Chocolate | Pad Patter 7.29

[BevG]

Dark, please. Many years ago, our neighborhood had a women's club with speakers. One month they brought in a chocolate buyer for a local specialty store. He brought samples and taught us how to "taste" chocolate -- kind of like a wine tasting.

1) break off a piece - does it have a nice snap?
2) smell it if you wish
3) place it in your mouth on your tongue and let it start to melt - what flavors do you taste?
4) push it up against the top of your mouth and let it melt there - what flavors do you taste?
5) try to let it all melt in your mouth, if you can...

It was amazing as we could taste the flavors like blueberry, woodsy, etc. - and yet it was just different types of dark chocolate with no added flavors. Fun! So I like to buy the special bars from various countries and indulge.

 

[marijke]

I love milk & dark chocolate ... but if I can choose then I go for dark

 

[berniek]

All of the above!!

I once had a friend/classmate who commented on a ad for chocolate while it was summer. It was weird, because who eats chocolate in summer? she said. And I was completely shocked, because,

So having this national milk chocolate day in summer makes my point. Years after, but who cares.