#004 MUST-TRY WEIRDEST FOOD IN THE WORLD - Recipe and Cooking method

MEXICAN ESCAMOLES

Escamoles are the edible larvae and pupae of ants of the species Liometopum apiculatum and L. occidentale var. luctuosum. These larvae and pupae are harvested from the roots of the Agave tequilana (tequila) or Agave americana (maguey—mezcal) plants in Mexico. They are most commonly consumed in Mexico City and surrounding areas and this weird MUST-TRY, Escamoles, have been consumed in Mexico since the age of the Aztecs.

The cooking method or process method of Escamoles production is very simple, but the greatest task lies in getting the larvae and pupae. The ant's larvae and pupae used in the production of escamoles are not just tiny ants, instead they are giant ants which bites so aggressively and this makes getting the pupae pupae and larvae the most difficult task of all. Getting scared you gonna miss this tasty escamoles because of the aggressive, giant ants? Never worry, you can readily get the larvae and pupae in Mexico stores.

Walk into stores in Mexico and buy the readily available larvae and pupae for your tasty escamoles. You can only cook escamoles in Mexico because it is not allowed to be taken out of the country. So I will suggest-  enjoy the cuisine in Mexico for as long as you staying in the country.

RECIPE

1. Liometopum ant eggs and larvae ( also named as insect caviar in some places)

2. 1/2 cup chili sauce (which depends on the quantity)

3. Pinch of salt

4. Oil

5. Garlic

6. Onion ( chopped fine)

7. 1 lemon

8. 1 cup guacamole

9. 6 tortillas

10. Grasshoppers (optional for added taste)

COOKING METHOD

1. Wash the eggs and larvae thoroughly in warm water; then dry.

2. Put in a large saucepan, add oil and fry; then add garlic, lemon, guacamole and the chopped onions.

3. Adding grasshoppers and some salsa is optional, it depends on your choice. Let the whole dish fry well.

4. Serve hot; it is often served on the tortillas. The tortilla in this case is made up of the eggs of many different kinds of aquatic Hemiptera which are Mexican caviar.

ENJOY THE SAVORING SMELL AND THE YUMMY TASTE!

N.B: THE ANTS IS RICH IN PROTEIN AND ANTS LIKE EVERY OTHER ANTS AND ITS NUTRIENTS IS MORE TAKEN FROM THE ESCAMOLES.

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OUR ROME TOUR: INSIDE ANCIENT MUSEUM SERIES - PART 3

THE VATICAN MUSEUMS, ITALY.

The Vatican Museums are the museums of the Vatican City and they are located within the boundaries of the Vatican City. The Museums showcases works from the immense collection built up by the Popes throughout the centuries, including some of the most renowned classical sculptures and also the most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.

The Museums was founded in the early 16th century by the Pope Julius II. The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by Raphael, are on the visitors route through the Vatican Museums. In 2013, Statistical records shows that about six million (6,000,000) tourists visited the Museums,  and which makes the museum to be ranked as  the 6th most visited art museum in the world.

There are 54 galleries in total, with the Sistine Chapel. In this present century, the museums abhors works of Greek and Roman sculptures like Greek Cross Gallery, Sala Rotonda, Gallery of the Statues, Gallery of the busts, Cabinet of the masks, Sala delle Muse and Sala degli Animalia.

HISTORY

The Vatican Museums trace its origin to a marble sculpture, purchased 500 years ago. Precisely, the sculpture of Laocoön and his Sons which were discovered on the 14th of January, in the year 1506, in a vineyard near the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Pope Julius II ordered Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti, who were working at the Vatican, to examine the discovery. Based on their recommendations, the pope immediately purchased the sculpture from the vineyard owner. Pope Julius II displays the sculpture of Laocoön and his sons to the public at the Vatican exactly one month after its discovery.

The Christianum Museum was founded by Pope Benedict XIV, and some of the Vatican collections formed the Lateran Museum, which Pope Pius IX founded by decree in 1854.

The art gallery was formerly housed in the Borgia Apartment, until Pope Pius XI ordered the construction of a proper building. The new building was then inaugurated on the 27th of October, in the year 1932. 

The building architecture was done by Luca Beltrami. The museums has paintings which includes Giotto's Stefaneschi Triptych, Olivuccio di Ciccarello, Raphael's Madonna of Foligno, Oddi Altarpiece and Transfiguration, Leonardo da Vinci's St. Jerome in the Wilderness, Caravaggio's Entombment, Perugino's Madonna and Child with Saints and San Francesco al Prato Resurrection, Filippo Lippi's Marsuppini Coronation, and the  Jan Matejko's Sobieski at Vienna.

The Vatican Museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006 by permanently opening the excavations of a Vatican Hill necropolis to the public.

MODERN RELIGIOUS ARTS AND SCULPTURE MUSEUMS

The Collection of Modern Religious Art houses range of paintings and sculptures from artists like Carlo Carrà and Giorgio de Chirico.

Museo Pio-Clementino, one of the sculpture museums in the Vatican Museums acquire its name from two popes, the Pope Clement XIV and the Pope Pius VI, these two popes are those who completed the Museum. Pope Clement XIV came up with the idea of creating a new museum in Pope Innocent VIII's Belvedere palace and started the refurbishment work.

Pope Clement XIV founded the Pio-Clementino museum in 1771, and originally it contained the Renaissance and antique works. The museum and collection were later enlarged by Clement's successor, Pope Pius VI. Today, the museum abhors works of Greek and Roman sculptures.

Other sculpture museums in the Vatican Museums includes the Museo Chiaramonti which was named after Pope Pius VII; Museo Gregoriano Etrusco founded by Pope Gregory XVI in 1836; Museo Gregoriano Egiziano which houses grand collection of artifacts dating from ancient Egypt and was inaugurated on the 2nd of February, in the year 1839 to commemorate the anniversary of Gregory XVI's accession to the papacy.

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PERFECT WAYS TO GO BRALESS WITH BIG BOOBS - #shotsTV Fashion

You have got a big boobs and you felt you would look awkward if you go BRALESS. Perhaps, friends said you cannot flaunt your big breasts the way you want to because they might jump around in public. Yes! Small breasts may most times be perky and firm while BRALESS but because you have a large breast does not restricts you from flaunting what you have got. What you need is tips on what to wear to keep your big breasts firm and makes you more comfortable in public.

We have took some time to analyse the wears you could wear and go BRALESS without worrying about your breasts looking awkward in public. Scroll down and read the Seven (7) essential tips listed for your convenience.

#01 - WEAR A SCARF AROUND YOUR NECK

Wearing a scarf truly hides your breasts from the public and as well as it also allow girls who do not like to be seen as a 'BRALESS girl' stay more comfortable, even though the front side is naked in their garments. Try this out and be unbothered and relaxed all day. 

#02 - TRY OUT WORKOUT TOPS WITH BUILT-IN SUPPORT 

Many tops are now produced with built-In support; even though they are not as restrictive as bras but they rather gives you convenient ample reinforcement. Try it out by wearing it under sweater or cardigan.

#03 - GO FOR A TIGHTER TOPS

Nothing is as embarrassing as having your breasts jumping around under your outfit in public. Wearing a tighter tops saves the embarrassment by holding firm of your large boobs and putting them in place. It is more advisable to go for tighter tops and stay comfortable all day while you flaunting what you got.

#04 - STAY STYLISH IN PLUNGE TOPS

Look stylish just like other celebrities on the red carpet in a deep and fitted plunge tops. Not only that it holds your large breast in place, but it also give you a pleasing cleavage and  comfort while you are out there flaunting around. 

#05 - FLAUNT YOUR BRALESS BOOBS IN HALTER DRESSES

Halter dresses looks more stylish on big breasted women as it also gives the opportunity to go BRALESS. Try one these out and support with sew-In cups for ample reinforcement.

#06 - LOOK FLAWLESS IN BODY SUITS

Body suits are made of spandex and so they are tight which makes gives support to your breasts and makes you comfortable when you go BRALESS. Wear them on jeans, trousers and skirts.

#07 - WEAR A BANDEAU

Bandeau are pretty good and they are cheap. It gives you also the opportunity to wear them under a loose top. They provides more convenience all day long.

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#003 MUST-SEE CREEPIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD- COMPLETE FACTS!

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION 

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLLUM: Chordata

CLASS: Mammalia 

ORDER: Eulipotyphla

FAMILY: Talpidae

SUB-FAMILY: Scalopinae

TRIBE: Condylurini

GENUS: Condylura

SPECIES: C. Cristata

BINOMIAL NAME: Condylura Cristata

The Star-nosed mole is the only member of the tribe 'Condylurini' and the genus 'Condylura'.

The small mole is found in wet low areas of Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States.

Adults are about 15-20cm in length and they weight approximately about 55grams; they have 44 teeth and a nose of about 1cm with 22 pink-fleshy appendages that all looks like a star.

The star-nosed mole got its name from the shape of its appendages known as 'Eimer's Organs' which is extremely sensitive, with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors; with which it feels its way  around and also detect food; and through which they are easily identified.

FEATURES 

The star-nosed mole is covered in thick, blackish-brown, water-repellent fur; has a large scaled feet and a long, thick tail (function as a fat storage reserve for the spring breeding season).

Its most distinctive feature is a circle of 22 mobile, pink-fleshy tentacles at the end of its snout, which are used to identify food by touch, such as worms, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, small invertebrates, small amphibians and small fishes which this creature feeds on.

Its 22 star-like receptors known as the Eimer's organs were first described in the European mole in 1871 by German zoologist, Theodor Eimer. There are few mole species also which  possess Eimer's organs, but they are not as numerous as in the star-nosed mole. 

The star-nosed mole is precisely functionally blind, the snout was long suspected to be used to detect electrical activity in prey animals, though little, if any, empirical support has been found for this hypothesis.

STUDY

The nasal star and dentition of this species appear to be primarily adapted to exploit extremely small prey. A report in the journal Nature gives this animal the title of fastest-eating mammal, taking as short as 120 milliseconds to identify and consume its prey. Its brain decides in approximately 8 milliseconds if a prey is edible or not. This speed is at the limit of the speed of neurons. They also are able to smell underwater which is accomplished with the help of exhaling air bubbles onto objects or scent trails and then inhaling the bubbles to carry scents back through their nose.

ECOLOGY AND TRAITS

Although, they are found in wet lowland areas, but research shows they also found in dry meadows, farther away from water. They have been found in the Great Smokey Mountains as high as up to 1,676 meters. Meanwhile, the star-nosed mole does prefer wet, poorly drained areas and marshes; and besides, it is a good swimmer and can as well forage along the bottoms of streams and ponds. It often digs shallow surface tunnels for foraging which exit underwater. It is active day and night and remains more active in winter, when it has been observed tunneling through the snow and swimming in ice-covered streams.

The small animal mates in late winter or early spring, and the female has one litter of typically 4-5 young in late spring or early summer. Moreso, the females are known to have a second litter, provided that their first littrr is unsuccessful. 

At birth, each offspring is about 5 cm (2 in) long, hairless, and weighs about 1.5 g. Their eyes, ears, and star are all sealed, and then later appears opening and functioning about 14 days after the birth. They become independent after about 30 days, and then fully mature after 10 months. 

THREATS

The star-nosed mole's predators or threats include the red-tailed hawk, great horned owl, barn owl, screech owl, foxes, weasels, minks, various skunks and mustelids, and large fish such as the northern pike, and lastly not to forget domestic cats.

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#003 MUST-TRY WEIRDEST FOOD IN THE WORLD - plus Recipe and Production

SURSTROMMING also known as 'sour herring' in Sweden. It is fermented Baltic sea herring. It has been the traditional Northern Swedish cuisine since the 16th century.

Strong brine is used to prevent the raw fish from rotting which is known to be chemical decomposition. A fermentation process of at least six (6) months then gives the lightly-salted fish its characteristic strong smell and a kind of an acidic taste.

PRODUCTION 

1. Catch or buy the herring around April or May when they are still in prime condition and just about to spawn.  Prior their spawning, they have not yet fattened.
2. Put the herring in a strong brine (salt solution) for about 20-24 hours to remove all blood.
3. Remove the head, gut it; and then put it into a weaker brine or salt solution.
4. Then place the barrels in a temperature controlled room under 15-20 degree Celsius.
5. Fermentation continues (either in can or barrel) from the beginning of July for the next five (5) weeks or Mid-August.
6. Often preferably to be eaten with two pieces of the hard and crispy kind of tunnbröd with butter, boiled and sliced or mashed almond potatoes, garnished with fillets of the fish together with finely diced onions.

NOTE: The fermentation process depends on the lactic acid enzyme in the spine that is activated, if and only if the temperature and brine concentration conditions are right. The low temperatures in Northern Sweden is one of the parameters that affects the final product.

Try this out and perhaps you may like it... 

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'INSIDE ANCIENT MUSEUM' PART 2 - #shotsTV Discovery!

Capitoline Museums was opened to the public in the year 1734 under Clement XII and the museums are considered the first museum in the world. It is located in Piazza del Campidoglio, 1, 00186, Rome, ITALY.
It is a museum known to be an archaeology, art museum and historic site.

INFORMATION ABOUT CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS

The Capitoline Museums are a single museum containing a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio which is situated on the hill of Capitoline.

The history of the museums is traced to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of important ancient bronzes to the people of Rome and stored them on the Capitoline Hill and since then, it was recorded that the museums' collection has grown to include a large number of ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts; a collection of medieval and Renaissance art; and collections of jewels, coins, and other items and it was since then owned and operated by the municipality of Rome.

The statue of a mounted rider in the centre of the piazza is of Emperor Marcus Aurelius is a copy of its original being housed on-site in the Capitoline museum. 

Many Roman statues were destroyed on the orders of Christian Church authorities in the Middle Ages but this statue of the mounted horse was spared from being destroyed, in the erroneous belief that it depicted the Emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman empire.

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"WEARING THE PERFECT BRA FOR BACKLESS DRESS" - PART 1

Backless Dresses has become a trend in the women's world to flaunt their flawless back. Whether you are dressing up in your backless dresses to a show or for a date or to a dinner, there are few things you need to consider before stepping outside your door.
Read along, follow this tips and thereafter you got it to yourself to rock your backless dress while some lock theirs in the closet.
We know you will not want to ruin your classy look after dressing up with a visible bra strap. You will not want to step out and notice the public staring at your peeping bra strap sliding through your back or shoulder.
Below we have compiled list of bra you can rock on and stay comfortable in your backless dress without worrying about visible bra strap. The lists also includes features for each sets of bra to help you decide the best choice for you.

SILICONE STICK ON BRA

Suitable for Women with A,B And shallow C cup size. It features self adhesive silicone to make you stay classy in backless and strapless dress and also the front closure features for lifts and cleavage flaunt.

STICK ON BRA CUPS

Suitable for Women with small busts. Not only that it saves you from the public embarrassment of a peeping bra strap but it also provides subtle lift and protection.

ADHESIVE BACKLESS/STRAPLESS BRA

Suitable for Women with medium or small busts. All thanks to its cotton fabric that provides all day comfort.

U-PLUNGE BACKLESS/STRAPLESS BRA

Suitable for all trending women who crave for backless dresses. It features an attachable straps and also a contour cups with under-wire support.

LACE BACKLESS/STRAPLESS BRA

Suitable for women who loves light weight bra. It provides full comfort and also features a silicone cup with medical-grade adhesive that regenerates after every wash.

LOW BACK BRA

Suitable for Women with big bust. It offers much great support and all day comfort. It features strap you can wrap either in the normal way or halter or cross-back.

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"#002 MUST-SEE CREEPIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD" - True Facts About the Creature

The WRINKLE-FACED BAT made the Number Two on our lists of must-see CREEPIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD.

When we say 'CREEPIEST', it does not mean they are wild but we meant they look scary. The wrinkle-FACED bat does not harm. They are found in various countries in and around Central America.

We have compiled true facts about the wrinkled-faced bat which we will share with you in the next few lines.

TRUE FACTS ABOUT THE WRINKLE-FACED BAT

• They are tail-less.
• They are of medium-sized .
• They have a pelage of a drab brown to yellowish-brown.
• They weigh around 17g. 
• They have hairless face which is covered by convoluted outgrowth of skin, which makes their face looks wrinkled and scary.
• They have storage pouches in their mouths to allow them to store fruits.
• They have a skull which is extremely short and wide and which is thought to allow it to produce bite forces up to 20% higher than any other bats of a similar size.
• Wrinkle-faced bats are entirely FRUGIVORUS I.e they feed mainly in fruits.

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"#002 MUST-TRY WEIRDEST FOOD IN THE WORLD" - Recipe and Cooking method

HAKARL or as it is known to be a 'ROTTEN SHARK' is the National dish of Iceland. HAKARL consists of a Greenland shark or other sleeper shark.

You do not have to look far so much for it, as it is readily available in every Icelandic stores.

HAKARL is prepared from shark meat which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. At the end of the process, it has some choking smell but tastes so good.

Sounds disgusting? Yes, but you will want to eat more after the first chew.

If you are eating hakarl for the first time, it is advisable to block your nose from the choking smell.

RECIPE AND COOKING METHOD

RECIPE

• One large Shark

COOKING METHOD

• Take one large Shark, gut and discard the fins,tail, innards, the cartilage and the head.
• Cut flesh into large pieces. Wash in running water to get all alone and blood off.
• Dig a large hike in a coarse gravel, preferably down by the sea; put in the shark pieces, cover with gravel and press them well together with rocks then leave for 6 weeks to 3 months.

• When shark is soft and smells like ammonia, remove from the gravel, wash and hang in a drying shack.
• Leave it for a period of about 2-4 months till it is firm and fairly dry.
• Slice off the brown crust, cut the whitish flesh into small pieces.
• Then you are ready to eat and enjoy!

Note: The modern curing method relies on putting it into a large container with a drainage hole and letting it cure as it does when buried in coarse gravel.

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'INSIDE ANCIENT MUSEUM' SERIES (PART 1)

Have you ever thought of what could be in some of these ancient museums? Ofcourse, we do and some of those found in these museums are interesting and shocking.

NAPLES NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM in Italy is one of the enriched ancient museums in the world, and most surprising, the museum has a hidden room known to be 'Naples Secret Museum' with explicit collections. See into this room and you will marvel.

Naples museum is located at piazza museo, 19, 80135 Napoli, Italy.

The museum contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii,Stabiae and Herculaneum.

This is one of the enriched ancient museums in the world with 130,000 extensive collections of Greek and Roman antiquities, marbles, bronze from the villa of the Papyri, Mosaics, Egyptians collections, and the SECRET CABINET.


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"#001 MUST-SEE CREEPIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD" - True Facts about the Creature

The BLOBFISH (Psychrolutes Marcidus) is a deep sea fish which belongs to the family 'Psychrolutidae'.

They are specifically found in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

We have compiled the true facts you need to know about the one-time named 'Mascot for the Ugly Animal Preservation Society'.

TRUE FACTS ABOUT THE BLOBFISH 

• BLOBFISH are known to feed on crabs, mollusks and see pens.
• A blobfish weighs around Twenty (20) 
• They do not have a full skeleton. They only have a backbone and they also do not have real muscles, just jellies.
• The blobfish lives in the deepest cold water about 4,000ft below the sea level.
• Their lifespan and repreoduction are unknown to scientist because no human has been able to view them alive in their habitat; humans can not survive their harsh condition habitat, not even for the short moment it takes to view this creature.
• They are proven scientifically inedible because the BLOBFISH can no handle the changes in pressure, and for this reason, they instantly changes shape and dies the moment they are taken from their habitat and so leaving it inedible to humans.
• BLOBFISH are shorter than 30cm and are pink in colour.
• Their female lays egg to the sea floor.
• A BLOBFISH does not look like a blob in their natural habitat.
• They live under immense pressure from 60 to 120 times greater than the pressure at sea level; under this type of pressure, the BLOBFISH actually resemble a normal looking fish but they changes in shape if taken from their habitat.
• BLOBFISH are mainly of tissues; they have no gas bladder, instead they rather have a density that is slightly less than water which allows them to float in place without having to waste energy on swimming.
• They have no predator in its habitat but humans had been their threat.
• The BLOBFISH was voted the world's ugliest animal in 2013. It beat out several other animals including the naked mole rat,  the axolotl, the purple frog and the proboscis monkey.

NOTE: WE HAVE GOT REPORTS FROM PEOPLE LOOKING OUT FOR AQUARIUMS WHICH HAS BLOBFISH, WE ARE SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CANNOT FIND ANY BECAUSE NO HUMAN CAN KEEP A 'LIFE' BLOBFISH AS A PET. WHY? A BLOBFISH CANNOT SURVIVE ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT IN ITS HABITAT. NOT EVEN AT THE SEA SURFACE!

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"#001 MUST-TRY WEIRDEST FOOD IN THE WORLD" - Recipe and Cooking Method

First on our list of the weirdest food in the world which we will show you its recipe and take you through the cooking method is the HAGGI; this is considered traditionally Scottish, even as Scotland National dish. Haggis first known written recipe is dated 1430.

HAGGI is a savoury pudding containing sheep's heart, liver and lungs/tongues; minced with onion, oatmeal, suet,  spices and salt mixed with stock and all these are being traditionally encased in the animal's stomach.

RECIPE AND COOKING METHOD

RECIPE

• Sheep Stomach
• Sheep heart
• Sheep lives
• Sheep lung or tongue 
• Suet 
• Onions 
• Oatmeal 
• Black pepper
• Herbs
• Salt

COOKING METHOD

1. Rinse the stomach thoroughly and soak overnight in cold salted 
2. Rinse the liver, tongues/lungs, and heart in a large pot of salted boiling water and cook over medium heat for two (2) hours.
3. After two (2) hours, remove and mince; Remove any gristle or skin.
4. In a large bowl, combine the minced liver,  heart, tongue or lungs, suet, onions, toasted oats; season it with salt, ground black pepper and the ground herbs; moisten the mixture with some cooking water for a firm bind.
5. Remove the soaked stomach from the cold salted water, fill 2/3 with the mixture. NOTE: 2/3 means we are taking precaution not to get the stomach busted while cooking.
6. Close the stomach by sewing or tieing; gently placed in a large pot of boiling water to prevent from splashing .
7. Cook over high heat for three (3) hours.
8. Serve hot with mashed potatoes and enjoy!

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