On 2004-11-11, Petra Hildebrandt > wrote:
> neurocratic malfunction wrote:
>
>> over the weekend, i decided to be a little fancy and bought some
>> imported european chocolate cuz i heard it's so much better than
>> american stuff.
>
> so what exactly did you buy? there's chocolate, and then there's chocolate.
>
>> bullshit. american stuff is much better. hershey almond is the best.
>
> Now if you consider hersheys almond 'chocolate'... that's sweet candy, but
> not chocolate to me ,)
>
> Petra in Hamburg, Germany

Two US chocolate facts:

Baker's Chocolate ...which is ok, but no big deal.... is distinguished by
the fact that its the oldest choc in the US (I think) and in it's history it
refused to buy any raw cocoa from slave based plantations. 'nuff said!

The other is Scharffen Berger, a California producer that is fanatical in
its persuit of producing the best chocolate. Their plant uses "old world"
equipment they've purchased from European companies that have tossed it off
for a more cost efficient processes.

I'm no choco expert, but SB is pretty much considered to be THE premier
choco maker in the US and on par with best of the best of Euro choco makers.

nb