[Sca-cooks] Aphrodisiac foods

[aeduin]

At 08:40 PM 10/21/2003, you wrote:


>Do we have any info, or are there published resources, on what types of food
>were considered aphrodisiacs in period?
>
>Petru
>
>We've had this conversation before, when I posted this list the first time.
>At the time, there were a couple of other suggestions, none of them period,
>and the entire discussion turned to the chemical properties involved in
>creating that particular smell in your urine when you eat asparagus.
>         So, here is the list of aphrodesiac foods I've got.
>         Mistress Christianna
>
>While perusing the "Book of Lists" the other day (my lord wanted me to read
>Benjamin Franklin's 8 Reasons To Marry An Older Woman), I came across the
>list of:
>
>10 Foods Claimed To Be Aphrodisiacs

<snippage of list of foods>

Some Filipinos claim that Balut is an aphrodisiac.

AEduin