Aphrodisiacs in various forms have long been used to arouse sexual excitement. Some forms that aphrodisiacs take are visual (pornography and sexy pictures), olfactory (the scent of your lover and aromatherapy), demonstrative (your partner’s touch, or the brush of a feather), and auditory (music, sexual sounds and communications). More tangible things like food and alcohol ...
An Elizabethan drink which remained popular until the Victorian Era, Wassail is a hot spiced wine enjoyed at Christmas and New Year celebrations. Its origins are said to date back to the fifth century, though ale would have been more common both then and in Elizabethan England as a base for the drink, given that ...
One of the best things about coming home from a cold winter activity is warming up with a steaming hot drink. Many of the following hot drink recipes start with an easy homemade hot chocolate drink mix you can keep on hand all winter long. So stoke that fire, grab a warm and fuzzy fleece ...
Medieval Food and Dining In the Middle Ages in Europe, what people ate depended a lot on how rich they were. Poor people (which were almost everybody) ate mainly barley. Sometimes they made their barley into bread, and sometimes into pancakes or pizza, and sometimes into barley porridge (like oatmeal) and sometimes into barley soup. ...
In Central Europe it is common for people to drink hot mulled wine to warm up on a cold winter day. The spiced mulled wine with its distinctive scent is as traditional as the Christmas tree and gingerbread men. It is the most popular drink at the Christmas Market. History of Spiced Wine Ancient Greeks ...
