Leta flower do the talking
Get your beloved a dictionary on the meaning of flowers or the meaning of roses, accompanied by a bouquet that she can decipher using the book. To avoid misunderstadings it is important to use the same book everytime you send flowers with hidden messages and the same book as you gave your partner because different books can give different meaning for different flowers.. The flower language became popular during the Victorian era and this was also when the first flower dictionaries where compilled but people where giving meanings to flower long before that. Several different flower dictionaries where published during the victorian era and each of them has slightly different meaning for different frlowers which is the start of the problems with possible misunderstandings that we are suffering from still today. Click If you want more info on the flower language.
hot chocolate, hot night
Instead of having your Valentine desert at a restaurant like everyone else, bring your beloved home and make some rich and velvety chocolate fondue. This is a fun playful desert that it best enjoyed in the privacy of ones whom where it can be as intimate and romatic as it should be.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of high-quality chocolate
- ½ cup of heavy cream
- 3 teaspoons of Kirsch fruit brandy
- Your favourite fruits and berries for dipping. Examples of fruits you can use is grapes, papaya, pinappel, mango, banana, pears, peach, loquat.
You will also need a fondue pot and ordinary toothpicks, special valentine cocktail sticks, or two small fondue skewers.
Instructions
1.) All big fruits should be cut into munch-sized cubes or slices.
2.) Place a cocktail stick in each fruit slice and in each berry. If you plan on giving each of you a small fondue skewer instead you can skip this step.
3.) Crush the chocolate into small pieces.
4.) Heat the cream in the fondue pot over low flame.
5.) Slowly add small pieces of chocolate while stirring continuously until all the chocolate is melted.
6.) Add the fruit brandy or the flavouring of you choice.
7.) Place the fondue pot on a portable heat source.
8.) Feed each other fondue by dipping fruits and berries into the chocolate.
Tips and tricks!
Fruit and berries are not the only things suitable for chocolate fondue. Don’t be afraid to experiment. A lot fo people like to dip lady fingers, angel food cake and other similar food items.
For even more variation, add chopped nuts to the chocolate, e.g. walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts and macadamias.
Taking it even further
If you have a hot tub, take a long and relaxing bath together using bubble bath or bath bombs. Prepare a collection of your partners favorite calm and arousing music in advance to play while you spend time in the bath. If you want to gain extra points you can end the bath with a long massage. Use oils during the massage, deep smells like musk and sandalwood is suitable for valentine. When planning the day, make sure you both have nice clean bathrobes to put on afterwards for that luxurious hotel-feeling as you cosy up and replenish your energy with some more chocolate and perhaps a glass of sparking wine.
