Exquisite Aphrodisiacs for Gourmets

Experts assure that the eggs of the marine turtle have a lot of cholesterol in them, but despite this the habitants of the coast eat it along with the penis, which they dry out and scrape into their alcoholic beverages as an aphrodisiac. Shark fins, truffles, bull testicles, the already mentioned turtle eggs, all strange ingredients for one objective: to increase the capacity of love in women and men.

Shark Fins
Sharks belong to a very ancient group of fish species that existed in the seas of the world from over 400 million years. in all these years they turned into the greatest sea predators, with hydro dynamic bodies and hyper sensitive sensorial systems. Due to these characteristics, their role in the sea ecology is highly protagonistic, because they are located in the top of the food chain. All of this gives these fearful animals an air of power and surviving capacity which for the oriental people, its main consumers, amplifies the aphrodisiac powers its meat has when eaten. The oriental cultures have always been keen on the belief that the capacity of what is eaten is transmitted to the person that eats it. 

In actuality though, and with all sincerity and with the desire that these animals do not disappear, it would probably be better to think about other types of stimulus for pleasure, despite the fact that we are including a sharks fin recipe.

A lot of the 400 species of sharks are in danger of extinction, due to, amongst other things, fishing over exploitation that is produced to fill the insatiable demand of shark fins in Asian countries.

This is a market that has not stopped growing from the 60’s and 70’s, centered mainly in the shark’s fins. This type of fishing in the world is provided to clients from Hong Kong, Singapore Taiwan, and the Chinese colonies of the United States.

Starting from 1987, the economic opening of the Popular Republic of China extended the market to a number of unparalleled consumers, a middle class of 250 million people who were anxious to eat shark fins. In Asia the consumption of shark fin soup is considered a symbol of social status, besides its traditional aphrodisiac properties.