Thelma Lubkin wrote:

> In rec.food.cooking Willow > wrote:
> : I used to work in a pet store.. we sold Carob for dogs (cause chocolate is
> : poisonous to them) and even my dog wouldn't eat it.. it's gotta be bad..
>
> *Carob* isn't bad--it's what the 'health food' industry does to
> it that's awful. The carob tree produces a pod that dries out
> to something very hard and sweet, and munching on that pod can
> keep your mouth happily busy for hours. There are beautiful,
> smooth seeds in it that definitely are inedible.
>
> The 'health food' people grind up the pod and the seeds and
> make a weak, sweet powder that they try to pass off as a chocolate
> substitute. Since this week's nutritional analysis says that
> chocolate is good for you, perhaps they will stop.
>
> --thelma
>
> : --
> : Will~
>
For those of us who detest chocoloate due to allergic reaction, carob is
a good alternative.