Chocolate - Page 2

Undertoad · 11-08-2005, 04:52 PM

If chocolate is to be combined with fruit, that fruit must be raspberry.

It is not to be rudely dipped in the chocolate. It is to be made into a puree and used in various chocolate desserts.

Trilby · 11-08-2005, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

We also have another much nicer chocolate orange which is made of thin slices of dried real orange pieces that have a sweet bitter taste to them and these have then been dipped and coated in rich, dark-chocolate - sooooperb!

Well--fork it over! I'm tired of all this, "we have, we eat..." GIVE US SOME!

ps--if CycleFrance adopts me--I will be very, very, very good. I promise!

Now--when can you expect me?

Cyclefrance · 11-08-2005, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Well--fork it over! I'm tired of all this, "we have, we eat..." GIVE US SOME!

ps--if CycleFrance adopts me--I will be very, very, very good. I promise!

Now--when can you expect me?

That just reminded me of a radio comedy show we used to have a few years back called 'I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'. John Cleese and a number of other comedy regulars were in it. One of their Christmas episodes was a take on Alice in Wonderland, starting with Alice meeting the author Lewis Carroll, who had a reputation for liking little girls (dirty man!). Their meeting conversation went something like:

'Hello. little girl (heh, heh, heh), What's your name?'
'My name's Alice, sir. What's your name?'
'My name's Lewis, I'm an author. Do you like stories?'
'Oh, yes, I DO!'
'Would you like me to tell you a story, then? (heh, heh).
'Ooooh, Yeees, Pleeease, I love stories. I'd do anything for a story...'
'Ohhh, too much, too much...! Well then, I'll tell you one... But first, tell me, are you a good little girl?'
'Ooooh Yeees sir - I don't think you'll be disappointed...'
'Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhh....!'

Well they say English humour is an acquired taste - probably a bit a like lime chocolates!! BTW I'd like to send you some orange chocolates, but while I've been writing this, they, umm, seem to have all sort of.... gone!

Don't fret, none of that pouting bottom lip thing is necessary - I'll have some more by the time you get here...

Happy Monkey · 11-08-2005, 06:06 PM

Hmmm - Crunchy frog - heap good.

Sun_Sparkz · 11-08-2005, 06:30 PM

Coconut and chocolate together - drool!! Bounty Bars are one of my favourites.. oh and cherry ripes. There is also one out now called Lindt Pistashio.. and although expensive.. is to die for!

Nothing is better than a sweet white hot chocolate drink on a rainy day with a melting marshmallow to form the frothy head.. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

I dont much like chocolate cake, or chocolate syrup or chocolate ice cream.. i like my chocolate REAL and satisfying!

Wen i was last in Melbourne Airport i brought (for $15.99 a slab!) this special chocolate caled foroco (or somethign like that) any way i brought it in a slab form and you got a little potato peeler thing with it to peel off some when you wanted a slice. It was made, instead of dairy milk, with the milk from puree'd hazelnuts and natural cocoa beans. it was abosolutely worth every cent i paid for it.. just divine! but i felt so seedy afterward!

Cyclefrance · 11-09-2005, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sun_Sparkz

Coconut and chocolate together - drool!!......cherry ripes.....Lindt Pistashio...although expensive.. is to die for!

Nothing is better than a sweet white hot chocolate drink on a rainy day with a melting marshmallow to form the frothy head.. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

i like my chocolate REAL and satisfying!

......(for $15.99 a slab!) this special chocolate called foroco....made.....with the milk from puree'd hazelnuts and natural cocoa beans.... just divine!

Blimey! and there was me thinking all you had was just Castlemaine XXXX and Fosters on the drinks side, and prawns and such off the Barby. No wonder you go around saying 'no worries' all the time. A right little chocolate passionado, you are for sure, young lady! Don't think I've ever come across white chocolate drink over here - I bet you keep it all to youselves you naughty, naughty Ozzies you (can I really blame you!?) - Horlicks is about the closest we'd get, and that ain't even beginning to be close! And to think that on top of all this all the above contain hardly any calories at all - amazing!!

Skunks · 11-09-2005, 03:56 AM

With nuts.

Right now my main favorite is hershey's milk chocolate with almonds.

I think it's all about the texture. I love Death by Chocolate icecream, which is, as I recall, chocolate icecream with these chewey fudge chunks and chocolate covered peanuts.

Chocolate covered peanuts are also the win.

melidasaur · 11-09-2005, 01:20 PM

Generally - I tend to stick to the dark chocolate varieties. I like how it gives you a slight kick in the pants when you eat it - a wonderful caffiene rush - and it's not too sweet.

Right now, I am totally digging the new Coffee KitKats and Peanut butter filled hershey kisses. If they would only make dark chocolate varieties of the above, I would be quite happy.

Cyclefrance · 11-09-2005, 02:29 PM

Now to find out the real chocoholics!

How many of you would find either this, or this, or possibly even this appetising?

Trilby · 11-09-2005, 03:56 PM

I'd probably go for the pork fat with chocolate. Sounds like the solution to all my PMS problems. I wish we had Fry Shops like they do in Scotland. I hear deep-fried Mars bars are delish!

melidasaur · 11-09-2005, 04:01 PM

Chicken Mole is lovely... and you hardly notice the chocolate - at least that's what I think. It seems that it is more there for color if anything.

Cyclefrance · 11-09-2005, 05:54 PM

Must be showing my age - can't get my brain round chocolate being in either starter or main course. Maybe I'll have to be put in the situation where it's on offer on a menu (starter certainly, main course still not sure I'd take it). Chocolate as dessert absolutely no problem - wife makes a magic choco mousse with a kick of alcohol to make it even more inviting!

We also have an ultra dark chocolate called Green and Black - used to be a private brand but just got taken over by one of the major brands who say they will keep it as it is - we'll have to see as these promises tend to be linked to growth prospects and balance sheets... Nice website though - will have your taste buds doing overtime just looking at it and reading about it.

Sun_Sparkz · 11-09-2005, 08:43 PM

yes i too think i would eat the chocolate pork fat. I really enjoy those salty porky bits, sold in packets like chips.. and i also enjoy chocolate so i think i'd definately have a "crack at it"

Sundae · 11-10-2005, 09:04 AM

I've had Chicken Mole - it was cooked by an English friend from a cookery book, so I can't vouch for its authenticity, but it was delicious. And I agree with Melidasaur in that you can't really identify the chocolate - then again, I was very, very drunk....

Cyclefrance, following the key lime discussion am I to assume you don't remember Chocolate Limes? Pastel green boiled sweets with chocolate inside. They were a favourite of mine in the days of old-fashioned sweetshops.

Cyclefrance · 11-10-2005, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Cyclefrance, following the key lime discussion am I to assume you don't remember Chocolate Limes? Pastel green boiled sweets with chocolate inside. They were a favourite of mine in the days of old-fashioned sweetshops.

uh... no... can't say I remembered the lime ones - had something similar like hard toffee flavoured boiled sweet with chocolate inside (bit like a toffee chocolate eclair but the toffee wasn't soft and chewy - mind you THEY were nice). Trouble is that if I start thinking about childhood sweets then the subject goes swinging away from chocolate to embrace such goodies as sherbert flying saucers, sweet cigarettes, fried eggs, shrimps, liquorice shoe-laces, gob-stoppers, those ones that explode on your tongue (sherbert bangers?), and so on. What about frozen jubblies? - see it starts a whole new thread if we're not careful... The only major chocolate one I really remember that has now disappeared was the 'Curly-Wurly' - advertised on the telly by Terry Scott doing his naughty schoolboy act ('my bruvva...')

Sad, or what....!

11-08-2005, 06:06 PM	#19
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Hmmm - Crunchy frog - heap good. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-08-2005, 06:30 PM	#20
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	Coconut and chocolate together - drool!! Bounty Bars are one of my favourites.. oh and cherry ripes. There is also one out now called Lindt Pistashio.. and although expensive.. is to die for! Nothing is better than a sweet white hot chocolate drink on a rainy day with a melting marshmallow to form the frothy head.. mmmmmmmmmmmmm I dont much like chocolate cake, or chocolate syrup or chocolate ice cream.. i like my chocolate REAL and satisfying! Wen i was last in Melbourne Airport i brought (for $15.99 a slab!) this special chocolate caled foroco (or somethign like that) any way i brought it in a slab form and you got a little potato peeler thing with it to peel off some when you wanted a slice. It was made, instead of dairy milk, with the milk from puree'd hazelnuts and natural cocoa beans. it was abosolutely worth every cent i paid for it.. just divine! but i felt so seedy afterward! __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

11-09-2005, 01:20 PM	#23
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	Generally - I tend to stick to the dark chocolate varieties. I like how it gives you a slight kick in the pants when you eat it - a wonderful caffiene rush - and it's not too sweet. Right now, I am totally digging the new Coffee KitKats and Peanut butter filled hershey kisses. If they would only make dark chocolate varieties of the above, I would be quite happy. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

11-09-2005, 02:29 PM	#24
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Now to find out the real chocoholics! How many of you would find either this, or this, or possibly even this appetising? __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

11-09-2005, 03:56 PM	#25
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I'd probably go for the pork fat with chocolate. Sounds like the solution to all my PMS problems. I wish we had Fry Shops like they do in Scotland. I hear deep-fried Mars bars are delish! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-08-2005, 04:52 PM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If chocolate is to be combined with fruit, that fruit must be raspberry. It is not to be rudely dipped in the chocolate. It is to be made into a puree and used in various chocolate desserts.

11-09-2005, 03:56 AM	#22
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	With nuts. Right now my main favorite is hershey's milk chocolate with almonds. I think it's all about the texture. I love Death by Chocolate icecream, which is, as I recall, chocolate icecream with these chewey fudge chunks and chocolate covered peanuts. Chocolate covered peanuts are also the win.

11-09-2005, 04:01 PM	#26
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	Chicken Mole is lovely... and you hardly notice the chocolate - at least that's what I think. It seems that it is more there for color if anything. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

11-09-2005, 05:54 PM	#27
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Must be showing my age - can't get my brain round chocolate being in either starter or main course. Maybe I'll have to be put in the situation where it's on offer on a menu (starter certainly, main course still not sure I'd take it). Chocolate as dessert absolutely no problem - wife makes a magic choco mousse with a kick of alcohol to make it even more inviting! We also have an ultra dark chocolate called Green and Black - used to be a private brand but just got taken over by one of the major brands who say they will keep it as it is - we'll have to see as these promises tend to be linked to growth prospects and balance sheets... Nice website though - will have your taste buds doing overtime just looking at it and reading about it. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

11-09-2005, 08:43 PM	#28
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	yes i too think i would eat the chocolate pork fat. I really enjoy those salty porky bits, sold in packets like chips.. and i also enjoy chocolate so i think i'd definately have a "crack at it" __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

11-10-2005, 09:04 AM	#29
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've had Chicken Mole - it was cooked by an English friend from a cookery book, so I can't vouch for its authenticity, but it was delicious. And I agree with Melidasaur in that you can't really identify the chocolate - then again, I was very, very drunk.... Cyclefrance, following the key lime discussion am I to assume you don't remember Chocolate Limes? Pastel green boiled sweets with chocolate inside. They were a favourite of mine in the days of old-fashioned sweetshops.

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