Cooking with Debbie

When I read the news that some students at a cooking school in Bogota created a dessert with passion fruit and Viagra, I realized once again the opportunities that await us if we are only smart enough to jump on them. In case you want more specifics on the new dessert, it is a pudding made with passion fruit, chocolate, whipped cream and those ubiquitous blue pills in a dissolved form. Of course, they can't actually sell it since Viagra is a controlled substance but apparently in Spain, gastronomic delights such as this can go before the food and drug institute and gain approval. I'm not sure who exactly tests the desserts to decide if they can be sold but I did manage to snap this photo in the lobby of the food and drug institute immediately after the announcement.
But, enough about Viagra. My thoughts after reading this news blurb centered around the fact that I have apparently not utilized my love of cooking to its fullest potential all these years. I cook. A lot. I cook all the meals for my immediate family and it seems to me that I never hardly leave this house without a dish of something in my hand. Which got me to thinking...

Next time we travel to the in laws, how about a nice Ambien Appetizer? Just something light they can nibble on and by the end of the meal, they'll be face down at the table. Think of the benefits to the whole holiday get-togethers that this little recipe would bring. No more dreading schlepping you and the kids half-way around the country to see the family. It would almost be like a trip to the spa - quiet and relaxing.Speaking of the kids, let's think about the opportunities there. I'd say that starting at around 12 1/2, suddenly all of their food has a little happy pill tucked in there somewhere. Just a little something to completely eliminate any risk of teenage angst. Maybe we could add it to the peanut butter. A sandwich every day for lunch should do the trick.And for myself, what wife and mother couldn't use a little something in the daily bread to give her a little more energy, a little more pep? Something to help me get all the work done around here and still have the energy to whip up that special dessert for you-know-who.Ah yes. I think my pharmacist and my grocer need to become much better acquainted.