Aphrodisiacs for the 14th?

By: Elizabeth Leigh Newlands
The 14th of February has a
love/hate relationship with
most Canadians. If you have
someone to share the day
with, then most likely you like
it. If you don’t have someone
you want to spend a romantic
night with then you probably
wish Cupid would turn his
arrow on himself! But there is
no reason to waste a famous
day on homework, when any
excuse to party will work.
There are two ways to spend
that Wednesday: having fun,
or not.

If you are feeling that there is
no one worthy of you for the
14th then what better way to
spend it than with friends! To
start, use irony. Send out love
notes to all of your friends
inviting them over. Have a few
munchies out and watch the

most un-Valentine movies
possible or cheesy romance
films that leave you rolling on
the floor in tears, most
notably known for their great
acting skills. Have everyone
bring a bottle of red wine and
sleep through your Thursday
morning class. Nothing goes
better with red wine than
chocolate. Whip up these
delicious truffles. Honestly
there is nothing easier.

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3 cups good quality choco-
late, chopped

1/2 cup cream

1/2 cup icing sugar

1/2 coconut, shredded

Melt 2 cups of chocolate with
cream in a small sauce pan

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over a larger pot filled with
boiling water. Once the
chocolate is smooth and
mixed well with cream,
remove from heat, cover and
place in fridge. Once the

‘chocolate has become firm

use a spoon to make small
bails, use your hands as often
as needed. Replace balls
back to the fridge on a cookie
sheet covered in wax paper.
In. the meantime, melt
remaining 1 cup of chocolate.
Crown the balls in melted
chocolate until coated and
roll in icing sugar for half and
the remaining balls’ in
coconut and return to fridge.
If you are stuck spending the
night with some _ special,
make the most of it. Stay
home and make dinner your-
selves. There is no better turn
on than squishing tomatoes

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together, feeling their juices
mush in between’ each
others fingers. I’m serious,
try it! Let each of you choose
your favorite dish and make it
for each other. My favorite
cookbook for this is Inter
courses: an Aphrodisiac
Cookbook by Martha Hopkins
and Randall Lockridge or
Plenty: A Collection of Sarah
McLachlans’ Favorite
Recipes with Chef Jaime
Laurita. Both of these books
have easy recipes that are
not only sensuous, but fun to
make with extra hands. If you
can’t get you hands on these
books in time, choose these
aphrodisiac foods to make
your menu around: avocados,
pine nuts, artichokes, honey ,
grapes, strawberries, basil,
chilies and of course choco-
late. What some might not

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know is that rosemary and
coffee are also the food of
levers so try to add those in
the night. Back in the day
lovers would poison a drink
with powdered rhino horn
because they believed the
phallic-shaped tissue would
help stamina. If you find any,
let me know. Luckily our
stores carry most of the
aphrodisiacs listed above, so
get to the book store or get
online to find dinner. Sites
were you can find certain
ingredients are
www.epicuious.com and
www. marthastewart.com

Whatever you end up doing,
or who ever (I mean, with
who) enjoy this great excuse.

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