Question: Which of these foods are said to stir passion? An oyster, and avocado or a turnip? (Scroll down to the bottom for the answer.)
One of these, at least, is a gimme. The stories linking oysters and other shellfish to lust go back to at least the ancient Greeks.
Think of the image of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, rising out of the sea from the half-shell.
"There's something primal about eating oysters," says oyster-lover MJ Gimbar. He describes them as creamy and velvety.