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but terrible when part of a Christmas decoration

I don't like dark chocolate, which is fortunate, because it doesn't like me, either. (self-moderated TMI)



White chocolate, which is probably just pure cocoa butter with some sugar added, is my favourite. I like milk chocolate, but seem to have lost any cravings for it lately.



In the after-lunch sugar shortage, though, I'll eat almost any kind of chocolate bar in desparation.



Having said that, for pure chocolate delectation, a little of the more expensive kind is better than oodles of cheap stuff.

*hangs head in shame*

off to write desperation 100 times*.

* Thank heavens for copy and paste!

I prefer savoury treats. That must make me disparate!!

The Aztecs used Choccy in their savoury dishes.. I always add cocoa to my Chilli Beef.

I've heard that its quite popular in Spanish/Mexican cooking to put chocolate in savoy cooking,

>I prefer savoury treats. That must make me disparate!! <

Oh me too.

I wonder though what twiglets would taste like with a bit of chocolate added...and heck why not some hot chilli as well.

I think next time I manage to get to the super I'm going to get these ingredients and try it out.

I Maltesers.

I also like Bourneville in small doses. I buy a big bar, break it up into squares and keep it in a sandwich bag in the fridge ready for those last thing at night cravings - I find it's easier to stick to one piece if I don't have to break it off, as I usually end up breaking off 2½ pieces and eating them all.

Bourneville biscuiits are quite yummy too.

Deb

I prefer savory far far more than choclate things too... Though there isn't any harm in a bit of variation from time to time, but give me a decent pork pie, cornish pasty, veg samosa, fresh baked garlic baguette, soft boiled duck egg and pita bread 'soldures', or savory scones, or just some cheese and crackers, or... well... yeh... any time
But when I do have choc, or sweet things, its useually therefore a rare, and infrequent thing, so I'll tend to 'go at it' somewhat ... and then probably just not have any again, for months and months
Though... now... I'm thinking about it... some hazle nuts, belgium choc, broken choc digestives, choc icecream and honey to stick it together... sounds like waht I'm about to go dash off and get me from the depths of the kitchen

Oh and I hear there is Marmite Chocolate too.

I must be one of the very few people who really doesn't have an opinion on marmite.
I used* to have an opinion; I hated it.
But, seeing as this is now based on a once eating it thing, which happened wel over twenty years ago, probably before I was even a teenager, I have to reflect, that now, it is not only quite conceviable, but probably more than likely, that my opinion of it, like my sense of taste, and prefernce for food and flavours, may have changed somewhat.
Maybe I should buy some, and find out.. It took me years to realise I liked pineapple juice, coldslaugh and blue cheeses, all of which I evidentally did not like much as a kid.. mmmm... do you think chocolate bread would work? ... I'm thinking a very* bitter coco/choc flavour, not a sweet tasting thing at all; so still a 'savory' bread... hmmmm... I put honey in bread, it adds a kind of depth to the flavour, but not necessarily making it sweet at all I've had choc icecream, choc, nuts.... I really* wish I had bread so I could do toast! but I only have a bit left which I need for lunch tommorrow before going to the pub... I'll have to make more bread Sunday mmm... coco bread...

I suggest going for twiglets initially. They are coated in marmite...and are wonderfully crunchy.

In terms of normal marmite usage I recommend toast made with sliced white bread, spread with unsalted butter like lurpak then marmite added. Not too thick though. just in a few places.

It might sound a bit weird to regress to such bread...but for me it really does work. That's how I got into it made by my nanna. Even though in reality I can hardly eat anything at present...I can taste that and really enjoy it.

On the other hand you may just carry on hating it or not having an opinion. That's the fun of life. Uncertainty.

I'll get round to it eventually! It just takes me a while sometimes... and I do* really* really* like twiglets! not had any in ages mind... I may have to try buy some tommorrow whilst I'm out

I re-discovered courgettes tonight... Something I'd never eaten much, but each time i' had it (cooked by someone else), I just didn't get it... Tonight I took a fresh, home grown courgette given to me by a friend, thinly sliced it, threw it into a pan containing lots of butter, fresh ground black pepper, and some spring onion, lots of garlic, mushrooms which had alreayd been frying a while...
then I threw in some flour, and then added in milk making a white sauce..... with the veg in it... then I added smoked chedder, ordinary chedder, and a garlic and herb soft cheese... some cooked pasta, and threw in the oven to bake a while, with, of course more grated chedder on top...
and... yes* I could still taste the courgettes and I liked it

mmmm... marmite coated courgettes, battered and deep fried

Not so silly 2legs - in Greece they do a fab little snack with courgettes - you basically slice 'em thin, salt them for an hour to drain out the moisture, coat them in *I think* corn flour and deep fry 'em quick so they go 'crispy on the outside, soft in the middle'. Gorgeous!

On the topic of - as longas it's chocolate I'm not Too fussy. But I prefer dark & minimally processed. Had a very very nice-imho-bar from an Amertican vompany - 77% cocoa solids, only 1% cocoa butter(see link).

http://www.askinosie.com/p-75-77-davao-dar-chocolate-bar.aspx

However there's also an American company that makes a coconut curry chocolate bar that I'm Quite fond of(see link, click 'Shop Theo', then 'Fantasy Flavors'). Actually both the Bread and Chocolate & Chai Tea bars are nice too.

http://www.theochocolate.com

But that said, no I'm not American - I'm Canadian. A local woman imports a few chocolates as well as making a number of her own. A couple favourites are her Fleur de Sel(49%cocoa solids with a pinch of sea salt)& the Lemon Dream(white chocolate with candied lemon peel).

http://www.kerstinschocolates.com

Actually she brings in a very nice Italian white chocolate(made by a company called Domori)with black liquorice. Domori also make a white chocolate with mint, but I haven't sampled that - does sound good though.

I ate so many Twiglets over christmas that I thought I was going to go blind! They are a very more-ish snack, especially with a mild flavoured pint of beer.

I don't know what they've done to Cheeselets but they have a totally different flavour from before. Praps I should try them dipped in choclit.

the recipe of things changes quite often
what annoyes me is when the size of something,
lets say a bar of chocolate, gets smaller
yet the price goes up, and I'm told its because of increases in the prices they pay for things,
I don't mind paying a little more, but I dont think i should get less at the same time

I'm afraid I really can't stand Cadbury's, etc - it's not proper chocolate when they add fats other than cocoa butter And I prefer the really dark stuff anyway. So I always wait until Green & Black's goes on sale in the supermarket and then stock up, usually on the one with orange and spices, the espresso one, and the one with dried cherries. Fairtrade & organic is good, but I really just get it because it tastes good.

Don't mind a bit of milk chocolate once in a while, but it has to be good, not waxy. Not fond of white, which is a pity, because dark and white chocolate cancel each other out...

Oh, and for a "it's been a long, rainy day" treat, I like a chocolate toastie - two slices of bread, lightly buttered on the outside, then stuck in the toasty maker with a square of chocolate in each pocket until it goes all melty.

I do like green and blacks with orange bits in

chocolate toasties!! *faints*