"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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>> "Kate Connally" > wrote in message
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>>>Little Malice wrote:
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>>>>I mentioned in today's "Breakfast" thread that I want to make a batch of
>>>>brownies for my neighbors. I normally use Nestle's mini semi-sweet
>>>>morsels, but IMHO, they're a bit gritty (not enough conching). What
>>>>brand of chocolate chips do you use for baking and do they come in
>>>>mini size or is that just a Nestle/Hershey thing? Thanks! :-)
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>>>I've always used Nestle's, and not only for the choc. chip
>>>cookie recipe on the bag. I just think they're the best quality.
>>>I won't pay premium prices for "gourment" chocolate chips.
>>>And Hershey's are not as good as Nestle's.
>>>Nestle's is just a good all around chip.
>>>Kate
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>> Oh please....have you ever PROPERLY compared Nestle's to any of the
>> gourmet chips? Nestles is the Wonder Bread of chips.
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> First off, I don't know what you mean by "properly".
> Second off, I said I'm not willing to pay the high price
> for the "gourmet" chips. To expand, the regular chips
> (i.e. Nestle's) are expensive enough, and I don't care
> for Ghiardelli chocolate at all so I'm pretty sure I
> wouldn't even like their chips and besides they're too
> expensive. No, I haven't compared, properly or otherwise,
> any of the "gourment" chips because I'm not willing to
> pay that high a price. Nestle's chip are fine for me
> and are perfectly good for making chocolate chip cookies,
> etc. Now, if I were making fondue, for example, I would
> not use Nestle's choc. chips, I would get really good
> chocolate (at least one that *I* consider good chocolate,
> i. e. *not* Ghiardelli's). But for anything that calls
> for choc. chips I'm going to use Nestle's. There's nothing
> wrong with it.
>
> Kate

Properly means that you actually test two foods side by side, with
appropriate amounts of time allowed for one taste to subside before trying
the other. I understand that your budget is your business and nobody else's,
but to say "I just think they're the best quality" is to ignore reality.