In Georgia, these used to be called "meat hangers" because the long, sharp leaves were threaded through slabs of meat and tied to sticks for the smokehouse. The plant was used extensively by our ancestors for food, cordage and fire making.
My friend Jimbo asked me to haul his broken television to the dump. I took it apart to remove the fresnel lens (a large sheet of thick plastic covered with concentric circles). The circles are designed to focus light, making it a huge magnifying glass capable of fiery carnage. I'm the only person in my neighborhood that has one. Mwwwhahaha!
