Pete Romfh > wrote:

> Dee Randall wrote:
> > "Paul Turner" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> >> I've heard recently that some Welsh students invented
> >> unmeltable chocolate by adding glycerine to it, which
> >> dissolves in the mouth and therefore the chocolate melts
> >> (but not before).
> >>
> >> Does anyone know where I can buy some? I want to send
> >> some to my girlfriend who lives in Africa!
> >
> > Try Hershey's candy bars. But, oh, come to think about
> > it, I think it might take a while to melt in the mouth,
> > too. Sorry. But it's worth an effort. DeeDee
>
> Hershey's makes them (or at least used to)
> They came in ration supplement packs along with the C-rations we ate in
> Vietnam.
> According to their site it is now called Desert Chocolate.
>
> http://www.hersheyarchives.org/Defau...ge=TropicalBar
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_chocolate

Oh, wow. I never knew any of this and I'm not sure I'm happy to have
learned it. The wiki links to a recipe at

http://www.2ndrangers.org/2nd_Rangers_D_Rations.htm

I need to go and eat some real chocolate to get the taste out of my
mind!

regards
sarah





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