Thursday, August 23, 2007

The Erotic Associations of Lettuce

It has been reported that the ancient Romans considered lettuce an erotic vegetable, and possibly an aphrodisiac. Moderns have often looked at this with amusement and puzzlement, since they can't get there from here. Despite the range of modern pornography, the best explanation for this is a limited erotic imagination.

Simply said, there is more to the erotic associations of lettuce.

And now for the explanation:

Just as there are, in the modern era, "phallic" symbols, the ancients had the female equivalent covered as well. Certain varieties of loose leaf lettuce illustrate this point all too well. The visual similarities to certain features of female anatomy is sufficient to make the point.

And if you you follow the logic well enough, you will never look at a salad the same again.

And you will know why the Romans considered it an erotic plant.

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