That belief in raw oysters being an aphrodisiac is a buncha CRAP...

[MiddleFingerMom]

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I KNOW!!!
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I ate a dozen of them once.
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Only EIGHT of them worked!!!!
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Actually...
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[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Just a reminder...

Aphrodisiacs are not for the lonely.

[graywarrior]

2. !

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Stop!

[Taverner]

3. Oysters make me wanna RALPH

But I think it goes back to Vitamin E, very good (if taken regularly) for potency and hardness

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. I've been told if you can swallow a raw oyster...

...you can swallow anything.

So how many of you guys like raw oysters?

[maxsolomon]

5. yearlings are easy and delicious

i freaking love them - kumamotos, hamma hammas, quilcene, etc. i live in Seattle, so it's easy to get them fresh & cheap.

if you can do the 1 year olds raw, you are made of sterner stuff than i. i've done it, but didn't enjoy it much.

[Demoiselle]

6. I love slurping down raw oysters.

Slurping being the operative word. When they're good, it's like swallowing a lovely little gulp of the ocean, salt breezes and all.
But I think it's fair to say that ingesting a bad oyster will totally destroy your libido. It's difficult to feel sexy when you're barfing.

[dawg]

7. Cuisine that appears to be based on a dare ...

And I seriously doubt their effectiveness as an aphrodisiac.

[Demoiselle]

17. Oysters used to be poor man's food.

When the oceans and estuaries were clean, and oysters were prolific (and close to shore.)
I don't know when they became a rich man's treat, but it must have happened when people "overfished" them, the environment became iffy and they became harder to find..

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. A GF of mine in the 80's was doing her thesis on aphrodisiacs...

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We tried some fairly exotic "enhancers" from around the world, but found the
greatest (highly subjective, of course) effect with plain ol' stuffed green olives.
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Some of you can forget your first thought. The number of martinis you'd have
to consume would be MUCH more than enough to counteract (counterect?)
that effect.
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[tango-tee]

10. Where did you stuff the olives?

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. Oh...

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[tango-tee]

13. Uah. I'll stick with the oysters.

Thanks.

[KamaAina]

9. It's not really the oysters per se...

..it's the oil. :eyes:

[Bennyboy]

12. Oysters are so awful tasting that when you eat one of them...

you rather have anything else in your mouth....

[HipChick]

14. I love oysters with horseradish,hot sauce...

doesn't do a damn thing for my libido though...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. ~

[Walk away]

16. Perfect food. .. nt