Dave Smith > wrote:

> I have certainly eaten my share of chocolate over the years but I always
> felt a little off after, but then I realized that it was the milk that
> was doing it to me. Then I discovered dark chocolate. It is a little
> strange that on the rare occasion that I eat milk chocolate I keep
> eating it, even though I inevitably suffer for it, but I find that a
> small amount of dark chocolate is very satisfying. Once in a while I buy
> a large dark chocolate bar and have one square every day or two, and a
> bar lasts for weeks.

When I lived in France I could get 72%, 80%, 90% and 95% chocolate
bars in the grocery store. You don't need to eat very much of
a 95% bar to satisfy a chocolate craving.

These days, I have access to all sorts of chocolate, both solid
and in various forms of truffles, fudge, etc. that my wife makes,
and samples from the companies who want her to buy their stuff.
I really don't eat very much, but I do stick to the dark and
bitter-sweet varieties.

Right now, though, I'm rationing my Girl Scout Thin Mints . . .

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.