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ChattyCathy · **(2009-03-24) NS-RFC: Taxing chocolate?**

Andy wrote:

> ChattyCathy said...
>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Quite so. I do like some of the Swiss Lindt dark chocolate range we
>> can buy here. We like the 80% and upwards stuff. And yes, one square
>> of that after dinner is more than satisfying, IMHO.
>
>
> Geez... 95%??? Isn't that verging on baking chocolate?

Could be. But IMHO, all this 'milk chocolate' stuff they sell is not
really Chocolate. Again IMHO, chocolate should be bitter-sweet, not
sickly-sweet.
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy