I frigged up my first poll******this is the fixed attempt.

* edit * a kind moderator has combined the 2 threads.

If its there, I'll eat it, whether I want it or not.

I don't understand why this is so, but so it is.

Lovely poll, doog. Yes, I try to avoid it but crave it. I prefer milk chocolate, apparently since I am male. Kisses will do nicely.

2nd attempt at a poll.:)

Looks like this one worked?:D

Real nice poll, doog.

Sorry. Sometimes I can be a real dog. I will patiently wait for said poll before I post again.

Yes!!!

Oh, and I voted yes.

From the responses so far, only 2 MR members like chocolate. This doesn't correspond with the gazillion number of posts in this forum that contain the word Chocolate.:chinscratch:

Thankyou to the kind moderator who combined the 2 threads.:thanks:

You deserve some chocolate, that is if you voted yes.

I'm in between special occasions and every day.

Speaking of which, I have some Kinderchocolate stashed away, I wonder if it is still good.

I voted for the selling my body or at least parts thereof. And there should be an option for "I'm too fat from eating chocolate to be able to eat the Food of the Devil."

Does British chocolate count?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/british-chocolate-finally-joins-euro-family-724088.html
"British chocolate was finally declared fit for consumption on the continent without restriction today - ending the longest-running wrangle between the UK and its EU partners....A compromise deal endorsed by Euro MPs in Strasbourg brings a 27-year battle to an end - a battle during which Belgium and France even questioned whether the UK product was fit to be called chocolate at all."

I can stuff myself to nauseousness with Brit Choc quite happily.

But I find with proper chocolate, a little goes a long way - and it's a special occasion treat.

Does British chocolate count?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/british-chocolate-finally-joins-euro-family-724088.html
"British chocolate was finally declared fit for consumption on the continent without restriction today - ending the longest-running wrangle between the UK and its EU partners....A compromise deal endorsed by Euro MPs in Strasbourg brings a 27-year battle to an end - a battle during which Belgium and France even questioned whether the UK product was fit to be called chocolate at all."

I can stuff myself to nauseousness with Brit Choc quite happily.

But I find with proper chocolate, a little goes a long way - and it's a special occasion treat.


A lot goes even further.

A lot goes even further.

what did you vote, nate ? "sell my body" ?

Does British chocolate count?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/british-chocolate-finally-joins-euro-family-724088.html
"British chocolate was finally declared fit for consumption on the continent without restriction today - ending the longest-running wrangle between the UK and its EU partners....A compromise deal endorsed by Euro MPs in Strasbourg brings a 27-year battle to an end - a battle during which Belgium and France even questioned whether the UK product was fit to be called chocolate at all."

I can stuff myself to nauseousness with Brit Choc quite happily.

But I find with proper chocolate, a little goes a long way - and it's a special occasion treat.
Thanks for the enlightenment. I didn't know some chocolates contained vegetable oil. I went to my mates snack drawer and low and behold, every well-known chocolate bar that was there contained sunflower or palm oil.

what did you vote, nate ? "sell my body" ?

Yes, but only because there was no option for "did" instead of "would".

Yes, but only because there was no option for "did" instead of "would".

pfff ! :p

No option "I would kill for it"? Too bad...

No option "I would kill for it"? Too bad...
If they found chocolate on that shock absorber, you would be the prime suspect?:D

If they found chocolate on that shock absorber, you would be the prime suspect?:D

Yes, indeed, I would :cool:

Thanks for the enlightenment. I didn't know some chocolates contained vegetable oil. I went to my mates snack drawer and low and behold, every well-known chocolate bar that was there contained sunflower or palm oil.

That'll be the stuff that has my colleagues rolling my eyes as I call it chocolate-flavoured confectionary, cos it certainly isn't chocolate!

That said, there are some good British choclatiers around (whose wares turn up in a box I get on a monthly basis).


(My name's Am, and I'm a chocolate snob :o :sheepish: )

That'll be the stuff that has my colleagues rolling my eyes as I call it chocolate-flavoured confectionary, cos it certainly isn't chocolate!

That said, there are some good British choclatiers around (whose wares turn up in a box I get on a monthly basis).


(My name's Am, and I'm a chocolate snob :o :sheepish: )

One of my favorite jobs was working for candy company in California.....See's Candy.

Very high quality chocolates. Also expensive. Today, its going for almost $15 lb. When i worked there, it was at $6.75 (1989)

We all wore white dresses with black bows. We had company reps that would come at un-announced times. All back stock of candy had 'pull' dates, and if you were caught with any past that date, it was a most serious mark against you. They prided themselves on selling only the freshest, most tasty candy.

Its also where I met my husband. "Free candy sample, sir?" (I HAD to, it was store policy!!!):rofl:

Its also where I met my husband. "Free candy sample, sir?" (I HAD to, it was store policy!!!):rofl:

Aww, that's sweet.. :)

-MJ

BTW Where is the option for 'YES - I would sell YOUR body for it.'?

-MJ

BTW Where is the option for 'YES - I would sell YOUR body for it.'?

-MJ
Aww, that's bittersweet.:)

Chocolate nauseates me and in the last couple of years has started to trigger my migraines.

So, yes, I love it. Sometimes you have to suffer for your love. ;)

Cheers,
Marc

See's is the brand that an organization to which I belong uses for fundraisers. The funny part being, of course, that the organization is my local chapter of the National Federation of the Blind!

See's is the brand that an organization to which I belong uses for fundraisers. The funny part being, of course, that the organization is my local chapter of the National Federation of the Blind!

I... I just don't know how to respond to this. I want to laugh, but would that be rude?

I... I just don't know how to respond to this. I want to laugh, but would that be rude?

It gets joked about every year when the fundraiser is held. :)

Currently, only 2 people separating those who eat it on special occasions and those who would sell their bodies for it.:chinscratch:

There should have been another option - I'll sell somebody else's body for it...

There should have been another option - I'll sell somebody else's body for it...
That has been suggested, or anybody or a body. :)

A lady friend once told me that in her opinion, good chocalate was better than sex. I responded that either I had never had good chocolate or she had never had good sex. She introduced me to Godiva chocolate (which is IMO very good chocolate). Of course I had to return the favor. :D

That has been suggested, or anybody or a body. :)

:o Missed that!

:o Missed that!

Great minds think alike, and apparently so do we... ;)

-MJ

A lady friend once told me that in her opinion, good chocalate was better than sex. I responded that either I had never had good chocolate or she had never had good sex. She introduced me to Godiva chocolate (which is IMO very good chocolate). Of course I had to return the favor. :D

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

stoopid question to ask .....

.......... :chinscratch::chinscratch::chinscratch::chinscratc h::chinscratch::smack:

A lady friend once told me that in her opinion, good chocalate was better than sex. I responded that either I had never had good chocolate or she had never had good sex. She introduced me to Godiva chocolate (which is IMO very good chocolate). Of course I had to return the favor. :D

I'd like to amend this statement, and say good food is better than sex. And I mean good food.

Just came back from holidays and found this poll and HAD :D to answer (have a look at my signature). I opted for YES - Every day, but could probably have voted YES - I would sell my body for it, if I found myself without it everyday (specially black chocolate)

I just had two Lindor balls for dessert...well, okay, technically they were post-dessert which was choc-mint icecream in a cone, but nevertheless, I am chocolate-satiated for now (migraine-pending - we'll see how that pans out tomorrow, though I've just come off one yesterday, and I've done nothing else to compound triggers, so I might be safe...)

Cheers,
Marc

I just had two Lindor balls for dessert...well, okay, technically they were post-dessert which was choc-mint icecream in a cone, but nevertheless, I am chocolate-satiated for now (migraine-pending - we'll see how that pans out tomorrow, though I've just come off one yesterday, and I've done nothing else to compound triggers, so I might be safe...)

Cheers,
Marc

Peanut butter lindor balls are the stuff of dreams...

oooh, lindor.... :droolingnow:

I'd like to amend this statement, and say good food is better than sex. And I mean good food.

My response remains pretty much the same! :p

My boss got me a box of Lindt chocolates for xmas :)

My boss got me a box of Lindt chocolates for xmas :)

i almost wish i had a boss, now. :o (almost.)

I didn't vote... I'm pretty sure this is a trick question.

To date, 95% like chocolate, and it's too close to call how much they like it.

in the last couple of years has started to trigger my migraines.


I was worried about that for a while too but have (thankfully) excluded it as a likely trigger and we are now working hard to establish whether lack of chocolate triggers my migraines.
Research is going well.

I was worried about that for a while too but have (thankfully) excluded it as a likely trigger and we are now working hard to establish whether lack of chocolate triggers my migraines.
Research is going well.
Okay, there should have been another selection..

YES - But I can't because it gives me migranes or some other ailment.

Next years poll is up to 10 options now.:)

Okay, there should have been another selection..

YES - But I can't because it gives me migranes or some other ailment.

Next years poll is up to 10 options now.:)

you mean for 2010 ? fugit tempus

I was worried about that for a while too but have (thankfully) excluded it as a likely trigger and we are now working hard to establish whether lack of chocolate triggers my migraines.
Research is going well.

I recommend an exhaustive and complete study of as many years as you can eke out. Don't worry about publishing results - they will be assumed.

(Also, luscious new frock, Mindy!)

Cheers,
Marc

We need Government funding to study the subject. With luck we could finish the study in 4 or 5 years and then go for more detailed field work. You can't rush good research.

I do suggest a few parameters to bound the study:

1. No white chocolate, all study will be on "real" chocolate
2. Limit the study llamas, humans, and dogs
3. Cats will be considered for possible inclusion
4. No squirrels

Among the study questions will be the impact of chocolate eating while reading from an e-ink device. If Zelda will assist, we can also study the impact of chocolate consumption on using touch screen technology for page advancement.

Any other suggestions for study related questions for us to secure Government funding?

...
1. No white chocolate, all study will be on "real" chocolate
...

Any other suggestions for study related questions for us to secure Government funding?

Well, now, I think this is needlessly exclusive and highly discriminatory. For some of us who like the albino fake chocolate almost as much as the real stuff and who may have "real chocolate" as a migraine-trigger, surely an exhaustive study into whether albino fake chocolate is an acceptable non-triggering substitute is of immense interest and should very seriously be looked into (I volunteer!).

(Please note, any person who mentions the word "carob" will be tracked down by a very select swarm of Pirate Ninja Squirrel Disco Dancers from the Montsnmags Enterprises Solid Gold Dancer Planetary Invasion Division, beaten severely with chain-mail leg-warmers, and forced to eat their own kneecaps through a straw).

Cheers,
Marc (who had some white chocolate Massimos icecream for dessert last night)

I'm sure we could tweak the study to have a comparative element and retain some white-chocolate-munchers as a control group.
The alternative is trying to herd up enough non-chocolate eaters which doesn't bear thinking about.

I'm sure we could tweak the study to have a comparative element and retain some white-chocolate-munchers as a control group.
The alternative is trying to herd up enough non-chocolate eaters which doesn't bear thinking about.

Speaking of studies, I found this on a box of chocolates:

"The aroma of chocolate has a distracting, and at the same time calming effect on people. Furthermore, it is suggested that increased brain activity occurs. The aroma of chocolate suppresses the so-called theta-waves. It also causes increased alpha and beta activity. Alpha activity is observed manly in people who are in rest but indeed awake."
Neil Martin, Neuro-Psychologist, Middlesex Univ., London

:blink: I´m a little bit afraid of eating more of it now.....

...

:blink: I´m a little bit afraid of eating more of it now.....

Well then, I guess you really don't want to know about how chocolate causes zeta waves to shoot from your spleen straight into your pituitary gland and turn your endocrine system into a Pheromone Broadcast System for extraterrestrial xenophiliacs, do you?

Cheers,
Marc

We need Government funding to study the subject. With luck we could finish the study in 4 or 5 years and then go for more detailed field work. You can't rush good research.

I do suggest a few parameters to bound the study:

1. No white chocolate, all study will be on "real" chocolate
2. Limit the study llamas, humans, and dogs
3. Cats will be considered for possible inclusion
4. No squirrels

Among the study questions will be the impact of chocolate eating while reading from an e-ink device. If Zelda will assist, we can also study the impact of chocolate consumption on using touch screen technology for page advancement.

Any other suggestions for study related questions for us to secure Government funding?


Recommend that this study will both stimulate the economy and reduce the budget deficit....

(Red says you look good in blue, Mindy...)

oooh, lindor.... :droolingnow:
Hehe, I brought some back from Switzerland, it's hard to restrain myself and eat them patiently one at a time.

Hehe, I brought some back from Switzerland, it's hard to restrain myself and eat them patiently one at a time.

i never travel so far to get them, but it's hard to restrain myself anyway !! :p

Well then, I guess you really don't want to know about how chocolate causes zeta waves to shoot from your spleen straight into your pituitary gland and turn your endocrine system into a Pheromone Broadcast System for extraterrestrial xenophiliacs, do you?

Cheers,
Marc

Hehe, I brought some back from Switzerland, it's hard to restrain myself and eat them patiently one at a time.

i never travel so far to get them, but it's hard to restrain myself anyway !! :p

Marc´s post made me look for some sausage instead of chocolate in the fridge, but then I saw the word LINDOR in this thread. L-I-N-D-O-R, the 6 letters to die/kill/sell body/soul/wife/husband/children/grannies for!!! So who cares about extraterrestrial xeno-thingies? LINDOR for everybody! I open this one RIGHT NOW :D

Is LINDOR milk-free?

Well, now, I think this is needlessly exclusive and highly discriminatory. For some of us who like the albino fake chocolate almost as much as the real stuff and who may have "real chocolate" as a migraine-trigger, surely an exhaustive study into whether albino fake chocolate is an acceptable non-triggering substitute is of immense interest and should very seriously be looked into (I volunteer!).

(Please note, any person who mentions the word "carob" will be tracked down by a very select swarm of Pirate Ninja Squirrel Disco Dancers from the Montsnmags Enterprises Solid Gold Dancer Planetary Invasion Division, beaten severely with chain-mail leg-warmers, and forced to eat their own kneecaps through a straw).

Cheers,
Marc (who had some white chocolate Massimos icecream for dessert last night)
I'd go with the white chocolate as the null hypothesis.

And what is carob?




Oh crap!

I'd go with the white chocolate as the null hypothesis.

And what is carob?
While waiting for Marc, carob is a poor substitute for cocoa, containing no caffeine. More about it
here. (http://www.chow.com/stories/10491)

Is LINDOR milk-free?
Nope

List of ingredients on a random site (www.ocado.com in Google Cache) :
Ingredients: Sugar, Vegetable Fats, Cocoa Butter, Coca Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Lactose, Butterfat, Emulsifier (Soya lecithin), Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings, Vanilla.

Let's thank Amazon for their very detailed ingredients list :
http://www.amazon.com/Lindt-Lindor-Truffles-Assorted-Chocolate/dp/B0012QAJG6

I'd go with the white chocolate as the null hypothesis.

And what is carob?




Oh crap!

Carob=chocolate substitute=crap.

Let's thank Amazon for their very detailed ingredients list :
http://www.amazon.com/Lindt-Lindor-Truffles-Assorted-Chocolate/dp/B0012QAJG6

:p VERY detailed !

Nope

List of ingredients on a random site (www.ocado.com in Google Cache) :
Ingredients: Sugar, Vegetable Fats, Cocoa Butter, Coca Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Lactose, Butterfat, Emulsifier (Soya lecithin), Barley Malt Extract, Flavourings, Vanilla.

Let's thank Amazon for their very detailed ingredients list :
http://www.amazon.com/Lindt-Lindor-Truffles-Assorted-Chocolate/dp/B0012QAJG6

In that case - YeuCH -

In that case - YeuCH -
I agree, the poll should have asked "Do you like real chocolate?:)

The Lindt bar I have in front of me has no milk in it, although it informs me it may contain traces of it. It does, however, have vanilla in it - not much, but certainly enough to taste :)

The Lindt bar I have in front of me has no milk in it, although it informs me it may contain traces of it. It does, however, have vanilla in it - not much, but certainly enough to taste :)


Vanilla is OK; just nothing that comes from an udder ....

Marc´s post made me look for some sausage
...

"Giggle"

I'd go with the white chocolate as the null hypothesis.

And what is carob?

Oh crap!

One straw, coming right up. And how do you take your legwarmer chain mail beatings, sir? Shaken, or like a whinin' little sprog?

While waiting for Marc, carob is a poor substitute for cocoa, containing no caffeine. More about it
here. (http://www.chow.com/stories/10491)

Now, you don't get away with it with a such a mildly critical "poor substitute" comment (it's hardly a criticism; more like a slap with a damp hanky). So that'll be two straws I need, then? And the beating?

Carob=chocolate substitute=crap.

Ahh :iloveyou: , she makes me wish she were me own grandma rather than the desert's.

Cheers,
Marc

"Giggle"



One straw, coming right up. And how do you take your legwarmer chain mail beatings, sir? Shaken, or like a whinin' little sprog?



Now, you don't get away with it with a such a mildly critical "poor substitute" comment (it's hardly a criticism; more like a slap with a damp hanky). So that'll be two straws I need, then? And the beating?



Ahh :iloveyou: , she makes me wish she were me own grandma rather than the desert's.

Cheers,
Marc
Whinin' little sprog, please.:(

Carob=chocolate substitute=crap.
Much better put than my "slap with a damp hanky" (Marc).:)

Much better put than my "slap with a damp hanky" (Marc).:)

Giggle. :)

Lovely poll, doog. Yes, I try to avoid it but crave it. I prefer milk chocolate, apparently since I am male. Kisses will do nicely.

Ok, come a little closer ... closer .... smooch!!!

This (http://www.worldofsweets.de/schokolade/tafelschokolade/camille-bloch/camille-bloch-mousse-chocolat.html) is MY drug.:2thumbsup

I adore chocolate covered marzipan so long as it's German marzipan (good quality German marzipan is far less sweet than the stuff normally available in the UK).

My usual pick is this: http://www.niederegger.de/en/shop/brote/schwarzbrot/05040_7.php

But I've just seen they do one covered in 87% dark chocolate, which I must try: http://www.niederegger.de/en/shop/brote/schwarzbrot/05062_9.php :droolsuncontrollablyatthethought:

I adore chocolate covered marzipan so long as it's German marzipan (good quality German marzipan is far less sweet than the stuff normally available in the UK).

My usual pick is this: http://www.niederegger.de/en/shop/brote/schwarzbrot/05040_7.php

But I've just seen they do one covered in 87% dark chocolate, which I must try: http://www.niederegger.de/en/shop/brote/schwarzbrot/05062_9.php :droolsuncontrollablyatthethought:


Will You STOP it ...... :help::stars:

Sell my body? I doubt that would get me any chocolate....

Now all I need is to summon up the courage to try the two remaining Christmas bars I got: one is chilli and the other is ginger....

Sell my body? I doubt that would get me any chocolate....

Now all I need is to summon up the courage to try the two remaining Christmas bars I got: one is chilli and the other is ginger....

I've got a vegan version of a bounty and also a marzipan one (see above - but a UK version)

Will You STOP it ...... :help::stars:

http://dzt-top50.dx-work.com/images/itempics/pics/pic_15688_1_m.jpg

Sell my body? I doubt that would get me any chocolate....

Now all I need is to summon up the courage to try the two remaining Christmas bars I got: one is chilli and the other is ginger....

Ginger in chocolate in nice. If you like ginger.

The only chocolate I've tried with chilli in didn't really taste of it. Or anything else much really...

http://dzt-top50.dx-work.com/images/itempics/pics/pic_15688_1_m.jpg


:help: someone, please .....

:help: someone, please .....

The Chocoholics Anonymous meeting is in the third room on the right.

Be warned though, it is sponsored Hershey's.

If you're looking for dairy-free chocolate, try to find a Kosher deli (or the Kosher section of your supermarket, if it has one) and look for stuff labeled Parve or Pareve. Food with that certification won't have dairy ingredients and also will not contain parts of mammals or birds (such as meat or gelatin), but it might have eggs, honey, or fish in it.

SCENE: Late night telly watching. An after after dinner snack of a chocolate bar before us. It's opened, and found to contain, in the inevitable corporate sense of inequity, seven pieces.

Me: I'll have four

The Loved One: Why do you get four?

Me: I'm joking. I'll have three.

The Loved One: Why should you only get three?

[The Loved One requires answers, no matter which side of the bat you play the ball]

Me: Migraine. Less chance.

The Loved One: Well, maybe you shouldn't have any at all, if that's a chance.

Me: I'm willing to take that chance.

[...because I'm a rebel, who likes to live on the edge]

The Loved One: Maybe I'm not

Me: What?

The Loved One: Well, I was hoping to jump your bones in the morning...

Me: Right...

The Loved One: ...and if you have migraine...

Me: ...

Me: So, if I don't have any chocolate, I won't get migraine...?

The Loved One: Correct

Me: ...and if you don't give me any chocolate right now...?

The Loved One: Yeah...

Me: ...how do you rate your chances of jumping my bones in the morning?

The Loved One: ...

The Loved One: I think I can chop one of the pieces in half...

END SCENE


I might have migraine tomorrow, and be in a bad mood. If so, so might someone else be.

Cheers,
Marc

...

I might have migraine tomorrow, and be in a bad mood. If so, so might someone else be.

Cheers,
Marc

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Please let us know how your head is this morning, will ya?

Love in the Time of Cho.....oh, never mind.

Cadbury chocolate eggs are in the shops now!!! (Well in the UK.) Wonder how many I'll eat this year?!

I've had dark chocolate truffles after dinner. It's a weekend only thing because they keep me up at night.

Well, I love love love my chocolate lab, does that count? (calorie & fat free :2thumbsup )

Cadbury chocolate eggs are in the shops now!!! (Well in the UK.) Wonder how many I'll eat this year?!

And Mini-Eggs. Which now make me think of Neko-chan.

Cadbury cream eggs! Oh god I can only eat one of those a year.

Now Reese's peanut butter eggs on the other hand...

Oooh! Reeses peanut butter eggs! Just checked them out on the Hersheys website - I'll definitely have to import those! I've book marked the website as well and its only 7 in the morning. Think this addiction is getting out of hand.

you cannot call cadburys cream eggs CHOCOLATE !!!!

you all; you cannot be serious !!!!!!!!!!!

Of course it's CHOCOLATE!!!! (okay it doesn't have a very high percentage of cocoa :rolleyes: ) but it's still CHOCOLATE and in depths of a cold, dark, rainy Scottish winter -- I need my cheap chocolate. :):)

Cadbury cream aggs are not chocolate. They are a confectionery. Anyone who says they are chocolate is a culinary barbarian, and I will beat you to death with my fondue spoon. :p

Cadbury cream aggs are not chocolate. They are a confectionery. Anyone who says they are chocolate is a culinary barbarian, and I will beat you to death with my fondue spoon. :p
don't hold back, nate, tell us how you *really* feel. :p

(now giggling at the mental image of nate the great weilding a fondue spoon and scowling menacingly)

Oh well, as long as the spoon has chocolate on it!!

Oooh! Reeses peanut butter eggs! Just checked them out on the Hersheys website - I'll definitely have to import those! I've book marked the website as well and its only 7 in the morning. Think this addiction is getting out of hand.

If you are a fan of real peanut butter, you have to try lindor balls with PB inside. If you've never had Reese's before you might not like it.

If you are a fan of real peanut butter, you have to try lindor balls with PB inside. If you've never had Reese's before you might not like it.

are those an american thing ? i've never seen them here.

If you are a fan of real peanut butter, you have to try lindor balls with PB inside.

Is it crunchy peanut butter or smooth?

Oooh! Reeses peanut butter eggs! Just checked them out on the Hersheys website - I'll definitely have to import those!

Once brought a Hersey's peanut butter chocolate bar back for a friend. Haven't spoken to him in years.

Once brought a Hersey's peanut butter chocolate bar back for a friend. Haven't spoken to him in years.

yes, i've got friends who would stop speaking to me after treatment like that.

Once brought a Hersey's peanut butter chocolate bar back for a friend. Haven't spoken to him in years.


that was after ....?

Cadbury cream aggs are not chocolate. They are a confectionery. Anyone who says they are chocolate is a culinary barbarian, and I will beat you to death with my fondue spoon. :p

That is not a fondue spoon. It is a soup spoon. Anyone who thinks a soup spoon is a freaking fondue spoon is probably a steeeenking cheese lover, and I will stab you to death with my butter knife bon-bon server.

are those an american thing ? i've never seen them here.
I presume so. Europeans don't seem to like peanut butter as much as Americans.

That is not a fondue spoon. It is a soup spoon. Anyone who thinks a soup spoon is a freaking fondue spoon is probably a steeeenking cheese lover, and I will stab you to death with my butter knife.

I started questioning my sanity once when we were selling out at the fleamarket and had a variety of antique silverware (you know, actual silver) and learned there was such a thing as a 'bon-bon server'. Which interestingly enough bon-bon's are on topic... Go figure...

-MJ

I presume so. Europeans don't seem to like peanut butter as much as Americans.

it's not used in the same way here. here, the most common place to find it is in the african grocery stores, and they use it as an ingredient for savoury dishes and sauces. a girlfriend of mine was a fille au paire in chicago for a year and she shudders in repulsion at the mention of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which she had to make for the children's lunches. i think nobody would buy peanut butter candy here. here it's much more common to use hazelnuts and hazelnut paste.

http://www.nouvelle-epicerie.fr/catalogint/images/2575.jpg

it's not used in the same way here. here, the most common place to find it is in the african grocery stores, and they use it as an ingredient for savoury dishes and sauces. a girlfriend of mine was a fille au paire in chicago for a year and she shudders in repulsion at the mention of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which she had to make for the children's lunches. i think nobody would buy peanut butter candy here. here it's much more common to use hazelnuts and hazelnut paste.

http://www.nouvelle-epicerie.fr/catalogint/images/2575.jpg

Ewwww that looks gross.

You guys have nutella, we have peanut butter.

I'm going to have to send you to some peanut butter now :p

Ewwww that looks gross.

You guys have nutella, we have peanut butter.

I'm going to have to send you to some peanut butter now :p

it's okay, i can get some if i need some. :p but thanks for the thought !

oh - no - we have plenty of varieties in peanut butter ....

Peanut butter is a popular sandwich filling in the UK.
I love crunchy pb, and tried it with jam; it works surprisingly well - although the calorific content is astronomical :eek:.

Peanut butter is a popular sandwich filling in the UK.
I love crunchy pb, and tried it with jam; it works surprisingly well - although the calorific content is astronomical :eek:.



Very astronomical - full of protein, sugar and salt - too ....

Cadburys Creme Eggs (and all their ilk) = chocolate-flaoured confectionary, not real chocolate at all. :ranting:

The yeti loves peanut butter, I can't stand it (despite once using Marc's quote in my sig!). He'll even eat Reeses peanut butter cups (our local Sainsbury's (supermarket) garage sells them)

I'm starting to get hungry for a Peanut Butter and Jam sandwich myself... Jam spreads easier then Jelly IMHO... With a big glass of cow-juice...

-MJ

buttercups

Cadburys Creme Eggs (and all their ilk) = chocolate-flaoured confectionary, not real chocolate at all. :ranting:


Hmmm. I wonder if it would be possible to very carefully unwrap a creme egg, keeping the foil intact, split it exactly down the seam of the two halves, carefully remove the creme egg filling, replace it with Marmite, join the two halfs together again so that they remain stuck, and then re-wrap in the foil and make it look like it was a perfectly normal egg....

Hmmm. I wonder if it would be possible to very carefully unwrap a creme egg, keeping the foil intact, split it exactly down the seam of the two halves, carefully remove the creme egg filling, replace it with Marmite, join the two halfs together again so that they remain stuck, and then re-wrap in the foil and make it look like it was a perfectly normal egg....

note to self : never ever accept any confectionary from lazyscot.

Hmmm. I wonder if it would be possible to very carefully unwrap a creme egg, keeping the foil intact, split it exactly down the seam of the two halves, carefully remove the creme egg filling, replace it with Marmite, join the two halfs together again so that they remain stuck, and then re-wrap in the foil and make it look like it was a perfectly normal egg....

Someone give the man some karma for suggesting that please? I would, but I've just given him some for the hippopotami in my quote.

yes !

Hmmm. I wonder if it would be possible to very carefully unwrap a creme egg, keeping the foil intact, split it exactly down the seam of the two halves, carefully remove the creme egg filling, replace it with Marmite, join the two halfs together again so that they remain stuck, and then re-wrap in the foil and make it look like it was a perfectly normal egg....

Yes, but it would probably work better if you punctured one end, use a small pump to suck out the filling, and then used a syringe to file it with marmite.

Yes, but it would probably work better if you punctured one end, use a small pump to suck out the filling, and then used a syringe to file it with marmite.

note to self : don't accept any from nate the great either.

Yes, but it would probably work better if you punctured one end, use a small pump to suck out the filling, and then used a syringe to file it with marmite.

<some experimentation later>

True, it does. However, for the surprise variant (think marmite mixed with peanut butter), you need such a large bore needle that it is somewhat obvious. It looks much better with the original method.

Muuuuaahhhhah <coughs, splutters. Exeunt, just ahead of the culinary police, weapons of mass distaste division.>

Does anyone remember peanut butter cookies with the big Hershey chocloate kiss in the middlle? Do people still make them?

Does anyone remember peanut butter cookies with the big Hershey chocloate kiss in the middlle? Do people still make them?

Oh heck yes they do. We had some for christmas. I only like them though if the cookie part is chewy.

Does anyone remember peanut butter cookies with the big Hershey chocloate kiss in the middlle? Do people still make them?

Here is just one recipe......


PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES WITH HERSHEY
KISSES

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. peanut butter (creamy)
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together first 5 ingredients; then add remaining flour and mix until you form a sticky dough. Roll into small balls and place onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until just golden brown. Place unwrapped Hershey kiss in center of each cookie, while they are still hot. Makes approximately 48 cookies.

Now THAT sounds positively dangerous. Doesn't the poor heart melt?

The cookies have to be hot for the chocolate kiss to kinda melt into the cookie.....It helps if you unwrap them all before the cookies come out of the oven...:)

Now THAT sounds positively dangerous. Doesn't the poor heart melt?

Mine never has...

Mine never has...

That's either very sad or very worrying/disturbing *tries not to imagine RSE baking his heart in cookies multiple times to see if it will melt* :eek:

Thanks for the recipe desertgrandma!! :D

Thanks for the recipe desertgrandma!! :D\

You are welcome. Eat one for me!! My granddaughter has a severe allergy to peanuts, so none of that in this house!

I have decided to break out an evil, ancient recipe for a chocolate treat and modify it. (I last used it at age 14.) With my plate on on it...

I have decided to break out an evil, ancient recipe for a chocolate treat and modify it. (I last used it at age 14.) With my plate on on it...

Please divulge said recipe.

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You are welcome. Eat one for me!! My granddaughter has a severe allergy to peanuts, so none of that in this house!

So many people have peanut allergies these days -- I would love to share them with friends, but the cookies probably won't leave our house (not that there will be many left to share anyway!)

Please divulge said recipe.

Sugary style (beaten) Hershey's fudge (I'm going to add rasberry syrup along with the vanilla). (stop the brickbacts - I didn't say it was a rare recipe, just ancient and evil....)

SCENE: Late night telly watching. An after after dinner snack of a chocolate bar before us. It's opened, and found to contain, in the inevitable corporate sense of inequity, seven pieces.

Me: I'll have four

The Loved One: Why do you get four?

Me: I'm joking. I'll have three.

The Loved One: Why should you only get three?

[The Loved One requires answers, no matter which side of the bat you play the ball]

Me: Migraine. Less chance.

The Loved One: Well, maybe you shouldn't have any at all, if that's a chance.

Me: I'm willing to take that chance.

[...because I'm a rebel, who likes to live on the edge]

The Loved One: Maybe I'm not

Me: What?

The Loved One: Well, I was hoping to jump your bones in the morning...

Me: Right...

The Loved One: ...and if you have migraine...

Me: ...

Me: So, if I don't have any chocolate, I won't get migraine...?

The Loved One: Correct

Me: ...and if you don't give me any chocolate right now...?

The Loved One: Yeah...

Me: ...how do you rate your chances of jumping my bones in the morning?

The Loved One: ...

The Loved One: I think I can chop one of the pieces in half...

END SCENE


I might have migraine tomorrow, and be in a bad mood. If so, so might someone else be.

Cheers,
Marc
Definitely one of those Laddy or the Tiger moments...

Yes, but it would probably work better if you punctured one end, use a small pump to suck out the filling, and then used a syringe to file it with marmite.
A 50 cc syringe and a 10 guage needle poked through the top might work even better and disguise the tampering easier.

A 50 cc syringe and a 10 guage needle poked through the top might work even better and disguise the tampering easier.

Generally speaking, you have to get the marmite to exactly the right temperature. Too hot and it melts the egg, too cold and you just can't inject the stuff.....

I could probably get an infusion set from the chemo clinic. Those pumps are pretty powerful.

SCENE: Late night telly watching. An after after dinner snack of a chocolate bar before us. It's opened, and found to contain, in the inevitable corporate sense of inequity, seven pieces.

Its very odd (yes odd), that a lot of packaging is done in portions indivisible by 2. There are alwasy 3 porkchops in a package, 3 chicken chicken breasts, 5 lambchops...etc. This can be a problem in a household containing 2 people.
I think it must be the aesthetics or something or some numerology thing or maybe trying to cater to the 2.5 people per household statistic (or whatever the ratio is).

A solution for your chocolate problem would be to always have 2 choclolate bars in stock, therefore an even number of pieces. You could still share your pieces with each other, and if you bought two differnent kinds of chocolate it may even be more pleasurable, although then you are eating twice the amount of chocolate and taking 2x the chance of triggering that migrane.:)

Yes, but it would probably work better if you punctured one end, use a small pump to suck out the filling, and then used a syringe to file it with marmite.
May I suggest you use the closest available, your lips and lungs.:D

A 50 cc syringe and a 10 guage needle poked through the top might work even better and disguise the tampering easier.That is approximately what I had to suggest, the Ukrainian way to prepare Easter eggs or Pysanka. Two pinpricks and a blow.:rofl:

The Nestle site has a page devoted to their other chocolate bars (http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/AboutOurBrands/ConfectioneryAndCakes/Other+Chocolate+Bars.htm) - top billing goes to Caramac. :whistle: