{"id":5791,"date":"2017-11-24T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T14:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.fantinasparagi.com\/2017\/11\/24\/i-riti-di-afrodite\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T11:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T11:49:19","slug":"the-rites-of-aphrodite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fantinasparagi.com\/en\/2017\/11\/24\/the-rites-of-aphrodite\/","title":{"rendered":"The rites of Aphrodite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular tradition, before it was cultured, attributed aphrodisiac virtues to the asparagus (&#8230;).<br \/>\nA large collection of gallant prints, once reserved for boudoirs, smoking rooms, reserved strictly for males or a few intellectual females of notorious nonconformity, and the less accessible shelves of libraries, makes the asparagus a comprimario on the scene where the itchy ritual of allusion, of winking, is performed.<br \/>\n<em>Eros at the table<\/em>, by Piero Lorenzoni, (&#8230;) quoting a curious recipe book of a 1920s gourmand, where he distinguishes between delicacies intended for the seduction of blondes and those dedicated to brunettes, &#8216;green&#8217; asparagus is ascribed to the latter and presented as follows:<br \/>\n&#8220;Gently clean some carefully chosen asparagus. Divide them into small, even bunches to facilitate even cooking. Cook them in salted water, to which you will add a little salt until tender and at the same time more digestible. Drain them.<br \/>\nOn the other hand, prepare a well-thickened B\u00e9chamel sauce by reducing over the heat and incorporate some fresh fior di latte into it, seasoning with just the right amount of salt.<br \/>\nServe the sauce in a sauce boat that you will accompany the tray, in which you will have arranged your asparagus on a bed formed by a napkin elegantly folded into several doubles&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>text taken from:<br \/>\n<strong>The asparagus<br \/>\nPaolo Morganti, Maurizio Onorato, Morganti Editore, 1997<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular tradition, before it was cultured, attributed aphrodisiac virtues to the asparagus (&#8230;).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[96,98,92],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The rites of Aphrodite - 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