This Valentine’s Day, like the many previous, there will be several stories touting the aphrodisiacal properties of oysters. There is nothing connecting the consumption of a glorious bivale to an increased sex drive beyond myth – the best of which suggests that oysters were the daily breakfast of choice for Casanova. The seemingly unlimited supply made them inexpensive and incredibly popular among the working class at the time. RelatedThe Irish satirist Jonathan Swift is credited with saying, “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster,” seemingly mocking the oyster’s unappetizing appearance. And for that, we should be the ones imprisoned – if not in an oyster’s shell, then certainly by our own shame.

Source: National Post February 10, 2017 19:30 UTC