SC - chick peas = aphrodisiac???
Mark.S Harris
rsve60 at email.sps.mot.com
Tue Aug 24 15:49:01 PDT 1999
Just a bit I just read on chick peas that I thought some would find
interesting.
Barbara Santich notes on page 26 of "The Original Mediterranean Cuisine"
In a different context, chick peas were regarded as the perfect
aphrodisiac: they were nourishing; they were defined as hot and moist,
as was semen; and they caused flatulence, the emission of gas
somehow being seen as analogous to the 'soul' contained within semen.
Perhaps this gives a whole new meaning to "soul food".
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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