Fatty foods: why do we serve them to our Valentines?

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Feb 6th 2006 @ 6:53PM

truffles, not so good for the heart? When I was reading Nicole's post about the unhealthiest recipe (Snickers pie with puff pastry, a couple handfuls of Snickers Bars, mascarpone cheese) I started thinking, first, my husband would love this! and secondly, oh, what am I thinking? That would surely be a simultaneously loving, yet destructive Valentine's gift. It's the very spirit of the phrase, "the kiss of death."

I realized that so many of the foods that seem perfect for Valentine's dinner consumption are terrible for the ticker. Flourless chocolate cake. Steak tenderloin with red wine jus. Lobster, shrimp, oysters, floating in butter. Endless boxes of chocolate truffles. Martinis and champagne and chardonnay, oh my.

Is our nation so self-destructive that we would simultaneously celebrate our love and lessen its longevity by creating meals seemingly designed to chip away at our lover's heart? Or I am just reading way too much into this?

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2-06-2006 @9:08PM Hawk said... fat equals flavor. flavor is something you want to use to celebrate. do you really want to celebrate something with Low Fat anything?

Plus, fat equals flavor equals seduction and sin, and you know, valentines day...

what do the people who aren't blessed with lovers get to eat? tortilla chips and ketchup, because the salsa went bad and there's nothing to celebrate.
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