Food and sex are two sides of the same coin - inextricably linked throughout history. I'm not going to dish up (no pun intended) that history, this would take several tomes...but here's the shorter version:
Survival is the most basic of human instincts: we can’t do that without eating, nor can we do it without procreating. If Adam and Eve were the first couple to have sex it’s no coincidence that their biblical story is founded on a spare rib and an apple. The Ancient Greeks, including Pliny and Dioscorides, all agreed that certain foods had aphrodisiac qualities (the etymology of the word "aphrodisiac" is from the Greek goddess of Love and Beauty Aphrodite). Some swore by aniseed and almonds, some by bananas and basil, others by carrots and chocolate, others still by garlic and ginger. We all know about Casanova, who was said to share oysters with his paramours to whet their sexual appetites. Oddly, the first country in which a system of cooking food in a so-called erotic style was developed, is considered to be India. No, I wasn't taking about the Kama Sutra, you filthy Kossacks!
As the Chilean writer Isabel Allende says: "If cookbooks make up part of your library, books on eroticism should, too." And in Aphrodite, her wonderfully bawdy memoir-cum-cookbook, she writes: "The most intense carnal pleasure, enjoyed at leisure in a clandestine, rumpled bed, a perfect combination of caresses, laughter and intellectual games, has the taste of a baguette, prosciutto, French cheese and Rhine wine." I'm with her, except that I would prefer a robust red wine.
Certain food products have great impact on male and female sexuality. Products, bringing stimulant beginning, can be divided into 3 general groups: animal, vegetable and mineral. They are used either separately, or in combination, considering a concrete person’s gustatory addictions.
Eggs of different birds are in the first group (chicken, goose, quail), milk (especially goat’s one), game (hazel grouses, quails), mussels, oysters, caviar. Among exotic products of animal origin, antlers, musk gland, whale ambergris, rhinoceros horn have stimulant effect. In the second group, bursting with fiber and antioxidants, and thought to be imbued with aphrodisiac properties, many fresh fruits are as sensual as they are nutritious. Apples, apricots, bananas, cherries, coconut, dates, figs, grapes, mangoes, papayas, peaches, pears, plums, pomegranates, quince, raspberries and strawberries are celebrated in erotic literature throughout the world. Vegetables such as asparagus....ok, use you imagination. As to the third group, with the exception of certain drugs such as alcohol or marijuana, which may lead to sexual excitation through disinhibition, modern medical science recognizes a very limited number of aphrodisiacs. Pftttt! What do they know?
Esoteric produce such as edible underwear can be fun as well. But...but, AAF, enough with words, we want the pics!
Hot ribs action, anyone?
How about some naked, tasty babes?
Oh, Jeebus! Doncha have anything stronger, AAF? Ok, How about a bit of bondage?
We want an orgy! Ok, salad & flowers orgy!
We wanna see some pink, kinky stuff!
Ok, time to wipe that sweat off your face and start pressing the buttons!
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