 8 to 14, Keller and Anne made the move to New York, where Keller attended a noted school for the deaf. Six years later, she enrolled at Radcliffe, where at the age of 24, she became the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.• Keller published her autobiography “The Story of My Life” while still in college at age 22. She fol-lowed up with “The World I Live In” five years later and went on to publish 10 more books and sev-eral articles. Keller was introduced to every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland up to Lyndon B. Johnson. LBJ awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. • Keller was responsible for introducing the Akita dog breed to the United States. While touring Ja-pan, she obtained the dog Kamikaze-go, followed by another from the Japanese government, the older brother of her dog, named Kenzan-go.

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tery and stop the Ghostface Killer before there isnt anybody left in the movie younger than 40. While teen girls tremble in horror of a mad man with a kitchen knife, audiences might sweat under the weight of so much self-referential humor and con-stant winks at the camera.

CULT CORNERDead Alive (Unrated) [Blu-ray] -- This 1992 New Zealand zombie gorefest is gruesome and shock-ing, in part because itÕs one of the early works of Peter Jackson -- the man who delivered the high-budget majesty of The Lord of the Rings. Over-the-top guts and gore, lusty undead, a Kung-fu Catholic priest and a cartoonish humor make this blood-soaked nightmare a bucket of fun.

TV SERIESPlanet Earth: Limited Edition [Blu-ray]Bored to Death: The Complete Second SeasonThe Walking Dead: The Complete First Season (3-Disc Special Edition) Transformers Beast Wars: Seasons 2 and 3Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Season OneMeet the Browns: Season 2

TOP TEN MOVIES1. Contagion (PG-13) Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard2. The Help (PG-13) Viola Davis, Emma Stone3. Warrior (PG-13) Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton4. The Debt (R) Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson5. Colombiana (PG-13) Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla6. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) James Franco, Freida Pinto7. Shark Night 3D (PG-13) Sinqua Walls, Chris Carmack8. Apollo 18 (PG-13) Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen9. Our Idiot Brother (R) Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks10. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (PG) Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara

TOP TEN VIDEO, DVD as of Sept. 19, 2011Top 10 Video Rentals

1. Madea’s Big Happy Family (PG-13) Tyler Perry2. Priest (PG-13) Paul Bettany3. Something Borrowed (PG-13) Ginnifer Goodwin4. Rio (PG) animated5. Paul (R) Simon Pegg6. Limitless (PG-13) Bradley Cooper7. Blitz (R) Jason Statham8. Your Highness (R) Danny McBride9. Soul Surfer (PG) AnnaSophia Robb10. The Lincoln Lawyer (R) Matthew McCo-naughey

Top 10 DVD Sales1. Madea’s Big Happy Family (PG-13) (Lions Gate)2. Sons of Anarchy: Season Three (NR) (Fox)3. Laugh to Keep From Crying (NR) (Lions Gate)4. Rio (PG) (Fox)5. Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season (NR) (Warner)6. Soul Surfer (PG) (Sony)7. House: Season Seven (NR) (Universal)8. Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (G) (Buena Vista)9. Dexter: The Fifth Season (N/R) (Showtime)10. Priest (PG-13) (Sony)

PICKS OF THE WEEKBuck (PG) -- This documentary tells the story of real-life cowboy and horse-guru Buck Branna-man. Bucks talent is something astounding to behold -- he emphasizes sensitivity and partner-ship when heÕs working with defiant equestri-ans. As Buck puts it, hes helping horses with people problems.The film links Bucks profound sympathy with his childhood as the abused son of another famous cowboy hero. When Buck sees troubled horses, he has an uncanny ability to see through to the troubles in the lives of their owners. This tale of a true character with awe-inspiring presence and an enormous heart has rightfully been wrangling in awards since hitting the trail at Sundance.

Fast Five (PG-13) -- Against the exotic backdrop of Rio de Janeiro, a wild crew of expert drivers plot one last criminal act to get escape the law. If you had Dwayne Johnson coming after you, youd drive like a maniac too. As the final stunt in the Fast and Furious series, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Tyrese Gibson reprise their roles, and yes, they all still have abs.Every shot that isnt going 100 miles an hour is packed with some form of eye candy -- exciting locales, daring stunts, flashy cars or shots of the beautiful women who apparently live in remark-able population densities throughout Brazil. The movies climactic one-last-heist is a fitting end for its adrenaline-injected franchise.

Scream 4 (R) -- When this series started more than a decade ago, it was first slasher series to attain full self-awareness. As a loving parody of a genre known for predictability, Scream 4 tries to inject some whodunit mystery into the dark-ened territory of horror movies.When beautiful young starlets are getting killed off like its the ‘90s again, returning members of the original cast (Neve Campbell, David Ar-quette and Courtney Cox) must solve the mys

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¥ It was noted American wit Groucho Marx who made the following sage observation: “There’s one way to find out if a man is honest -- ask him. If he says ‘Yes,’ you know he is a crook.”

¥ When the city of Los Angeles was founded, it was given the name “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles de Porciuncula,” which translates to “The Town of Our Lady of the Angels of Porciun-cula.” Back then, in 1781, there were just 52 settlers to start what is now the second most populous city in the country.

¥ When speaking of dead languages, Latin is the one that probably comes to mind most often. It’s not quite dead, though; it’s the official language of Vati-can City.

¥ Those who keep track of such things say that a professional ballet dancer goes through about 130 pairs of toe shoes in a single year.

¥ The yo-yo became popular in the United States after it was marketed by Donald F. Duncan Sr., a businessman from Chicago, but he didn’t invent the toy. In 1928, Duncan was on a business trip to San Francisco when he saw Philippine immigrant Pedro Flores, who had gotten financing to manufacture the yo-yos and had trademarked the name, dem-onstrating how to use the toy. Duncan realized that the toy had the potential to be a huge success, so he paid Flores $5,000 for all the rights. Incidentally, the name “yo-yo” means “come-come” in the native language of the Philippines.

¥ If you’re like the average American, showers ac-count for nearly one-third of your home water use.

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EDIBLES (continued):• Another place you’ll see slimy gelatin covering a chunk of meat is when you open up a can of SPAM. This little tin contains chopped pork shoulder and ham meat, hence the name, Spiced Meat And Ham. First manufactured in 1937, the luncheon meat was a popular staple for soldiers during World War II. Since its invention, more than seven billion cans have been sold. • At holiday time, many Norwegians fix a tradition-al dish known as Smalahove. This yummy dish is prepared first by torching the skin and fleece of a sheep’s head, removing the brain, then boiling the head for about three hours. Arrange some rutaba-gas and potatoes around it on a platter, and there you have your Christmas feast!• You’re not getting dessert when you order black pudding after a meal. Rather you’ll be served a sausage made up of animal blood, fat, rolled oats and spices. Depending on where you live, that blood could come from a pig, cow, sheep, duck or goat. Some recipes add chestnuts, sweet potato or barley to the mix. A yummy Asian snack, the pig’s blood cake, combines blood with sticky rice, fries it and serves it on a popsicle stick. • The process of making Polish blood soup is a tricky one. The head of a live duck must be chopped off and its blood collected in the cooking pot. Throw in some vinegar, onions, celery, parsley, sugar and some dumplings, and there you have it! Some cooks like to add dried fruit, such as prunes, pears or apples. • When folks down South talk about eating chit’lins, they are referring to chitterlings. This lip-smacking dish is the small intestines of pigs, boiled for sev-eral hours, then battered and fried and served with vinegar and hot sauce on the side.• Ask for a plate of menudo, and what you’ll get is an order of beef tripe, made from the rubbery lining of the stomach of a cow, sheep, goat, pig or deer. Your favorite Mexican restaurant might garnish it with jalapeno peppers. • No matter what you call them — Rocky Moun-tain oysters, cowboy caviar, Montana tendergroins or bull fries — it doesn’t change the fact that they are bull testicles, coated in flour and deep-fried. The people in some states love this “appetizer” so much, they hold entire festivals around them, such as Eagle, Idaho’s “World’s Largest Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed” and Montana’s “Testicle Festival.”

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Most of us eat cheese several times a week but might not know what we’re really eating. This week, Tidbits brings you some facts about the process and a few different poular types.

• Even though the United States is the world’s lead-ing producer of cheese, (Wisconsin and California are the leaders in production), Greece and France consume the most per capita. The United States also doesn’t have the most distinct varieties. Great Britain produces about 700 different cheeses, and France and Italy produce about 400 each.• The flavor, color and texture of a cheese var-ies by type of milk used, the bacteria or acids used to separate the milk, the length of aging and the addition of certain herbs or particular molds. Most cheese is made from the milk of cows, sheep or goats, although the milk of yaks, horses, buffalo, camels and even reindeer can be used. One type of Mozzarella cheese comes from the milk of a wa-ter buffalo. A very rare cheese comes from a Swed-ish farm that raises three moose. Because the lac-tation period of a moose lasts only three months, this farm’s moose produce only 660 pounds (300 kg) of cheese per year, and it sells for about $2,000 per pound ($1,000 per kg). • If you want true Roquefort cheese, look for a red sheep on the foil label. This means it has been aged in limestone caves near the village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in the south of France. France’s King Charles VI gave sole rights for making this cheese to the village in 1411. Made from sheep’s milk, its distinctive blue veins come from the mold Pencil-lium roqueforti, which is injected into the cheese and grows within as it ages.• The holes in Swiss cheese are bubbles of carbon dioxide gas produced by bacteria introduced to the cheese. The CO2 builds up at weak points in the curd, forming bubbles. • If you’ve ever smelled Limburger cheese, you’ll remember its unpleasant odor. That’s because the bacteria that is introduced to the goat’s milk is the one found on human skin that contributes to body odor. Produced primarily in Germany and the Neth-erlands, there are only two makers of this pungent cheese in all of North America. • J.L. Kraft was responsible for introducing pro-cessed cheese (often called American cheese) to the marketplace in 1915. It consists of melted cheese with added milk and butter. • What exactly was Little Miss Muffet eating as she sat on her tuffet? During the cheese-making pro-cess, the milk is separated into solid curds and the liquid whey by adding an acid (such as vinegar) or a starter bacteria to sour the milk, followed by heat-ing. Curds are really a raw or unprocessed cheese, such as cottage cheese.

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1. GEOGRAPHY: What U.S. state lies directly south of South Dakota?2. HISTORY: Which World War II battle was fought entirely by air?3. FAMOUS PEOPLE: Martha Jane Burke was better known by what name? 4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who was known as the Maid of Orleans? 5. LITERATURE: Who wrote the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?6. LANGUAGE: What is something that is mor-dant?7. RELIGION: Who was the first canonized saint of the New World?8. TELEVISION: Who is the voice of Moe in the animated comedy The Simpsons?9. GEOLOGY: What is coal made of originally?10. POETRY: Who wrote the line, But only God can make a tree.

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1. Nebraska2. Battle of Britain3. Calamity Jane4. Joan of Arc5. L. Frank Baum6. Caustic7. Rose of Lima8. Hank Azaria9. Coal is formed from the remains of trees and plants10. Joyce Kilmer

SPORTS QUIZ

1. When was the last time before 2010 that no Los Angeles baseball team was in the major-league playoffs?2. Three Seattle Mariners stole at least 25 bas-es each during the 2010 season. When was the last time the Mariners accomplished such a feat?3. Name the last NFL expansion franchise be-fore the Houston Texas in 2002 to win its inau-gural regular-season game.4. How many times has a University of Kentucky Wildcat basketball player been the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft?5. In the 2010-11 season, Teemu Selanne tal-lied 80 points, the third-highest total for a player 40 or older in NHL history. Who had the top two totals?6. Who was the first NASCAR driver other than Richard Petty to win the Daytona 500 more than once?7. Name the last left-handed tennis player be-fore Petra Kvitova in 2011 to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title.

ANSWERS

1. It was 2003.2. It was 2001 (Ichiro Suzuki, 56; Mark McLemore, 39; Mike Cameron, 34)3. The Minnesota Vikings, in 1961.4. Once -- John Wall in 2010.5. Gordie Howe (103 points in 1968-69) and Johnny Bucyk (83 points in 1975-76).6. Cale Yarborough won it in 1968 and 1977.7. Martina Navratilova, in 1990.

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1. Who sang and released “Drag City” and “Ho-nolulu Lulu”?2. Both a single artist and a group released songs called “Island Girl.” Name them.3. Name the Jackson 5 brothers in order, old-est first.4. How much did promoter Bill Sargent offer the Beatles to get back together for one concert? What year was it?5. Which artist released an album with the title “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”?6. Name the only album by singer Pat Benatar to go to No. 1.

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1. Jan and Dean, in 1963. They first performed as a duo called The Barons.2. Elton John, as a single, in 1975, and The Beach Boys on their “Still Cruisin’” album in 1989.3. Jackie (born 1951), Tito (1953), Jermaine (1954), Marlon (1957) and Michael (1958). The group’s first four singles went to No. 1.4. $50 million, in 1976. The show would be tele-vised via closed circuit broadcasts into theaters around the world at a cost of $50 per ticket. The Beatles declined, even when Sargent ap-parently doubled the offer.5. David Bowie, in 1972. A concept album, the theme is an alien named Ziggy who advises about the coming end of the earth.6. “Precious Time” in 1981. The album included the hit “Fire and Ice.”

• Not all tacos are created equal! Lengueta de la vaca are tacos made with cow tongue, while Tacos de Cabeza include all parts of the cow’s head, in-cluding eyes and lips. • The French have a beautiful name for a particu-lar variety of hot deli sandwich —langue de vache. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s cow tongue. • If you order geoduck off the menu, don’t expect to get an exotic poultry dish. It’s actually the larg-est burrowing clam in the world and is considered a delicacy in Asian countries, selling for as much as $30 per pound. It’s one of the animal kingdom’s longest-living creatures, at an average of 146 years, contributing to the amazing quantity of eggs produced by the female during her lifetime — five billion! The geoduck has a long meaty siphon it uses to suck in plankton when feeding. That por-tion of this mollusk is usually cooked fondue-style and dipped in soy or wasabi sauce.• Folks in Sardinia, Italy, may change the way you think about cheese. Their casu marzu starts with a sheep’s milk Pecorino cheese but with one variable. Whole cheeses are left outside so that the Piophila casei or “cheese fly” can lay its eggs inside the cheese, as many as 500 eggs at one time. Once the eggs hatch, the larvae eat their way through the cheese, and their acidic digestive juices break down the cheese’s fats, resulting in a very soft cheese. There are usually thousands of little white worms in a casu marzu cheese ready for the market. It’s up to the individual diner wheth-er to scoop out the maggots before eating. • If your plate is filled with the Bosworth, Falstaff or Bedford Fillbasket varieties, you’ll soon be eat-ing one of the most disliked vegetables, the Brus-sels sprout. This vitamin-rich cruciferous veggie belongs to the same family as the cabbage, col-lard greens, broccoli, kale and kohlrabi. Brussels sprouts were first brought to North America by French immigrants settling in Louisiana around 1800. • The Scottish regularly cook up a dish called haggis, which is a sheep’s stomach stuffed with a mixture of the liver, heart, lungs, rolled oats and a variety of spices. Some fast-food restaurants in Scotland even have this item on their menu, deep-fat fried or as a burger on a bun. For those who don’t care to eat it, there are contests for “haggis hurling,” a sport that has a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The current record-holder threw a 1.5-pound (.68-kg) haggis a distance of 180 feet, 10 inches (55.12 m).

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