Lobster
By Larissa Aston
Introdution
Body structure
As you may have heard about the lobster facts about body structure and appearance you may learn from a fact that you never heard before. Lobsters will grow to an average weight of three pounds, but they can live up to 100 years of age and even get to larger sizes! Lobsters are very close relatives of the hermit crab. Some features of the lobster that are special about them are that one of the claws of the lobster is the crusher claw and the other claw is its mouth so the crusher claw crushes the lobsters food and feeds its prey to the mouth. Another fascinating feature of the lobster is that the lobster’s broad abdomens are usually tucked under their bodies but can extend for backward swimming. Some lobsters can have unusual color such as red, blue, green, purple, and yellow. Sometimes the squat lobsters are very bright in color.
life cycle
diet
These unique creatures have big diets that can be amazing to know about. The lobster is a carnivore and most lobsters are nocturnal and can eat at night. Lobsters eat crabs, clams, worms, snails, mussels, flounder, other lobsters, and starfish. The lobsters obtains its food by one of its claws called a crusher claw which when it crushes its food so it can eat its prey. The other claw is its mouth so the crusher claw feed its prey.
Conclusion
Close your eyes and imagine how many facts you have learned and now know about. These aquatic animals will do the trick when you see them do their different actions. I definitely want to learn about all the facts about the lobster!
Larissa's Lobster Comic Strips
Diorama
Go fish
Chef's Corner
Ingredients http://www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-whoopie-pies-116992
1 cup sugar
6 tablespoons vegetable oil or 6 tablespoons canola oil
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1⁄2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons milk
Recipe Preheat oven to 425. Lightly coat cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray. Whoopie Pies: In a mixing bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. Add eggs and beat well. In separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually beat flour mixture into sugar mixture. Add milk and mix together well. With lightly lightly floured hands, roll dough into 1 1/2" balls. Place balls 2" apart onto cookie sheets lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Flatten balls slightly with bottom of lightly greased flat-bottom glass. Bake at 425 for 5-6 minutes or until tops are cracked. Cool for 3 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool. Filling: In a mixing bowl, beat together butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in milk and extract until fluffy. Pipe filling using pastry bag (or spread w/ knife) on to flat bottom of cooled whoopie pie and top with another whoopie pie to make a sandwich. What time is this food eaten at?
Dessert time
- After dinner
History
While considered a New England phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition,[3] they are increasingly sold throughout the United States.[2]According to food historians, Amish women would bake these desserts (known as hucklebucks, or creamy turtles at the time) and put them in farmers' lunch pails or lunch boxes. When farmers would find the treats in their lunch, they would shout "Whoopie!"[2] It is thought that the original Whoopie pies may have been made from cake batter leftovers.[4]
The whoopie pie is the official state treat of Maine[5] (not to be confused with the official state dessert, which is blueberry pie).[5]
The world's largest whoopie pie was created in South Portland, Maine on March 26, 2011, weighing in at 1,062 pounds.[6] Pieces of the giant whoopie pie were sold and the money was used to send Maine-made whoopie pies to soldiers serving overseas.[6] The previous record holder, from Pennsylvania, weighed 200 pounds.[6]