and it's not even very good chocolate...
Ukraine and Only Ukraine. If it isn't about Ukraine then fuck off
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Virgulino Ferreira
Super Anarchist
There is almost no cocoa in this truncheon, to begin with. It is a horrible concoction of industrial contaminants mixed with a tiny bit of African cocoa, molded and hardened to weapon grade.
They probably took out more teeth than the Nazis.
Snaggletooth
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I enjoine them.......
Virgulino Ferreira
Super Anarchist
Virtually anything mixed with cocoa I consider to be an industrial contaminant.
Yes, I am a chocolate fundamentalist.
Bring your lawyer into a chocolate dispute? That's upping the ante...I enjoine them.......
phill_nz
Super Anarchist
yehh i was remiss
i forgot what they did to chocolate and should have added it to the list of swiss crap they have smeared on the planet
i forgot what they did to chocolate and should have added it to the list of swiss crap they have smeared on the planet
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I’d say they have a lot to Tobler-atone for.
Sorry, I tried to stop myself, but I couldn’t. It is a disorder. I didn’t have this problem when I was younger; it kicked in shortly after I became a dad. Something to do with hormones I think.
I would be interested to hear what a chocolate fundamentalist enjoys (maybe as a general anarchy topic to not derail Ukraine any further).
Olsonist
Disgusting Liberal Elitist
I worked in Geneva for a bit. I don’t remember those. They might be more for export. Dunno.
But the Swiss were/are way into chocolate and it was common at the supermarkets to find an entire aisle of just chocolate bricks. I’d never seen bricks in the US. OK, I never really looked. That was until Trader Joe’s started carrying them.
My chocolate tastes are pretty basic but by chance I did see two talks at Xerox PARC (same place that Steve Jobs stole the Mac interface from) on chocolate, one by Ted Tcho who took a very Silicon Valley approach and the other by Scharffenberger who took an artisan approach.
Scharffenberger had an interesting point in his talk. He’d been a vintner first and recognized the similarity of wine and chocolate. Both are fermented.
Tcho had interesting observations about people’s tastes and designing chocolates for what people actually like.
Both made pretty good chocolate but that’s coming from someone who detests super dark chocolate aiming for some painful authenticity. Yuck. But I love Mexican chocolate ice cream.
Pertinacious Tom
Importunate Member
My in law just ruined my fun so let me pass it along.
Dark chocolate has heavy metals and should be avoided. Even the "safe" brands seem to have enough that consuming chocolate in the quantities that I do is not a good idea.
Bristol-Cruiser
Super Anarchist
I like my dark chocolate as much, or more, than the next guy. I found it strange that Consumers Reports did not test the Swiss Delice sold at Costco since I would imagine it is a major brand overall. Anyway, I was curious and sent Costco an email and got this reply.
"In response to your email, ... the message that vendor send us : 'We confirm that the European and Swiss requirements for heavy metals are met. Our raw material suppliers also confirm this in the signed raw material specification. Further more, analysis on heavy metals are done on the raw material, e.g. regular monitoring of cocoa beans on following parameters: cadmium, lead, mercury."
Pertinacious Tom
Importunate Member
I guess the relevant question here would be: do we send dark chocolate to Ukraine or Russia?
Dervish
Anarchist
And, the thread titled
Boris Johnson is visiting the United States. He was born in New York City and has a U.S. passport until he was called upon to pay taxes.
He is visiting Republican Reps and Senators. Interesting.
“Ukraine and Only Ukraine. If it isn't about Ukraine then fuck off”
now has two pages of posts about chocolate….Boris Johnson is visiting the United States. He was born in New York City and has a U.S. passport until he was called upon to pay taxes.
He is visiting Republican Reps and Senators. Interesting.
Virgulino Ferreira
Super Anarchist
The birthplace of the Web, cool!
How amazing and unexpected, chocolate in Mecca, I mean PARC! I haven't done it yet, but before I die I will do my Hajj and visit this holy place. Jobs' account of that historic visit is striking.
Interesting, I prefer dark chocolates, including the super dark 85% cocoa. I also like my coffee black, strong and unsweetened, preferably an espresso or made from a moka. I wonder if there is a correlation.
I am just a simple brute. I like my chocolate neat and with a minimum of 70% cocoa - no contaminants like nuts, dried fruit, mint, pepper, etc. And I can't feel any difference between brands, region of origin, or artisanal chocolate. I just take what is available, and almost every time I like it.
Note, however, that while I don't like anything mixed in my chocolate, I do like chocolate mixed in other things!
I would never refuse a brigadeiro or an After Eight.
Olsonist
Disgusting Liberal Elitist
Hopefully they'll start up the PARC Forum at some point.
If you're in the area, you should also check out:
If you're in the area, you should also check out:
- the Stanford Dish and its story
- the Golden Spike at the Cantor Museum at Stanford
- need to know about the Big Four to appreciate
- Moffett Field Museum
- Mount Um
- Lick Observatory at Mount Hamilton
- Tesla Factory if you can score a tour
- Intel History Museum
- Computer History Museum (I just love the Cray)
- IBM San Jose Research (more important than PARC)
- Pulgas Water Temple at Crystal Springs Reservoir
- Stanford Linear Accelerator
- book a tour in advance, difficult but do it
- KPH up in Point Reyes (maritime radio)
- the San Francisco Bay Model
- Red Oak Victory and Jeremiah OBrien Liberty ships
- Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond
- Arrows Across America
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Keith
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Keith
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