Aphrodisiacs That’ll Get You Real Horned Up In No Time
Someone else’s leftovers
Costco samples
A lettuce leaf that lightly brushes your cheek while it’s being fed to you
Free bread
The word “peach”
Talking about ordering oysters and then agreeing that oysters are gross and splitting fries instead
Splitting fries
An onion ring that snuck into your basket of fries
A dozen hard boiled eggs (if you arrange them right)
A dumped out box of raisins that accidentally spells “69”
A sneaky extra sip of church wine
A muffin crumb you found in your bra even though you don’t remember when you last ate a muffin
Pepperoni pizza (get it because the pepperonis look like nipples)
Biting into a chocolate and oh thank god it’s not orange cream
Alphabet soup but all the letters write out “doin it”
When you eat while watching TV and the show finishes at the same time you finish your meal
A sandwich someone else made for you
When you show up at your friend’s house and their mom is like “I made snacks just in case”
A row of baby carrots and then surprise one normal sized carrot
Birthday cake for a coworker who didn’t make you sing to them
How you remember those cheese dipper snacks tasting but not how they actually taste
The second sip of a glass of Sprite after you initially expected it to be water
Whatever is in the fridge of the family you’re babysitting for
Tacos but not just for the reason you’re thinking
Tiny versions of big foods and vice versa
Talking about eating Tide Pods but not actually eating them like jfc what are you thinking
Lemonade in a water cup
A piece of Wonder Bread you smoosh into a dense ball and eat like it’s some kind of white, carb-y truffle
Craft beer some dude didn’t try to explain to you
Any food delivered to your house that you get to eat alone
- About the Author
- Latest Posts
Mia Mercado’s writing has been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Bustle, and a bottle she threw into the Milwaukee River when she was nine.