http://www.recfoodcooking.com
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

ChattyCathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

OK, I have to ask . . . where did this survey come from?
Is there someone suggesting a sin tax on chocolate? I mean
I could see it on french fries or potato chips sooner than
chocolate, and I'm not in favor of that either.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

wrote:

> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> OK, I have to ask . . . where did this survey come from?

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technol...488520,00.html


> Is there someone suggesting a sin tax on chocolate? I mean
> I could see it on french fries or potato chips sooner than
> chocolate, and I'm not in favor of that either.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, Va.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

wrote:
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> OK, I have to ask . . . where did this survey come from?
> Is there someone suggesting a sin tax on chocolate? I mean
> I could see it on french fries or potato chips sooner than
> chocolate, and I'm not in favor of that either.


I tend to agree. I don't think I would like to have to pay sin taxes on
chocolate but if we have to pay them on tobacco and alcohol then it may
at least be consistent. I can't remember the last time I bought a bag
of potato chips, probably at least 10 years ago for a party. When I see
some of the people in the grocery stores with several bags of potato
chips it certainly looks like they are not good for you.

ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

Woohoo! It's been awhile since I've won a TFH <G>. May I please select
TFH #17? It would be a nice addition to the 'dress' wardrobe

Sky, who'll never give up dark chocolate!

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ChattyCathy wrote on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:27:41 +0200:

>> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> OK, I have to ask . . . where did this survey come from?

> http://www.news24.com/News24/Technol...488520,00.html

>> Is there someone suggesting a sin tax on chocolate? I mean
>> I could see it on french fries or potato chips sooner than
>> chocolate, and I'm not in favor of that either.

I'm afraid that I answered "you're kidding" to both questions. My family
of four had two female chocolate addicts and I'm not allowed to eat so I
don't count. Garrison Keeler even read a birthday greeting over the
radio to my daughter: "Congratulations to Kathy on surviving 17 years of
chocolate addiction!"



--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton wrote:


> I'm afraid that I answered "you're kidding" to both questions.

As did I.

FWIW,I don't eat chocolate on a daily basis but I still enjoy it
immensely on the occasions that I do eat it.

If 'the powers that be' ever imposed such a tax where I live, I'd buy it
anyway.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:07:54 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>http://www.recfoodcooking.com

I live in SWITZERLAND!
So.... You're kidding, right?!?!?
;-)

Nathalie (in Switzerland, homeland of chocolate)

ChattyCathy wrote:

>
> FWIW,I don't eat chocolate on a daily basis but I still enjoy it
> immensely on the occasions that I do eat it.
>
> If 'the powers that be' ever imposed such a tax where I live, I'd buy it
> anyway.


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.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> >
> > FWIW,I don't eat chocolate on a daily basis but I still enjoy it
> > immensely on the occasions that I do eat it.
> >
> > If 'the powers that be' ever imposed such a tax where I live, I'd buy it
> > anyway.
>
> 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.

Try the Hershey's "Nuggets"! The little dark chocolate nuggets with
almonds are so very good, and they're the perfect portion size, too!

Sky, who's always ready for halloween trick-r-treaters!

--
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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

"Dave Smith" wrote:
>
> 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.

You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.

I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought chocolate
every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half hour. If I
bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too, probably eat them
non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in the freezer I wouldn't
eat it... yeah, right.

Sky wrote:
>
> Try the Hershey's "Nuggets"! The little dark chocolate nuggets with
> almonds are so very good, and they're the perfect portion size, too!
>
> Sky, who's always ready for halloween trick-r-treaters!

Nice to know you area ready for trick-r-treaters at any time. Thanks,
that was my laugh for the day. :-) LOL


Becca

brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>
> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought chocolate
> every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half hour. If I
> bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too, probably eat them
> non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in the freezer I wouldn't
> eat it... yeah, right.

One of my co-workers, I will not mention her name (Shirley Rogowski),
would put a bar of chocolate in the fridge at work and it would be
there, seemingly, forever. She would eat a square of chocolate every
week or two. It drove the rest of us nutz!!! I think that is why she
did it. lol


Becca

"Becca" > wrote in message
...
> brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>>
>> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought
>> chocolate every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half
>> hour. If I bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too,
>> probably eat them non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in
>> the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.
>
> One of my co-workers, I will not mention her name (Shirley Rogowski),
> would put a bar of chocolate in the fridge at work and it would be there,
> seemingly, forever. She would eat a square of chocolate every week or
> two. It drove the rest of us nutz!!! I think that is why she did it.
> lol
>
>
> Becca

She did that to torture you... meanwhile she was slugging down M&Ms by the
pound from her private stash. LOL

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy



I know there are people who are chocoholics. I'm not one of them. I don't
care for sweets, haven't since I was a teenager.

However, there's a store in town, The Chocolate Tree. They have an
all-you-can-eat night. Chocolate covered popcorn, chocolate covered nuts,
chocolate fudge with nuts. All the things I can't eat. LOL

How can you tax what some people consider a basic food group?

Jill

"Becca" > wrote in message
> One of my co-workers, I will not mention her name (Shirley Rogowski),
> would put a bar of chocolate in the fridge at work and it would be there,
> seemingly, forever. She would eat a square of chocolate every week or
> two. It drove the rest of us nutz!!! I think that is why she did it.
> lol

I can assure you, no one at our place would drag out a candy bar that long.
I eat a piece of chocolate every day after lunch. I buy the candy at work
and spend about $30 a month and 80% or so is chocolate.

"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>
> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought
> chocolate every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half
> hour. If I bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too,
> probably eat them non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in
> the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.

Tried that. Ate it frozen.

Felice

Felice said...

>
> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>>
>> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought
>> chocolate every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the
>> half hour. If I bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day
>> too, probably eat them non stop. Someone told me that if I put
>> chocolate in the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.
>
> Tried that. Ate it frozen.
>
> Felice


Isn't the trick to take it OUT of the freezer first?

I gave Halloween kids Hershey's milk chocolate bars one year. Only had four
or five doorbells worth. I was quick to turn the remainder over to the town
fire company the next morning as kid bribes to clean up the station, etc.
The chief helped himself to one instantly. KIDS!!!

Andy

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> OK, I have to ask . . . where did this survey come from?
>> Is there someone suggesting a sin tax on chocolate? I mean
>> I could see it on french fries or potato chips sooner than
>> chocolate, and I'm not in favor of that either.
>
>
> I tend to agree. I don't think I would like to have to pay sin taxes on
> chocolate but if we have to pay them on tobacco and alcohol then it may
> at least be consistent. I can't remember the last time I bought a bag of
> potato chips, probably at least 10 years ago for a party. When I see some
> of the people in the grocery stores with several bags of potato chips it
> certainly looks like they are not good for you.




I'd rather eat chips than chocolate. But then again, I'm a savory vs.
sweets kinda gal. I don't keep either on hand, as a general rule. Your
niece would hate my house. Nothing for her to graze on in the pantry

Jill

On Mar 24, 6:55*pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>
> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought chocolate
> every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half hour. *If I
> bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too, probably eat them
> non stop. *Someone told me that if I put chocolate in the freezer I wouldn't
> eat it... yeah, right.

I buy a 3.5 ounce bar of chocolate every week. It's divided into 6
sections.
It takes me 6 days to eat it.

Cindy Hamilton

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
On Mar 24, 6:55 pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>
> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought
> chocolate
> every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half hour. If I
> bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too, probably eat them
> non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in the freezer I
> wouldn't
> eat it... yeah, right.

I buy a 3.5 ounce bar of chocolate every week. It's divided into 6
sections.
It takes me 6 days to eat it.

Cindy Hamilton

Geeze... that's more torturous than waterboarding.... and hardly worth the
effort of tooth brushing.

You're probably used to two minute sex without orgasming.

I'd much rather eat the entire bar in one sitting (or have great sex) and go
without the rest of the week.

brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>> 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.
>
> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.

Believe it or not, but it's true.

> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought chocolate
> every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half hour. If I
> bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too, probably eat them
> non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in the freezer I wouldn't
> eat it... yeah, right.


You are probably getting milk chocolate. As I have said, if I start
eating milk chocolate I get a powerful urge to eat more and more until
it is all gone.... and then I suffer. That doesn't happen when I eat
dark chocolate. I find it very satisfying. I can break off a square two
of that and nibble on that and have no craving for more.

I usually pick up my bittersweet chocolate bars at a German deli when I
go for cream cheese. I may pick up a chocolate bar every second or third
visit.



If you find that you are eating too much chocolate to dare to have it
around the house, and if you like the bittersweet stuff, you should give
it a try. Pick up a bar of good bittersweet and have just a square or
two at a time.

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:25:08 -0400, "Felice" >
wrote:

>
>"brooklyn1" > wrote in message

>>Someone told me that if I put chocolate in
>> the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.
>
>Tried that. Ate it frozen.
>
I remember frozen candy bars being a summer treat.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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.

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> Felice said...
>
>>
>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>>>
>>> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought
>>> chocolate every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the
>>> half hour. If I bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day
>>> too, probably eat them non stop. Someone told me that if I put
>>> chocolate in the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.
>>
>> Tried that. Ate it frozen.
>>
>> Felice
>
>
> Isn't the trick to take it OUT of the freezer first?
The chief helped himself to one instantly. KIDS!!!
>
> Andy

Oh, sure, but when you need chocolate NOW ...

Felice

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:25:08 -0400, "Felice" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>
>>>Someone told me that if I put chocolate in
>>> the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.
>>
>>Tried that. Ate it frozen.
>>
> I remember frozen candy bars being a summer treat.

Charleston Chews?

Felice

sf wrote on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:32:59 -0700:

>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message

>>> Someone told me that if I put chocolate in
>>> the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.
>>
>> Tried that. Ate it frozen.
>>
> I remember frozen candy bars being a summer treat.

Especially, bars soft at room temperature like Mars and Milky Way!

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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.

<shaddup Sheldon)>

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

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?

I've never found more than 85% which I really like.

As a kid I bit off a piece of unsweetened baking chocolate thinking I was in
for a treat. I couldn't stop spitting for the longest time.

Andy

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.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Andy > wrote:

> > 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.

> Geez... 95%??? Isn't that verging on baking chocolate?

Yes, but it's much better chocolate than the stuff you
get as "baking chocolate" in US grocery stores.

> I've never found more than 85% which I really like.

Honestly, I prefer the 85% to the 95%.

> As a kid I bit off a piece of unsweetened baking chocolate thinking I was in
> for a treat. I couldn't stop spitting for the longest time.

There is a brand name "Baker's" that you usually find in the grocery
stores in the US, and they have both a sweetened and unsweetened
version. The unsweetened version is awful, but the sweetened is
edible. Again, what they sell in Euro grocery stores is much better
chocolate. You certainly don't scarf down a whole bar of 95%, but
it's far better than Baker's, and you can eat it in small amounts
without wanting to spit it out.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>
> Believe it or not, but it's true.
>
>> I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought
>> chocolate every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half
>> hour. If I bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too,
>> probably eat them non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in
>> the freezer I wouldn't eat it... yeah, right.
>
>
> You are probably getting milk chocolate. As I have said, if I start eating
> milk chocolate I get a powerful urge to eat more and more until it is all
> gone.... and then I suffer. That doesn't happen when I eat dark
> chocolate. I find it very satisfying. I can break off a square two of that
> and nibble on that and have no craving for more.
>
> I usually pick up my bittersweet chocolate bars at a German deli when I go
> for cream cheese. I may pick up a chocolate bar every second or third
> visit.
>
>
>
> If you find that you are eating too much chocolate to dare to have it
> around the house, and if you like the bittersweet stuff, you should give
> it a try. Pick up a bar of good bittersweet and have just a square or two
> at a time.

I mostly eat dark chocolate, in fact dark chocolate is much more of a magnet
for me than milk chocolate. I also have a terrible weakness for black
licorice. I don't keep chocolate or licorice in the house or it'll be all
gone before I go to bed that night... oh, and also pistachio nuts is another
big weakness. And I'm not much of a sweets/snack food junkie but those
three call me like a siren. Right now for snacks I have a pound bag of
pretzel rods, but I can eat 2-3 and put the rest way for days. Last week I
had a 1 lb bag of black licorice jelly beans, polished them off in two
evenings.

Andy wrote:

> I gave Halloween kids Hershey's milk chocolate bars one year. Only
> had four or five doorbells worth.

I give away Snicker bars. I'm eyeing the last one as we speak.
That's what I get for buying the big box of candy bars.

nancy

On Mar 25, 10:08*am, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Mar 24, 6:55 pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Dave Smith" wrote:
>
> > > 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.
>
> > You're kidding... I don't think I believe that.
>
> > I can only buy a bar of chocolate very occasionally... if I bought
> > chocolate
> > every day I'd eat it all that day, probably all within the half hour. If I
> > bought ten chocolate bars I'd eat them all that day too, probably eat them
> > non stop. Someone told me that if I put chocolate in the freezer I
> > wouldn't
> > eat it... yeah, right.
>
> I buy a 3.5 ounce bar of chocolate every week. *It's divided into 6
> sections.
> It takes me 6 days to eat it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
> Geeze... that's more torturous than waterboarding.... and hardly worth the
> effort of tooth brushing.
>
> You're probably used to two minute sex without orgasming.
>
> I'd much rather eat the entire bar in one sitting (or have great sex) and go
> without the rest of the week.-

Preferences vary. Once in a while I lose all control and eat two
sections.
I find the second section doesn't really add any enjoyment to my
experience.

Like many others, I find that a small amount of dark chocolate is
more
satisfying than a lot of milk chocolate. (You can make any sexual
innuendo you wish out of that.)

Cindy Hamilton

jmcquown wrote:
>
> How can you tax what some people consider a basic food group?
>
> Jill


God put chocolate here as an apology for creating beets. ;-)


Becca

Dave Smith wrote:
> I usually pick up my bittersweet chocolate bars at a German deli when
> I go for cream cheese. I may pick up a chocolate bar every second or
> third visit.
>
>
>
> If you find that you are eating too much chocolate to dare to have it
> around the house, and if you like the bittersweet stuff, you should
> give it a try. Pick up a bar of good bittersweet and have just a
> square or two at a time.


Dark chocolate and almonds go well together. I will take one square of
dark chocolate and break it into 4 small pieces. I will eat each piece
with an almond. I only eat one square at a time.


My preference (although I do like both), is something salty and crunchy,
like popcorn, pretzels, nuts, crackers, chips. I would rather eat a
cracker than a cookie. If I have cheese & crackers, I am in Heaven. :-P


Becca

Becca wrote:
>
> Dark chocolate and almonds go well together. I will take one square of
> dark chocolate and break it into 4 small pieces. I will eat each piece
> with an almond. I only eat one square at a time.

Walnuts are better. They are more delicate and have
a more interesting texture.

brooklyn1 wrote:


> I mostly eat dark chocolate, in fact dark chocolate is much more of a magnet
> for me than milk chocolate. I also have a terrible weakness for black
> licorice. I don't keep chocolate or licorice in the house or it'll be all
> gone before I go to bed that night... oh, and also pistachio nuts is another
> big weakness. And I'm not much of a sweets/snack food junkie but those
> three call me like a siren. Right now for snacks I have a pound bag of
> pretzel rods, but I can eat 2-3 and put the rest way for days. Last week I
> had a 1 lb bag of black licorice jelly beans, polished them off in two
> evenings.


Maybe all those years of eating milk chocolate and suffering from
weakened my chocolate cravings. My wife bought me a dark chocolate
novelty from the local chocolatier. It was was a sort of 12 days of
Christmas bar. She was a little upset to see that I was not eating a
square of it every day. I usually had only half a square at a time, and
not every day. That 12 day think lasted almost a month.

It would have been a different matter if had been milk chocolate. I will
eat that stuff until I get sick.

Nancy Young wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
>> I gave Halloween kids Hershey's milk chocolate bars one year. Only
>> had four or five doorbells worth.
>
> I give away Snicker bars. I'm eyeing the last one as we speak.
> That's what I get for buying the big box of candy bars.


Halloween is a bind for me. When my son was young his friends would come
around, but then there were no children in the neighbourhood for a
number of years. Then there were kids again, but they didn't come trick
or treating. I like to have something to hand out should one come
knocking, but that hasn't happened in years. Since I know I am going to
get stuck with the stuff I would prefer that it be something I like....
dark chocolate.... but most kids don't like that.

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Halloween is a bind for me. When my son was young his friends would come
>> around, but then there were no children in the neighbourhood for a
>> number of years. Then there were kids again, but they didn't come trick
>> or treating. I like to have something to hand out should one come
>> knocking, but that hasn't happened in years. Since I know I am going to
>> get stuck with the stuff I would prefer that it be something I like....
>> dark chocolate.... but most kids don't like that.
>
> Never heard of "beggars can't be choosers"?

LOL True. But if there were any trick or treaters they would be the
neighbours kids, so I have to cut them a little slack. I compromised a
little this year and got the dark chocolate KitKat, which are edible,
though not as good as the stuff I would normally eat.

I used to buy dark chocolate for my son on chocolate giving occasions.
He wasn't crazy about it at first, but he he developed a taste for it
and now prefers it.