
You can always count on Tess to come up with a hot blog entry. She has a new blog, entitled Sex 'n Sass, and her first entry is in honor of upcoming Valentine's Day. She talks about a topic dear to all of us straight women - food, sex, and men.
She brings up the time-honored foods that supposedly send a man's blood racing - oysters, ginseng, avocado, strawberries, red wine, honey, chili peppers, dark chocolate... oh, I'm getting horny just thinking of these foods!
One thing she didn't mention was combining chili peppers and dark chocolate. One of my favorite movies, "Chocolat", had talked about this. It stars Johnny Depp, and Tess and I fight over who gets to have dear Johnny for the night. Har! He is so hot! Putting chili pepper into hot chocolate originated in Mexico, and the flavors mix surprisingly well. Talk about giving a kick to a mug of hot chocolate! Now I want to go to my favorite chocolate web site and buy some cocoa nibs...
She mentioned mead in her post, which is a honey wine. Tess, I can speak on the alluring properties of mead. That was my drink-of-choice when I was in college, and I preferred red mead to white mead. I occasionally pick up a bottle of it to this day, especially in winter. Sadly, the only mead I can find is white mead, but it's still good. If you find red mead, buy it! Some liquor stores carry mead. The best mead I've ever had needed to be warmed, and it came with a packet of herbs. You drop the herbs in the bottle, and let the bottle sit in a pot of warm water until the mead warms up. Warming up alcohol increases its ability to get you soused.
This wine will catch up with you because it's sweet, so don't drink it too quickly. It's very tasty, and it can definitely lower inhibitions. You and your man can play Serving Wench/Dashing Lord while you drink your mead and feed each other chocolate-covered strawberries. A little role-playing can go a long way. 
Did you know that celery is an aphrodisiac? I went "wha...?" the first time I read that, too. I hate celery, although I like the taste of it. I don't like the consistency of the veggie. When it's not crunchy, it's soggy. Ick! I do like it in soups, but only if it's wrapped in cheesecloth and removed once cooked. Here are a few quotes from an old post I wrote about food and sex. Apparently, celery is an aphrodisiac, according to this article from Pravda, of all places. Are the Russians more up-front about sex than Americans? The article stated that "a cluster of celery stems was traditionally hung above the bed of newlyweds on the first marital night. The plant was believed to act as a powerful erotic stimulant."
Learn something new every day.
I agree that scents make a different in setting a mood. Tess recommended some well-known sexy scents to make sure your lovemaking is at its most intense. To quote her: "Lavendar and patchouli. Sandlewood and jasmine. Gardenias thick in the air." Patchouli is already established as the lover's scent. Buy the scents she recommended as oils, and use them as perfume. I own an oil I bought from a Voudou web site that is called "Fire of Love", and it packs a wallop! I also own patchouli oil that I bought from the same web site. Dribble a few drops of the oils on candles to release their scent.
Another scent tied to love and lust is bergamot, which is a chief ingredient in Earl Grey tea. Serve your lover a glass of iced Earl Grey tea, and let the fun begin!
I'm going to celebrate this article by drinking a glass or two of port, which is a type of red wine. I think I'll put on some "Fire of Love" oil and see what awaits me for the rest of the day. 
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