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Aphrodisiacs

Around the World in 11 Aphrodisiacs

If penis fish be the food of love, read on.

Sam O'Brien February 14, 2022

A hive in Lamjung, Nepal, likely of bees that can make mad honey.

Mad Honey

This hallucinogenic honey can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market.

Famous Londoners once sipped rooster-infused beverages on these premises.

Why So Many Bars Are Named After Cocks

Londoners once loved an ale whose key ingredient was a rooster.

Kathleen Crowther January 29, 2019

Caldo de Cardán

In Bolivia, this bull penis soup is considered an aphrodisiac and hangover cure.

Habushu

These bottles of Okinawan rice liquor come with a coiled pit viper.

Hongeo

Fermented skate smells like it urinates through its skin—which it does.

Penis Fish

South Korea's anatomically suggestive sea worm is a satisfying blend of salty, sweet, and chewy.

Coco de Mer

A delicious fruit with a suggestively-shaped seed.

Soup Number Five

The aphrodisiac subtly references the “fifth” kind of meat: bull genitals.

’Nduja

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

Mamajuana for sale in Punta Cana.

Mamajuana

This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).

Bull Testicle Ceviche

You'll have a ball with this Latin American specialty.

Powdered maca root.

Maca

The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.

Boiled fertilized duck egg.

Balut

In the Philippines, fertilized duck eggs are savory snacks.

Sweet on the inside, floss on the outside.

Hala Fruit

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.

A churo snail simmered in soy with dale dale root foam at Maido, a restaurant in Lima.

Churo Snails

Lima chefs love to experiment with this large Amazon river dweller.

The hard brown exterior and cream-colored flesh of the stinking toe fruit.

Stinking Toe Fruit

If you can get past the foot odor, its pulp is great in smoothies.

A bowl of bird's nest soup, with ladybell root.

Bird's Nest Soup

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.