Heat, aromas and composition of certain scrumptious foods are said to heighten sexual desire. Food and sex are synonymous and essential for the survival of us lascivious humans right? So what can be better than a slow, sucking, slurping dish of spicy mussels in milky coconut ginger sauce to start things off. Enclosed within the tight-lipped shell, it only exposes its pearly interior after minutes of high-steam heat…yawing to reveal their succulent bounty. Accompany this with a crusty long baguette to sop up the juices and sip many glasses of Sauvignon Blanc.
Mussels enhance sexual desire. Many scientists have related this phenomenon to the excellent nutrient content of mussels – especially vitamin E and Zinc. Seafood contains vitamins and minerals not often found in dry land foods, nutrients that our bodies are often lacking, so a feel -good result is not uncommon. Add to that the non-stuffed feeling and most people find they have enough energy for a night of lust.
Eating yang or hot foods, stimulates the body and increases energy and blood flow. The warmth, the ginger combined with the hot chilies, which doses you with endorphins (all those addicted to chilies will understand the pleasure that comes from the pain), will make you feel like taking a layer off.
Go on to your next sexy taste sensation, vanilla cardamom crème brule with chocolate wafer. The word vanilla hints at amorous properties. It derives from the Spanish word vainila, a diminutive of vaina meaning vagina (or pod). Crème brule is warm and thick in the mouth. Eat the chocolate wafer with your fingers so that it melts leaving you licking your fingers contentedly. Chocolate gives you a dose of phenyl ethylamine, or PEA, the brain chemical that induces feelings of passion and that adrenaline-like rush of new attractions.
Throw away those Chinese aphrodisiac potions and concoctions you were afraid to ingest like Bald Chicken Tonic to make your penis invincible, Gates Open Wide for women and Three-Day Glory consisting of Red Cock (soy), ox penis, ginseng root, and dried human placenta. Yuk! Indulge instead in a flirty lingering not too filling seafood dinner whose ingredients are packed full of stimulating properties.
Aphrodisiac foods are generally the most expensive but you don’t have to pay an emperors weight in gold to get good fresh mussels. It goes on to say that any lover who would go to this outlay to feed you the best may just tweak your libido with this show of love.
Now how large are your muscles?
MUSSEL BOUND
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
6 thin slices galangal or ginger
1 lemongrass stalk, bottom 3 inches sliced thinly on a bias
2 Serrano chilies, julienned (seeds and all)
1 kaffir lime leaf, julienned
1 lb mussels, cleaned
1c vegetable stock
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/4 c coconut milk
4 Thai basil leaves, julienned
1 tbsp fresh cilantro leaves
4 lime wedges
1 crusty baguette
METHOD:
Heat a large saucepan or skillet. Add the oil. When hot, add the galangal / ginger, lemongrass, chili pepper, and lime leaf, and stir briefly. Add the mussels and toss with the herbs. Add the chicken broth and simmer until the mussels open about 5 minutes. Discard any that don’t open. Stir in the fish sauce, sugar, and coconut milk, bring to a boil and immediately turn off the heat.
Pour the broth and mussels into a deep platter, sprinkle in the basil and cilantro leaves, place lime wedges on one side and serve immediately. You must eat these with your fingers and dip your bread into the hot juices.
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