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January 7, 2010 9:01 AM Subscribe
Have you heard of any bizarre aphrodisiac food ingredients?
The stranger and more visceral the better... instead of obvious things like chocolate, think 'sea cucumber' or 'bird nest soup.'
We're doing a photo shoot and need some really icky stuff. Bonus points if it can be purchased and shipped, or found in NYC!
Thank you!
The stranger and more visceral the better... instead of obvious things like chocolate, think 'sea cucumber' or 'bird nest soup.'
We're doing a photo shoot and need some really icky stuff. Bonus points if it can be purchased and shipped, or found in NYC!
Thank you!
...and then I read your title. I was sure I'd seen lists of this sort of thing - most everything here is probably readily available, if it's exotic enough for you.
posted by jquinby at 9:08 AM on January 7, 2010
posted by jquinby at 9:08 AM on January 7, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for that link, though we're looking for things that are not on that list. 'Mountain Oysters' is another word for bull testicles - which is more along the lines of what I'm looking for.
Illegal items are also ok.
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 9:11 AM on January 7, 2010
Illegal items are also ok.
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 9:11 AM on January 7, 2010
Best answer: If you can get your hands on a copy of Isabel Allende's "Aphrodisia," it has a HUGE list of aphrodisiac ingredients. It's an entire book ABOUT aphrodisiacs.
Granted, not all of them are "icky", but it's a beautifully sensuous book, so I try to promote it. It may also have a few out-there ideas for you.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:44 AM on January 7, 2010
Granted, not all of them are "icky", but it's a beautifully sensuous book, so I try to promote it. It may also have a few out-there ideas for you.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:44 AM on January 7, 2010
Best answer: Illegal items are also ok.
Alrighty, then: tiger penis, usually served in a soup.
posted by mhum at 10:14 AM on January 7, 2010
Alrighty, then: tiger penis, usually served in a soup.
posted by mhum at 10:14 AM on January 7, 2010
Response by poster: Skot - those are some great shots of the cobra blood, really made my skin crawl.
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 10:39 AM on January 7, 2010
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 10:39 AM on January 7, 2010
For me, the only thing that can do it is my first cup of black tea with milk.
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 10:56 AM on January 7, 2010
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 10:56 AM on January 7, 2010
Best answer: In Korea I ate a stew (kamjetang) with shaved antlers (deer?) in it. Our hosts said it was "good for stamina." Kamjetang doesn't normally have antlers in it though.
posted by Brittanie at 11:52 AM on January 7, 2010
posted by Brittanie at 11:52 AM on January 7, 2010
Best answer: Mama Juana. Not terribly exotic when you get right down to the ingredients, but it's apparently popular in the Caribbean. So are various syrups, fermented and not, from the mangrove plant.
posted by valkyryn at 12:03 PM on January 7, 2010
posted by valkyryn at 12:03 PM on January 7, 2010
Best answer: I've found at least one source that says Molokhia is supposed to be an aphrodisiac, though I don't know how much help this will be to you as it doesn't look too odd, nor sound that bizarre as it is after all only a green leafy vegetable added to soup...the strange thing about it is the texture. Most references describe it, politely, as "mucilaginous" and yet this still doesn't put across the full horror.
posted by calico at 5:07 PM on January 7, 2010
posted by calico at 5:07 PM on January 7, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for all the responses! We're shooting this next week. Should be exciting.
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 12:51 PM on January 14, 2010
posted by infinitefloatingbrains at 12:51 PM on January 14, 2010
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