| Copyright by Victoria Elizabeth 2004. All
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| | After checking out the 1,940 websites
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| rights reserved.
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| | devoted to goblin gourmet and other
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| WELCOME TO WITCHVILLE
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| | ghoulish goodies, there are oodles of
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| (Home of Scream Cuisine & Other Stuff)
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| | things to whet the whistle and appetite
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| Living in Victoria, BC (Canada) has a few
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| | of the hobgoblins and ghosts in your
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| perks.
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| | neighborhood.
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| Second to Salem, Massachusetts (the world
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| | Main Course:
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| capital of witchcraft), Victoria, BC is
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| | -- Cervelle de Canut (Silkweaver's Brain
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| Canada's "most haunted house city".
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| | - an herbed cheese from Lyon, France)
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| This "California-North", left-coast, cosy
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| | -- Cheesy Apple Fangs
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| community with the unique distinction of
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| | -- Cheese & Olive Fingers
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| being dubbed Canada's "garden city", it
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| | -- Crispy Bat's Wings with Mushy Green
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| also has something else strange going for
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| | Mash
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| it.
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| | -- Goosebump Gravy
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| According to the most recent Canadian
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| | -- Ghoulish Gruel
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| census,it seems that Victoria has the
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| | -- Halloween Vegetarian Chili
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| largest per-capita witch population in
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| | -- Spider Web Party Dip
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| the country. In fact, more than 1,000
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| | -- The Devil's Salsa & Tortilla Spikes
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| folks filled out a form declaring
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| | Drinks:
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| themselves truly "out-of-broomstick
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| | -- Black Widow Fizz
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| the-closet"! However, more optimistic
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| | -- Bloody Marys
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| estimates, by the local pagan and witch
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| | -- Blue Witches' Brew (...ha-ha)
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| community, put this figure closer to
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| | -- Cranberry Blood-Curdling Brew
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| 5,000!
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| | -- Pina Ghoulada
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| Even though Statistics Canada has stated
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| | Dessert:
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| that paganism is the fastest- growing
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| | -- Banana Ghouls
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| religion in the country, Victoria has
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| | -- Black Cat Cupcakes
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| earned the novel title of being one of
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| | -- Ghoulish Petites Fours (courtesy of
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| the few places in the country where
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| | Martha Stewart)
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| witches can legally marry, wear witch
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| | -- Ghoulish Gooey Bars
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| attire in public, (and die) in grace.
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| | -- Langues de chat (Cat's Tongues - a
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| So what makes Victoria such a "happening
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| | French Sugar Cookie)
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| Halloween place" all-year round?
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| | -- Orange Ooze Cupcakes
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| Some have said, it is Victoria's
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| | -- Spooky Spider Cake
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| strategic location on the San Andreas
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| | However, should a wisecracking whippet
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| fault line. (The "energy of the place"
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| | like George Bush Sr. kick up a fuss at
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| makes it a great spot for those who like
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| | your Halloween Feast Table by stamping
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| to feel the earth tremble beneath their
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| | his feet and shouting, "I'm President of
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| web-feet -- it also rains here).
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| | the United States, and I'm not going to
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| Other's say it has to do with the ocean
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| | eat any more broccoli!" ...fear not.
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| (and perhaps far too many seagulls
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| | Gently remind the offending soul about
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| leaving their telltale signs behind to
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| | Hannibal Lecter's fondness for food and
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| guide the ghosts around at all hours of
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| | unpalatable friends, "I ate his liver
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| day and night).
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| | with some fava beans and a nice chianti",
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| But most scientists agree, it probably
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| | (from the 1991 film, "The Silence of the
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| has something to do with the very strange
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| | Lambs").
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| sort of people who live here (namely a
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| | Now the real question is ... who knows
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| high proportion of hot-air politicians,
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| | what delicious delights wait to be
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| and alternative lifestylers who enjoy
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| | devoured and by whom at your Halloween
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| wearing point-black hats, hob-nailed
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| | party!
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| hiking boots, and riding recycled
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| | Oh, and the thought of eating frogs eyes,
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| broomsticks to work in Beacon Hill Park
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| | and pickled pigs toes doesn't grab
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| (a place where pentagrams can be worn
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| | you...why not visit Victoria and enjoy
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| openly without anyone batting an eye).
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| | the "Ghosts of Victoria Festival" -- a
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| But hold on now -- there's something
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| | great way to kick back with lots of other
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| missing. After all, what would Halloween
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| | weird and wonderful folk like you!
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| be without a little "scream cuisine"?
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