Oysters and Saltpeter

Throughout human history, two competing notions have guided—or enhanced—or inhibited—our natural urges. Long before the little blue pills, people prescribed—or proscribed— foodstuffs that they imagined could promote… what shall we call it:

Fornication or Love?
Indulgence or Abstinence?
Ecstasy or Chastity?

We all know—or think we know—about aphrodisiacs,…