Posted on 07/05/2003 6:09:10 PM PDT by carlo3b
The "Oh no, not me" Male Complex!By Chef Carlo3b
NOT MUCH SEX IN THE CITY, or anywhere else for that matter if you are a maturing male, and experiencing some pretty common problems. For some men, being over 50, even if you are in great physical and mental health, can pose some really serious problems, and you may require the male equivalent of the 50,000 mile check-up.
The Problem
The "Oh no, not me" complex comes to mind! Contrary to popular belief, Men do not always think about sex, especially if it questions his own performance. Most men are, by nature, forbidden from thinking about sexual difficulties, and NEVER, any suggestion of a diminished capacity.To face what is the 3rd rail of masculinity, is to confront nature's call... the dreaded " I " word. Speaking of I, as in me, I would rather wrestle an Rabid Alligator than think about Impotence, or any variation of the squishy references to problems in the bedroom... But that doesn't change the facts.. and, it may be time to play with fire..
The Awakening
Most middle-aged men have begun to experience something equivalent to erectile dysfunction (ED). It isn't so bad if you think about it as a wake-up call, rather than a the distant sound of the male death rattle. It is in the worse case scenario, the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for his sexual needs or the needs of his partner.To suggest, or even worse, to discover, that you may not be, what you thought you were, (and probably never were to begin with.. DUH), is to admit you are reaching the end much quicker than you thought. Face it ..or deny it. Most men find it much safer to deny it.
Most guys start to experience this natural, evolutionary phenomenon, at some point in their lives, usually beginning around the age of 40. However, most men do not acknowledge it until it bites him on the ass. If you refuse to face it, the results are nearly always devastating, and the infamous slippery slope comes into play.. self doubt, lower expectations, refusal to engage in sex, and the true destruction of most relationships.. the total avoidance of intimacy for what is sadly, and subconsciously perceived as self preservation.
Have I got your attention yet...
Sounds pretty bad doesn't it? Avoiding the problem can be. Truth be known, it is not just bad, but this could be fatal. A life without sex or intimacy, is actually horrible for your health, physically, and mentally. Here is were it gets really interesting, This problem does not have to be end of the world, and this scenario, as serious as it is, can in most cases be easily averted.What in the heck is wrong with me...
Nothing is wrong with a man, or woman that have changes in their lives, on any or all levels. We have all been taught to recognized the ramifications of Female Menopause, but how often have we confronted with what is the equally as lifealtering as the Male equivalence of Menopause, clinically refereed to as Andropause. Androgen Deficiency, is the loss or decreasing levels of androgens, or testosterone.I do not intend to play Doctor here, (although I have played one on TV.. ha), however, a decrease in male hormones begins to create a physiological and chemical change in maturing males. This phenomenon, generally takes place between the ages of 40 and 55, although it can occur earlier or much later.
The most common symptoms of Androgen Deficiency, or, according to author Jed Diamond, in his book, "Male Menopause," he concluded, men experiencing this phase of life, "need longer to recover from injuries and illness, less endurance for physical activity, weight gain, thinning hair, sleep disturbances, irritability, and reduced interest in sex.."
Awareness, is the key to overcoming the natural injustices of life, and there are a milieu of other causes for many of the symptoms of sexual dysfunction, in the reverse order of causation;
TOP TEN REASONS
10) Fear of rejection
9) Physical limitations, stroke, handicap
8) Chronic tobacco use
7) Alcoholism, or frequent drinking habit
6) Prolonged drug addiction, cocaine, marijuana, hallucinogenics...
5) Illnesses requiring medication, i.e.: high blood pressure, prostate, heart conditions, diabetes.. etc
4) Stress
3) Depression
2) Physical condition, (weakness, lack of exercise, weight gain)And the #1 reason for hitting in a Sexual Slump... drum roll......
DIETYes, diet ranks at the top of the list of reasons most men can not achieve their sexual potential! In later chapters we will address how, and what you can eat, that can change your lives in the most dramatic fashions imaginable. Many of the most treatable conditions listed above can be altered by changing your eating habits. As and example, weight gain, which makes exercising so difficult. Atherosclerosis, the hardening of the arteries, caused by deposits of fatty substances, high cholesterol levels, platelets, cellular waste products, calcium and other substances build up in the inner lining of an artery inhibiting blood vessels and restricting blood flow..
Just avoiding cooking with animal fats, and switching to olive oil, can drastically raise your natural endorphins, which remove stress or pain, and change the condition of the blood flows to the extremities of your body, resulting in enhanced and prolonged erections... Ba da bing..
Did you know, that there are foods, such as natural aphrodisiacs, that stimulate the normal body functions, that have been used throughout history, to create high sexual interest in both women and men? Ba da boom
Any of this sound familiar?The Silver lining...
WHAT? Are you nuts? How can there be any SILVER LINING?
For most men, having discovered any of the symptoms as an early warning sign, can dissuade much of the long term destructive behaviors, and choices can be treated, corrected, and/or avoided, before they consume your relationships. Having been detected early, these common problems can be stopped in there tracts.Now what...
Having been made aware of the rules and red flags in the game, now is the time to take the ball and run with it. Lets get a handle on the problems and take the first step in solving them. Now with our help lets start to tackle, and remove the simplest roadblocks.Cooking now takes on a whole new world of fun, ...that is aside from holding your family and sex life together.. it tastes good too... blush.. smirk!
Copyright: Carlo3b, Morelli Publishing Inc.
CAN BASIL MAKE YOU BAD?...WELL, I HOPE SO...LETS TAKE A SHOT AT IT....What's in this stuff? BASIL is a flowering herb, either sweet or wild promoted to possess mystical valences, and highly thought of during the Middle Ages. Actually, Basil is said to have grown out of an unfulfilled love.
As the tale goes, a young and beautiful girl passes, leaving behind her desperate lover, who attended her grave site each and every day and shed many tears. After a while, delicate flowers grew on that spot. The boy's ever flowing tears would water the flowers, until it blossomed and a wonderful magical perfume emerged from it.
This delicate and sensual aroma has made the Basil plant a dominant source of stimulation and of sexuality to this day.
Legend has it, that wives who wished to "cure" their husband of infidelity would perform a ritual in which they would powder their upper parts (their breasts) of their body with basil, thus rendering their spouse powerless to roam.... Geeeze... Really?.... Basil?
There are very few herbs (I should hope so!) so clearly associated with SEX.....gulp!
In the true Mediterranean tradition, Basil was and is an important ingredient in the erotic rituals. Arabian writers of the time mention it as a highly important aphrodisiac herb, as it enhances erotic passion, especially in the case of women.... Ah ha.... EUREKA Its beneficial effects on women notwithstanding, these attributes are not so easily detectable in the case of men,... HUH? Let me get this straight, she's hot but the guy is not? Not a chance... developing
If Basil has these powers, what would happen if we mixed it with other highly touted elixirs.... like Tomatoes...
Passionate Pasta with Sensual Seafood
The taste and texture of tender shrimp, tangled in ribbons of fresh Basil, swimming in a thick red sauce, could seduce any heavy breathing adult. {{{{{{ OOOH YES }}}}}}}
1) Heat in large frying pan, butter and oil.
- 3 oz. Butter
- 4 tbls Pure olive oil, extra virgin is expectable, (virgin anything, is vastly overrated)
- 1 tbls Dry parsley
- 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
- 2-3 ea Med. cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 /2 lb Small shrimp, cleaned and shelled
- 1 tbls Dry oregano
- 4 oz Fresh basil, tightly rolled and sliced into thin ribbons
- 8 oz Angel hair pasta
- Freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
2) Add parsley, garlic powder and simmer.
3) Incorporate the sliced garlic, and sauté until soft, just a minute or two.
4) Prepare pasta according to package directions
5) Carefully add shrimp, and slowly sauté another 3 minutes (do not overcook)
6) Sprinkle dry oregano over shrimp and stirring slowly.
7) Drain and replace pasta back into pot, and add shrimp preparation, tossing gently to coat and incorporate.
Put into a pre warmed serving bowl, sprinkle with cheese, and serve hot....
Enjoy
Chef Carlo Morelli, SOUP, SEX, and the SINGLE MAN, http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com
Priceless, just like you..sigh..LOLOL
Oh oh, somehow I knew this thread would be going up this road more traveled...Bwhahahahahahahahaha
CAN YOU SHAKE UP YOUR SEX LIFE WITH SHIITAKE? YES!!!!!
...I'LL SHOW YOU HOW!
Chinese emperors consumed Shiitake mushrooms in large quantities to fend off old age. The ancient Japanese courts held the Shiitake in such regard and so valued for its aphrodisiac properties, that the growing sites were well hidden and heavily guarded.
Mushrooms are often the mysterious ingredient in stories and folk tales as well as in recipes. They stand accused in the deaths of such eminent personages as the real Emperor Claudius. By the Middle Ages their toxic qualities were harnessed into an effective fly killer. Fame finally came to the cèpe at the box office, with it's starring role in Andy Warhol's "Eat," the forty-five-minute movie of a man eating a mushroom.
Mushrooms are an ancient food, some varieties traceable to the Stone Age. They were the food of the Pharaohs in ancient Egypt, and they remained the food of the rich throughout nineteenth-century France and England. For all their haughty associations, and famed naughtiness, mushrooms are a most primitive plant. Varieties are found the world over and successfully cultivated in caves, and in underground quarry tunnels, as in seventeenth-century France; and in abandoned limestone mines, as in present-day Pennsylvania. Mushrooms in general, and shiitake in particular are used as a powerful sexual stimulating tonic and homemade concoctions for fertility, are still found all over this universe.
Well, apart from these obvious sex maniacs, another group of people might want to give you more thoughts about the virtues of shiitake mushrooms are the so-called health maniacs. Shiitake is widely recognized as a health food, at first mainly by the Chinese and the Japanese and now increasingly, by doctors and scientists the world over. Edible mushrooms have been traditionally used throughout the Orient for their medicinal and tonic properties. A derivative property, lentinan, was and is still demonstrated to enhance host resistance against infections from various types of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.
Some enjoyed the benefits of the mushroom, albeit with some reservations much as an appreciative mushroom fancier, the famed French author Alexandre Dumas who often had second thoughts, "I confess," he wrote early in the nineteenth century, with a regretful tone, "that nothing frightens me more than the appearance of mushrooms on the table, especially in a small provincial town." And Fannie Farmer, a legendary cookbook maven, in her 1909 edition, seems more adventurous than usual when she urges that, since mushrooms "grow about us abundantly," they therefore "should often be found on the table." Martha Washington offered that George especially enjoyed just a bit of cream to heighten the flavor of her recipe "To Dress a Dish of Mushrumps."
Soooooo, whether your Martha trying to jazz up ole George, or a fat emperor fighting off Father Time, nothing beats using the Mushroom, garlic, or anything else for that matter, to light the romantic fires in your life...
and if all else fails, try this;Steak Aphrodite
Pulling out all the stops... This is a gourmet French recipe, Tornadoes de boeuf, celebrated in honor of an Grecian sex Goddess, Aphrodite, adding a Chinese aphrodisiac, Shiitake, and enhanced by an Italian Chef... now, how in the Heck can you miss?
1) Season both sides of steak with salt and pepper.
- 4 (3 oz) split Filet Mignons, thawed, (center cut beef tenderloin medallions)
- 1/8 tsp. Salt
- 1/8 tsp. Freshly ground pepper
- 2 Tbs.. Butter
- 1 tsp. Dijon style mustard
- 2 Tbs.. Shallots, minced
- 1 Tbs.. Butter
- 1 Tbs.. Fresh Lemon juice
- 1/8 tsp. Fresh Garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 4 med. Shiitake mushrooms, sliced to 1/8 in. (if dried, reconstitute in 1/2 cup hot water, 20 min, retain water)
- 1 Tbs. Fresh chives, minced
- 2 Tbs. Sherry
- 1 tsp. Brandy, or cognac (optional)
- 1 Tbs. Fresh parsley, minced
2) Melt butter in a heavy skillet; add mustard, and shallots. Sauté over medium heat 1 minute.
3) Add steaks, cook approximately 4 minutes on each side for medium rare.
Remove steaks to serving plate and keep warm.
4) Add into pan drippings, 1 Tbs. butter, lemon juice, Sherry, 2 Tbs. mushroom water, and mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, and chives. Cook for 3 minutes.
5) If you wish to Flambé*, tilt the pan slightly, and pour the brandy or cognac into the front edge of the pan; turn the heat to high and let the flame (or if electric, light with a match) catch the brandy's vapors and ignite it. Swirl slightly, turn off the heat and let the flame go out.
Present on pre warmed plates, and sprinkled with parsley.
May I suggest a full bodied vintage Burgundy wine, as in Vosne Romanee.
Serves 1 pulsating sultry maiden, and 1 burgeoning lover..* Flambe, means to ignite foods that have liquor or liqueur added. This is done to add a dramatic effect, and to develop a deep rich flavor. Use an 80-proof brandy or cognac. Liquors that are higher, 140, and 100 proof are a bit too volatile when lit, leave the pyrotechnics for the restaurant dining room pros. Heat the brandy (or liquors, and liqueurs, in the case of fancy desserts) in a saucepan just until bubbles begin to form around the edges. May also be heated in a microwave oven by heating 30 to 45 seconds in a microwave proof dish at 100 percent power.
NOTE; Never pour liquor from a bottle into a pan that is near an open flame (the flame can follow the stream of alcohol into the bottle and cause it to explode).
Ignite with a long match. Always ignite the fumes and not the liquid itself. Never lean over the dish or pan as you light the fumes. YEHAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .... LIGHT THEIR FIRE!!!!Excerpts from the upcoming SOUP, SEX, and the SINGLE MAN, by Natures Sex Chef Carlo J. Morelli,
Look up, there are too many to count..I'll add a few more ...
IS CHOCOLATE A SIN?..
What Happens to Women when they eat it? You Won't believe it!By Nature's SEX Chef, Carlo Morelli
Chocolate by far, is one of the best known of all the approved aphrodisiacs. With over 300 different chemicals including caffeine and phenylethylamine (PEA), a brain chemical that has a scientific biases that the refined bean indeed causes a physical arousal, the same feelings as when we are head over heals in love. Chocolate's effect has been compared to those of marijuana and amphetamines by some, an addiction.Christopher Columbus first brought chocolate to Europe in 1502. Columbus discovered the beans were used to make a strong native beverage and also as a form of money among the Aztecs. However no one paid much attention to it because it was an acquired taste, with it's strong bitter flavor. It was not until 1519 and Cortes, with his conquest of Central America, and Mexico. To his surprise, the Aztec emperor believed Cortes to be the reincarnation of Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec God of air, light and life, and heaped riches upon the Spaniard in the form of cacao tree plantations, and he in turn scratched his head and brought it home to Spain.
One hundred beans could buy a slave and twelve a rabbit, 40 could buy a good woman. ( The catch was determining which one was good, and at what!). Cortes did make one major discovery in the evolution of the Love Bean. Because there where no wines available, Cortes' men learned to drink their local beverage made from cacao or cocoa, called cocoatl.
In 1615, chocolat (sho-co-LAH) debuted at a fancy royal wedding in Bordeaux France, hence, it made its way to England. In 1662 a refined form of what we relish today, was introduced as chocolata. It wasn't until 1765, that chocolate was introduced to the US by an enterprising gentleman named, John Hanan. He, with the help of Dr. James Baker of Dorchester Massachusetts, refined the first of many millions of pounds of our favorite ...sin.
As men already know, it is women that find Chocolate almost irresistable...so why fight it, capitalize on their weakness....HA!
A TRIPLE TRICK OR TREAT
Make your bed of Chocolate, so you can sleep in it... This is a man's simple recipe for women..1, 2 , 3
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 1 box cooked chocolate pudding mix (4 serving size)
- 2 cups milk
- 1 box devil's food cake mix, unprepared
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1) Prepare pudding with milk as directed on package.
2) Remove from heat and blend dry cake mix into hot pudding, mixing until it gets very thick and spongy.
3) Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and nuts.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
Serve with coffee, and sweet and low... LOLOL, and reap that which you sowed.By Nature's SEX Chef, Carlo Morelli... "SOUP,SEX, and the SINGLE MAN"
Yep, I really do LOVE my work...ha!
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