Mmm...chocolatey

[caddyman]

I am my own worst friend.¹

Since moving to Whetstone, I have made great use of the Waitrose directly across the road from the Athenaeum Club. Now amongst all the goodies they sell, the chiefest and most fair is their own brand of white chocolate². It has none of the overt sweetness of Cadbury's white chocolate, and is made with 100% cocoa butter³.

On closer inspection, it seems that there are several subsets within 100% cocoa butter, and here I believe that I have discovered the reason the stuff is so satisfying, and why, ultimately I must wean myself off of the delightful confection evil stuff. Every 100g of cocoa butter is effectively 34g of lard. Flavoured lard to be sure, but still lard.

Fecking Hull.

All this money wasted on genetically modified vegetables and animals. C'mon guys, stop breeding mice with human ears. Make me a lettuce that looks, tastes and feels like a steak. Or white chocolate.



¹To quote Dave Cousins of Strawbs fame.
²I should like to point out here and now, that there are no 'supremacy' issues here. I am quite happy to give equal belly space to Bournville plain chocolate, that ebon delight of the taste buds. Just so you know.
³Presumably albinio cocoa butter, since their dark chocolate makes the same claim.

Comments

[agentinfinity.livejournal.com]

I've found Co-ops dark chocolate to be of superior quality. I'm generally not a massive fan of chocolate as I find the stuff too sweet, but this is yum, and has the added advantage of being fair trade, which assuages the guilt a bit. Twine, who generally finds dark chocolate too bitter, also agrees, so it must be magical in some way.

[thalinoviel.livejournal.com]

Make me a lettuce that looks, tastes and feels like a steak.

Quorn's not lettuce (although it is very low fat), and even the beefy variety doesn't quite taste like steak (unless it's quite a well-done steak), but it's the best I can offer right now.

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

I love Waitrose. I work opposite one and it eats into my wallet. A ridiculous shop - yesterday I brought home some guinea fowl because it was cheaper than the chicken. Weird.

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

Dear Sir

I dispute your claim that Bournville plain chocolate is the ebon delight of the taste buds.

Clearly Green & Blacks is the true ebon delight of the taste buds.

Sincerely

Me

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

There's only one way to settle this: FIGHT! ;-)

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

Chocolate fight?

Messy.

Particularly in this heat.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Frozen toblerone at ten paces?

[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

Ouch!

[probablyscotty.livejournal.com]

http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk

That is all.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

You are an evil, evil man.

[probablyscotty.livejournal.com]

Not as evil as you might think. one box a month goes a very long way... the chocolate is WAY beyond anything I'd ever tasted before and comes complete with a nutrition guide showing how healthy it is and good for you.

Especially compared to mass produced chocolates. :-)

Go on... you know you wanna. The tasting club is great.