Love and celery, or maybe celery and love.

[Horoshij]

To all the men on the board (women shouldn't read this)

In my whole life there is one vegetable that I've hated, and that is celery. I just can't stand the taste. Yesterday after having posted some inflammatory posts, (to those of you who replied, I will reply, just haven't had time), I began to think what to make for dinner today (yes, it was already Thursday here). In my cookbook I found a recipe from southern Europe. It looked delicious and I decided to try it. One of the ingredients were, however, celery. Why not, I  would give celery a second chance. I said to myself, Haroshij, you like to be a creative man who is not afraid to take some calculated risks:-). On my way home from job I drove to the supermarket and did some shopping: fish I had in the freezer, tomatoes in the fridge, but I needed some onion, garlic, mushrooms, carrots and celery, not forget that and some dry white wine.

I prepared the dish and when my wife arrived, I had everything on the table with candle lights. My wife looked at the dish and said: "You have some celery here, I see". Yes, I confirmed that without understanding why she was smiling. Then she turned to me smiled and said: "Maybe we go early to bed tonight". I was a little surprised as I didn't understand the situation. Since some of you have named me, a stupid moron and a merry-Andrew and are more educated and more intelligent than me, it is maybe obvious for you at this moment what she meant. However I had to ask, if it was something special she was thinking of. She answered me that she had noticed that I had used celery and that makes a man strong, strong in the way women like :-) ( in case some of you still want to suggest something about me, I will quickly underline that I don't have any such problems, but you can never get too much of a good thing :-)). In Russia she told me, they have that belief, she was, however, not sure if it had the same effect on men in Norway. What later happened  is censored by KenC,  the word-watcher on this board :-).

So friends and enemies, I give all you this good advice for free. Celery my help you.

Haroshij

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Love and celery, or maybe celery and lov..., posted by Horoshij on Jan 16, 2003

Do you eat it?

Or use it? ;-)

And ... just how big a stalk are we talking here...

[Horoshij]

... in response to Wait a minute..., posted by MarkInTx on Jan 17, 2003

Not a stalk, two big ones :-).

See my post to johnnydudeman. I'm new to this, so I would like to know something from you guys who are more experienced than me. What  will the effect be when you eat together with blueberry and vanilla ice cream? What about it when everything is working well and you start to eat it. I'm a little afraid it may be too strong. What do you believe?

Haroshij

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Not a stalk..., posted by Horoshij on Jan 17, 2003

In the immortal words of Mae West:

"Too much of a good thing... can be wonderful!"

[Horoshij]

... in response to Too strong?, posted by MarkInTx on Jan 17, 2003

.

[johnnydudeman]

... in response to Love and celery, or maybe celery and lov..., posted by Horoshij on Jan 16, 2003

[This message has been edited by johnnydudeman]

This report from Men's Health magazine came out a few months ago...supposedly celery and blueberries and breakfast cereal (not necessarily together) have a "stimulating" effect on men.
http://www.menshealth.com/food2/sexforlifediet.shtml

[Horoshij]

... in response to Re: Love and celery, or maybe celery and..., posted by johnnydudeman on Jan 17, 2003

Johnnydudeman, I'm very grateful to you. Think about it, all my life I've been living without celery and without knowing this. I've started to wonder how I have been able to attract women at all without celery, maybe I've survived because I love to pick and eat blueberry and ice-cream. I will never ever laugh at my wife's good advice from Russia.
I'm just thinking, what will the  result of this be now as I know about celery? I think you must be a devoted celery eater? Do you mind sharing your experiences with the rest of us?

[johnnydudeman]

... in response to Grateful, posted by Horoshij on Jan 17, 2003

All I'm saying is "buy stalk in celery" I think its going up.

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: Love and celery, or maybe celery and..., posted by johnnydudeman on Jan 17, 2003

I love that magazine...

[ChrisNJ]

... in response to If its in Mens health, I believe it, posted by MarkInTx on Jan 17, 2003

Mens Health is a gay magazine.  Think about it.  They may talk about chicks, but its pages are loaded with pictures of good looking men. LOL!!!

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: If its in Mens health, I believe it, posted by ChrisNJ on Jan 17, 2003

Naaaa....

You ought to pick up a copy and actually read it. They post pictures of chicks, too.

Not like Maxim, STUFF, or FHM... but it is DEFINITELY not gay. (It is about 100 IQ points above those other rags, though)

It is VERY well written and VERY intelligent.

Read it. Seriously. You'll see.

It's worth it every month just to read the "Jimmy the Bartender" column

[Cold Warrior]

... in response to Love and celery, or maybe celery and lov..., posted by Horoshij on Jan 16, 2003

The Romans dedicated celery to their god Pluto, god of sex and hell.
Recent research shows that the male hormone androsterone, which is also found in celery, attracts women. It is believed that androsterone is released through perspiration after eating. Celery stimulates the pituitary gland, which releases the sexual hormones.

[micha1]

... in response to Love and celery, or maybe celery and lov..., posted by Horoshij on Jan 16, 2003

you do have clear up a few things about celery.
There is the celery branches, that they do put in drink, like bloody mary in North America.
Or celery, where we only eat the leafs, it is a fine herb like.  This one can be use in many things, it si quite tasty and strong, very good in italian sauce.

[KenC]

... in response to Love and celery, or maybe celery and lov..., posted by Horoshij on Jan 16, 2003

Haroshij,
I don't know where you got the idea from, but I am certainly not the Puritan you make me out to be.  For the most part, this is a guy's forum (forgive me Victoria & Russian wife) and I do not think it is vulgar or distastful to discuss sex here.  That is an area that I had many questions before getting involved with this whole Russian thang.  Of course I didn't have PL to post my questions at the time.  As for the celery, Lena never heard of it before she came to America.  Maybe that is why she came?  LOL.
KenC

[Horoshij]

... in response to Re: Love and celery, or maybe celery and..., posted by KenC on Jan 16, 2003

KenC,

You misunderstood me. It wasn't my intention to suggest that you are  a Puritan, on the contrary. Oops I did it again.  I didn't get this correct either. You know sometimes it's very difficult to express oneself in a foreign language. I ask you to be patient with me. I just noticed that you were in a  hurry to cry for Patrick to censor some posts, but you see,  Patrick has no objections to discussions and even agited discussions. A little temperature above the  average creates more emotional commitment and more interest. And that is not bad for his business either as long as we don't violate the rules he has set. I've with pleasure noticed that Patrick is a very tolerant person.

Haroshij