"Seduction is best sipped
and savoured slowly"
Valentines Day celebrations are
often met with a groan instead of a celebration of love,
romance, sensuality and sexuality. Valentines Day is
seen by singles as a time for lovers and couples and by
marrieds as a soppy time reserved for besotted singles,
without ties and children. The focus of Valentines Day in the
media is pure commercial hype designed to sell as many
products as possible, to beautiful young, single heterosexual
couples. Truth is, Valentines Day is none of these things.
Its origins hark back to the
Roman empire with a history that's as rich and torrid as love
itself. A tale of an annual pagan harvest festival, where
young women wrote their names on slips of paper and placed
them in urns; young men drew names at random, and the pair
would then be coupled during the festival, and of Italian
Bishop 'Valentine' who clandestinely married young lovers
against Claudius II express wishes, and had himself clubbed
and beheaded for his treachery, later heralded as a Christian
saint and martyr.
Valentines Day is not just
about courting, love, and romance, it's also about sensuality,
seduction and FOOD! Not just any food, but a particular food,
no stranger to lovers, and very addictive; chocolate. At the
top of the list of romantic gift giving again in 2001 is, you
guessed it, chocolates!
In the United States A box of
Godiva Chocolates rates top of the gift givers list. In
Australia, Belgian Chocolates are the expected best gift. Hand
made chocolates are unequalled. So why chocolate? Chocolate is
romantic, sensual and sexual. Advertisers have used sexual
lures to sell chocolates for years on television. Look at
Ferrero Roche and the lovers in the car..
Chocolate doesn't discriminate.
It doesn't matter whether you are bisexual, celibate, married
or an Anti-Valentine who thinks that "Valentine's Day is
designed to make sane, happy people feel like there's
something missing from their lives and cupid is just some fat
guy in a nappy"
Chocolate makes everyone feel
good. Natural substances in the cocoa bean -caffeine,
methylxanthine and theobromine act as stimulants, making us
feel energised. Chocolate is actually good for us!
Alan Turner, Senior Lecturer in
haematology at the Melbourne Institute of Technology says
"it appears to provide protection against cardiovascular
disease, is also believed to be high in polyphenolo
antioxidants, reducing the risk of cancer and heart
disease"
"Myths denigrating
chocolate are being disproved" says Alister Haigh, joint
managing director of Haighs Chocolates in Adelaide, South
Australia. The cacao tree’s botanical name, Theobroma
cacao, pays homage to its mythical origins. When translated
theobroma means "Food of the Gods." The famous
historic figures Casanova and Madame DuBarry both believed
that chocolate was conducive to romance. Nuns were forbidden
to enjoy the pleasures of chocolate because of it's sexual
reputation. Priests, however were allowed to consume it
without constraint.
Chocolate is an unique food.
Comparatively speaking, a 1.5 oz. milk chocolate bar with
peanuts supplies more protein, calcium and riboflavin than a
banana, a carrot, an orange, or an apple. Nearly 400
beans are required to make a pound of chocolate liquor, the
semi-liquid mass produced by grinding the beans. Chocolate
liquor is non-alcoholic and the basis for all cocoa products.
The chocolate industry is a
$8.2 billion industry. Americans consume roughly 2.8 billion
pounds of chocolate a year, or more than 11 pounds per person.
According to a Gallop survey, chocolate is the number one
flavour, surpassing all other leading flavours, including
vanilla, by a 3-to-1 ratio. An Opinion Research Corp. survey
revealed that the majority of Americans would rather enjoy and
share the wonderful experience of eating chocolate with their
loved ones than such celebrities as George Bush.
Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine
(PEA) a chemical that our bodies release when we feel a
powerful attraction. PEA, also called the "Molecule of
Love" is a natural amphetamine that our own body
produces. Romance is thought to cause it to flood areas of the
brain that are ordinarily activated during sexual excitement,
further stimulating sexual desire and pleasure. Not
surprisingly, high PEA levels are found in the bloodstreams of
lovers, accounting for the limerance that affects them both.
Since ancient times, suitors
have bought chocolates along with bouquets of roses to the
woman of their dreams. Perhaps it is no accident that the
giving of a box of chocolates has become a traditional part of
courtship rituals and of Valentines Day around the world.
Traditionally chocolate has always been eaten from a box. For
more daring lovers, Chocolate can be prepared fresh, as a
sauce and spread all over your lovers clean, naked body and
then slowly removed, lick by slow, luscious lick.
Chef Al has prepared a wicked
Chocolate Sauce recipe, especially for SexyAds members: This
is what you will need:
150ml double cream. (heavy
cream)
1 tbsp. castor sugar. (granulated sugar)
150gr. chocolate (cut into small pieces)
30ml liqueur (rum, whiskey, cointrea, tia maria, etc)
Boil cream and sugar. Take off
heat and stir in choc pieces until melted and add favourite
liqueur. Pour into jar and cool. Will last up to 10 days in
fridge. Put sauce into a small squeeze bottle for easy pouring
and artistic flow. Use a large powder puff and icing sugar
and/or some slices of fresh fruits, placed in strategic places
for more tasty sensations. You can use white or dark
chocolate, depending on your own 'taste' and the colour
required. Note: If kept in fridge for some time, you may need
to reheat to liquid consistency.
You have been seduced. You have
seduced. And you enjoyed every lick and slurp along the way.
DocHunny
