Chocolate - Page 3

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....!

Sundae · 11-10-2005, 09:53 AM

Curly-Wurlies are still on the market I promise - in fact I had one just a few months ago. I prefer to put them in the fridge so that I can snap off sections - if you let the caramel pull, all the chocolate falls off!

Frozen jubblies? I think that's what I get in Winter

I won't hijack this with penny sweets, but I do miss milk teeth and beer bottles.....!

wolf · 11-10-2005, 12:38 PM

I enjoy the Cadbury Creme Eggs, but much prefer the Dove truffle Eggs. The Cadbury Eggs are just too sweet ... now, if they were made with Dark Chocolate, they might have something, with a bitter shell being set off by the sweet creme interior. I like the imitation egg looking filling ... actually one of the selling points for me.

Dark Chocolate is the best, the bitterer the better (but still of edible quality rather than baking ingredient quality. I have one of those lindt extra dark 80% bars in the fridge. oooh drool)

Trilby · 11-10-2005, 12:51 PM

I LOVE Cadbury Creme Eggs--quasi-yolk filling and all! Gooey goodness! And, after I eat one or two, I can CONQUER THE WORLD!

Cyclefrance · 11-10-2005, 02:38 PM

Well what do you know - tuned on the telly to watch while I had my cuppa tea - Channel 4, Gordon Ramsay (aka Urbane Guerilla) new food programme on, and what is he cooking? Only venison in a red wine and chocolate sauce!

Seems the chocolate main course is with us to stay!

Sundae · 11-11-2005, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Well what do you know - tuned on the telly to watch while I had my cuppa tea - Channel 4, Gordon Ramsay (aka Urbane Guerilla) new food programme on, and what is he cooking? Only venison in a red wine and chocolate sauce!

Seems the chocolate main course is with us to stay!

I watched it too & immediately thought of The Cellar!
Can't say I fancied the gannet much though

Creme Eggs seduce me with their shiny red & blue foil wrappers & their comedy fondant egginess. But I always make such a mess when I'm eating one, and always feel a bit sick after.

Wonder what they're like deep fried......?

Cyclefrance · 11-11-2005, 05:45 AM

Ref Mr Ramsay last night - missed the gannet - dog demanding walkies!

Also saw in paper this morning that Jamie Oliver was in trouble for slaughtering a lamb on prime time TV. Reminded me immediately of that time Simon Dee banged a budgie cage which resulted in an instantaneous end to his career - we Brits won't stand any foul play when it comes to animals (even with dogs who want walkies!)

Back to chocolate - why on earth did they discontinue walnut whips???????

BigV · 11-11-2005, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

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Wonder what they're like deep fried......?

On the off chance you're not asking rhetorically (and with triple digit posts, you should know better...), I give you the Deep Fried Snickers Bar.

A visual sample:

I have had this before, more than once, and it is tasty, decadent, but not the highest expression of chocolate's sublimity. Have one (or two) if you get the chance, then you can cross that one off your dance card.

edit: fixed spelling typo with Montrose's Hot, Sweet and Sticky in the background. Appropos.

Cyclefrance · 11-11-2005, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

On the off chance you're not asking rhetorically (and with triple digit posts, you should know better...), I give you the Deep Fried Snickers Bar.

A visual sample:

I have had this before, more than once, and it is tasty, decadent, but not the highest expression of chocolate's subimity. Have one (or two) if you get the chance, then you can cross that one off your dance card.

Thank god you explained that - I thought it was a diseased lung at first!!

Hemlock · 11-10-2005, 09:13 PM

I like all kinds of chocolate - except white. Pappa said "never trust whitey" snd I don't. He also said "the Lord loves a working man," and he taught me the difference between s*** and shinola.

I am still not too sure about that last one...

Cyclefrance · 11-11-2005, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Hemlock

...and he taught me the difference between s*** and shinola.

I am still not too sure about that last one...

That's one for 'Wierd Sayings' (and Wolf's answer)

wolf · 11-11-2005, 01:04 AM

You knew that someone would help you out, right?

Sundae · 11-11-2005, 06:01 AM

I missed Jamie, but from what I have heard about the programme I would not have had a problem with it. I'm not a vegetarian and I can face up to the fact that animals are killed in order for me to eat them.

Anyway, balaclava away, hijack avoided - Walnut Whips? Do you have a very poorly stocked sweet shop near you, or are you subscribing to "Vanishing Chocolate Weekly"? I am pretty convinced I have seen Walnut Whips on sale recently... It will be my mission this lunchtime.

If they really have disappeared, you know M&S do a reasonable facsimile don't you?

Like Creme Eggs, I have always found them hard to eat in a clean way. In both senses of the word.

11-09-2005, 08:43 PM	#1
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, 12:38 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I enjoy the Cadbury Creme Eggs, but much prefer the Dove truffle Eggs. The Cadbury Eggs are just too sweet ... now, if they were made with Dark Chocolate, they might have something, with a bitter shell being set off by the sweet creme interior. I like the imitation egg looking filling ... actually one of the selling points for me. Dark Chocolate is the best, the bitterer the better (but still of edible quality rather than baking ingredient quality. I have one of those lindt extra dark 80% bars in the fridge. oooh drool) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-10-2005, 12:51 PM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I LOVE Cadbury Creme Eggs--quasi-yolk filling and all! Gooey goodness! And, after I eat one or two, I can CONQUER THE WORLD! __________________ 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

11-10-2005, 02:38 PM	#7
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Well what do you know - tuned on the telly to watch while I had my cuppa tea - Channel 4, Gordon Ramsay (aka Urbane Guerilla) new food programme on, and what is he cooking? Only venison in a red wine and chocolate sauce! Seems the chocolate main course is with us to stay! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

11-11-2005, 05:45 AM	#9
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Ref Mr Ramsay last night - missed the gannet - dog demanding walkies! Also saw in paper this morning that Jamie Oliver was in trouble for slaughtering a lamb on prime time TV. Reminded me immediately of that time Simon Dee banged a budgie cage which resulted in an instantaneous end to his career - we Brits won't stand any foul play when it comes to animals (even with dogs who want walkies!) Back to chocolate - why on earth did they discontinue walnut whips??????? __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

11-10-2005, 09:04 AM	#2
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.

11-10-2005, 09:53 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Curly-Wurlies are still on the market I promise - in fact I had one just a few months ago. I prefer to put them in the fridge so that I can snap off sections - if you let the caramel pull, all the chocolate falls off! Frozen jubblies? I think that's what I get in Winter I won't hijack this with penny sweets, but I do miss milk teeth and beer bottles.....!

11-10-2005, 09:13 PM	#12
Hemlock May Ter Dee Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 26	I like all kinds of chocolate - except white. Pappa said "never trust whitey" snd I don't. He also said "the Lord loves a working man," and he taught me the difference between s*** and shinola. I am still not too sure about that last one...

11-11-2005, 01:04 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You knew that someone would help you out, right? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-11-2005, 06:01 AM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I missed Jamie, but from what I have heard about the programme I would not have had a problem with it. I'm not a vegetarian and I can face up to the fact that animals are killed in order for me to eat them. Anyway, balaclava away, hijack avoided - Walnut Whips? Do you have a very poorly stocked sweet shop near you, or are you subscribing to "Vanishing Chocolate Weekly"? I am pretty convinced I have seen Walnut Whips on sale recently... It will be my mission this lunchtime. If they really have disappeared, you know M&S do a reasonable facsimile don't you? Like Creme Eggs, I have always found them hard to eat in a clean way. In both senses of the word.

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