Chocolate

[Adora]

Mmmmmm. I'm currently sitting here sucking on a piece of Nestle 'Club' dark chocolate and almost losing all coherent thought because of it. Lately I've found I can't eat anything except dark chocolate, because everything else tastes like sugar and milk. I'm particularly partial to Cherryripes or dark chocolate with mint fillings, and will even eat cooking chocolate, if the only other choice is Cadbury dairy milk or something.

And don't even get me started on that evil compound falsely called white "chocolate".

Anyway, what's your chocolate poison?

[LadyShea]

I am also a dark chocolate person. I detest milk chocolate.

[seebs]

I don't really like chocolate-per-se. I like chocolate with caramel, or chocolate with this that or the other thing, but straight up chocolate, not so much.

But I do seem to like dark chocolate better than milk chocolate.

My spouse's girlfriend is much into chocolate, to the point where I am grudgingly learning to tell types of chocolate apart so I can bribe her more efficiently. (I am told that chocolate is an acceptable bribe, and oxytocin isn't.)

[livius drusus]

I'm a white chocolate lover and proud of it, you racist bastards.

[Beth]

Dark, white, milk,...I loves dem all!

[Goliath]

I'm a white chocolate lover and proud of it, you racist bastards.

White Chocolate Power! :D

[wei yau]

I'm a white chocolate lover and proud of it, you racist bastards.

Of course, white choocolate isn't chocolate. The absence of cocoa solids keeps it from being defined as chocolate. And if you have some that's made with vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter, well...I don't know what that is...but, it is definitely not chocolate.

Now, dark chocolate....mmmmm.

That's the one true chocolate. Dark chocolate with red wine, like a nice shiraz is my favorite after-dinner treat. I especially love the Godiva 72% cocoa dark chocolate. Can't have too much, but a little square is plenty.

[Shake]

Dark, white, milk,...I loves dem all!
Yup! I'm with you on that. :yup:

But, with the exceptions of caramel, mint, or peanut butter, I don't care for "impurities" in my chocolate. I've turned down some otherwise good-looking desserts in restaurants due to such "impurities".

At a place I used to work, I'd get the chocolate ice cream and then pour on the fudge and mini-chocolate chips! Yummy! :cloud9:

[livius drusus]

Of course, white choocolate isn't chocolate. The absence of cocoa solids keeps it from being defined as chocolate. And if you have some that's made with vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter, well...I don't know what that is...but, it is definitely not chocolate.

Oh pardon me for liking the racially impure chocolate. Yeah that's right; I said chocolate. :madrazz:

[wei yau]

Of course, white choocolate isn't chocolate. The absence of cocoa solids keeps it from being defined as chocolate. And if you have some that's made with vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter, well...I don't know what that is...but, it is definitely not chocolate.

Oh pardon me for liking the racially impure chocolate. Yeah that's right; I said chocolate. :madrazz:

I'm quite surprised. To date, you seem to be a very intelligent woman with a high degree of appreciation for the culinary arts. Yet, you insist on referring to this concoction of cocoa butter, sugar and milk as "chocolate"

If I'm not mistaken, some suntan lotions are made with cocoa butter. I suppose that could be construed as chocolate, as well?

Still, I guess we all have our blinders. :ptht:

[Bella]

That's the one true chocolate. Dark chocolate with red wine, like a nice shiraz is my favorite after-dinner treat. I especially love the Godiva 72% cocoa dark chocolate. Can't have too much, but a little square is plenty.
Mmmm. I'm getting wet just thinking about it.

[wei yau]

That's the one true chocolate. Dark chocolate with red wine, like a nice shiraz is my favorite after-dinner treat. I especially love the Godiva 72% cocoa dark chocolate. Can't have too much, but a little square is plenty.
Mmmm. I'm getting wet just thinking about it.

Exactly. Someone can say this about dark chocolate and be utterly convincing.

If someone were to say this about white "chocolate"... well, I'd have to question their sincerity.

[Dingfod]

I always wondered how chocolate could be white. It can't. (http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20030106.html)

Vegetable oil? Fucking shortning? No wonder those things taste like they do.

[livius drusus]

I'm quite surprised. To date, you seem to be a very intelligent woman with a high degree of appreciation for the culinary arts. Yet, you insist on referring to this concoction of cocoa butter, sugar and milk as "chocolate"

If I'm not mistaken, some suntan lotions are made with cocoa butter. I suppose that could be construed as chocolate, as well?

Well, I have frequently had the urge to drink Hawaiian Tropic, but that was really more about the coconut scent. Still and all: white chocolate it's labelled and white chocolate I will continue to call it.

How can anyone reject the wonders of the Belgian marbled white and milk chocolate (http://www.neuhauschocolateshop.com/seashells.html)? Yea verily, they are like unto ambrosia.

Still, I guess we all have our blinders. :ptht:

That's it. I'm going to have to whip you with raw bacon now.

[Dingfod]

Mmmm, chocolate covered bacon. :homdrool:

[wei yau]

That's it. I'm going to have to whip you with raw bacon now.

*slap*

Bad Rabbi, bad Rabbi.

*slap*

[livius drusus]

:chuckle: Y'all are silly.

[Dingfod]

I love them bacon and peanut butter sammiches. I bet some Hershey's bars on top would make em even better.[/fat old Elvis]

[livius drusus]

Oh God, please stop the pain...

[Shake]

Of course, white choocolate isn't chocolate. The absence of cocoa solids keeps it from being defined as chocolate. And if you have some that's made with vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter, well...I don't know what that is...but, it is definitely not chocolate.

Oh pardon me for liking the racially impure chocolate. Yeah that's right; I said chocolate. :madrazz:

I'm quite surprised. To date, you seem to be a very intelligent woman with a high degree of appreciation for the culinary arts.
Yeah, well she's the one who doesn't even like bacon (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=25719&postcount=17)! :eek:

I remember back in the day, my folks used to keep a little bacon grease in the pan after cooking it and making our eggs in it. It gives the eggs a nice bacon flavor!

[pescifish]

And if you have some that's made with vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter, well...I don't know what that is...but, it is definitely not chocolate.Sounds like mayonnaise with some sugar to me.

[wei yau]

And if you have some that's made with vegetable fat instead of cocoa butter, well...I don't know what that is...but, it is definitely not chocolate.Sounds like mayonnaise with some sugar to me.

BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA!

:roflmao: :rofl: :roflmao: :rofl:

Liv is gonna love that one.

[livius drusus]

How about I just create a Make Liv Puke forum?

[Skep]

I love chocolate. All kinds. Chocolate covered raisins and peanuts, myriad candy bars, ice cream, and my favorite way to consume chocolate - homemade brownies with walnuts or pecans, no frosting.

And I love white "chocolate" too, especially pretzels dipped in it. But it has to be the good stuff made with cocoa butter; anything with partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (shortening) is properly called frosting or icing.


Mmmmm..... chocolate. :homdrool:

[Shake]

A bumper sticker I picked up several years ago:

[godfry n. glad]

Oh my, oh my....

This is a no-brainer.

Euphoria truffles. (http://www.euphoriachocolate.com/products/products.html?catid=4&SESSIONID=65205f435d3914e47c39201203154d22)

In a taste test against all other American chocolate products, it finished far and away ahead of the others. Our jet-setter friends, chocoholics both, who'd lived for six years in Bruxelles, said it was better than any Belgian, Dutch, Swiss and German chocolates they had tasted. High praise, I'd say.

godfry

[Adora]

In a taste test against all other American chocolate products...

Whilst I'm sure they're lovely, that's not saying much.

[godfry n. glad]

In a taste test against all other American chocolate products...

Whilst I'm sure they're lovely, that's not saying much.

Oh, I quite agree.

My wife was fond of Cadbury's. Creamier than American, but still too sweet for my taste.

I think Ghiradelli's is a travesty. So is Whitman's. Hershey's is...well...Hershey's. See's is waxy. Mars has coated everything with milk chocolate or coated it. There are undoubtedly a myriad of other regional and local chocolatiers that I have not sampled. There's reputedly a monestary here in the Willamette Valley that makes chocolates of some renown, but I've never had them. Milk chocolate seems to prevail in the tastes of a majority of American chocolate eaters, because it's ubiquitous. I prefer the darker, less sweet flavor of a good dark chocolate (Euphoria's Double Dark Chocolate truffle is exquisite...orgasmic...pretty damn tasty). I suspect the local chocolatier is a much better bet for quality chocolates than the national (or even international) confectionary chains. We have Moonstruck and Jaciva's, which are both top rate and the both carry the Euphoria truffles (in glass cases - we can buy individual truffles!). We even matched our local chocolatier, Jaciva's, truffle against this and it was no comparison, but was half the price. I was more impressed with the commentary of those who'd spent a great deal of time with custom Belgian chocolates. That impressed me. I'm not a candy eater, per se. I like chocolate, but it's not in my "must have" column. When I have it, I have very small portions and very limited numbers.

Warning: This stuff is NOT cheap.

Over $2 US for a bon-bon....are you out of your mind?

Well, I thought it was worth it, but I only had to buy one and I got immediate gratification - yum!

godfry

'Zeverybody putting out Mary Magdalene chocolates for the holiday?

[godfry n. glad]

And merry fucking christmas to you, too, Adora.

I like that. Who's the tadpole? Anybody we know?

godfry

[freemonkey]

I'm partial to the dark chocolate. I can't usually afford the really good stuff, but Hershey's Special Dark will do.

[seebs]

Someone shared a story at meeting tonight which this thread reminds me of.

(For those who are unfamiliar with Quaker behaviors: Meeting for worship consists of a bunch of people sitting in silence, unless they feel moved to speak, at which point, everyone listens quietly and thinks about what was said.)

So, there's a meeting, and the Quakers are sitting around, and one man stands up, visibly shaken by the emotional depth of the experience he's having, and blurts out a single word. "Chocolate!" He then sits down again. Meeting continues.

After the meeting, a couple of people ask him what his message, well, meant, because it is not obvious to them. And he explains that, well, he was just overwhelmed with the sweetness of life, and connectedness, and how beautiful everything was, and he couldn't find any words for it, but he finally settled on that as coming closest to his experience.

There you have it, folks. Chocolate is indeed a religious experience.

[Adora]

I like that. Who's the tadpole? Anybody we know?
Not a clue. I just found it online on some "random stupid/funny pictures" website. I nearly pissed my pants when I saw it, so I figured it was good material for an icon.

I always feel guilty when I have the chocolate I like, because Nestle is evil and stuff, but they make such tasty chocolate. *drool*

[livius drusus]

I think that story is downright poetic, seebs. :yup:

[godfry n. glad]

That's it. I'm going to have to whip you with raw bacon now.

*slap*

Bad Rabbi, bad Rabbi.

*slap*

:roflmao:

[godfry n. glad]

I think that story is downright poetic, seebs. :yup:

Amen, sister.

The spirit has spoken, eh?

Are you an active Friend, seebs? With or without pastor?

Chocolate is also reputed to be the more effective of the "aphrodisiacs", from what I hear.

godfry

[seebs]

Are you an active Friend, seebs? With or without pastor?

Yup. No pastor. Curiously, the guy who most often clerks the Wednesday night meetings (I go to those 'cuz they're smaller) isn't even a member of our congregation, he's a visitor from Minneapolis Friends Meeting.

I am very fond of it. I don't like organized religion at all, so I'm glad to have found a very disorganized religion.

Chocolate is also reputed to be the more effective of the "aphrodisiacs", from what I hear.

I can't tell. The only person I'm currently allowed to test aphrodesiacs on isn't that much of a chocolate fan.

[Sweetie]

After Eight's are one of the best things I've ever tasted. Thin dark chocolate wafers with liquid mint inside. It just melts on your tongue and you just leave it there. They become expensive little things when you eat them by the box, I maybe treat myself to one box a year.

http://www.allteas.com/840.html

[Corona688]

I guess I'm one of those freaky weirdos who actually likes milk chocolate. :P Dark chocolate actually tastes kinda gross to me, it's so bitter, like a mixture of chocolate and soap.

[livius drusus]

I love After Eights too, Sweetie. My mom used to lay them out on a silver platter when we had guests over for dinner. They were a real treat. :yup:

[Skep]

Does anything terrible happen if you eat After Eights before eight?

[godfry n. glad]

Does anything terrible happen if you eat After Eights before eight?

You'll ruin you're appetite.

[godfry n. glad]

I must agree that After Eights are a treat, and I'm not a mint fan at all.

Y'know...nobody has mentioned Godiva yet. Aren't there any Godiva devotees amongst us?

I think there is another highly successful chocolate product which should be enshrined in the chocolate hall of fame:

m&m s

I don't know where the original idea for these little things came from, but this product has got to be one of the world's most successful candies. "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand," is a huge selling point.

godfry