Argh. Have I said argh recently?

[dianec42]

Sorry about the insane postings. Been having mood swings from hell all afternoon/evening. Funny thing is, the morning and middle bits of the day sucked too, but I was dealing just fine until shortly after lunch.

I blame the 2 Reese's peanut butter cups I had with lunch. Time to re-institute the ban on American chocolate. It's not like the stuff's any good anyway.

Comments

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

You're reinstituting that ban right before Halloween?

Great timing, kid.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Oh, c'mon. It's not like I'm banning mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie right before Thanksgiving...

Besides, if the stuff makes me insane, this is probably the best time to ban it.

Did I mention they seemed to be CHRISTMAS peanut butter cups? Gah.

[qidane.livejournal.com]

But peanut butter cups are fun. They are salty and waxy. I don't see what they have to do with chocolate thought? Chocolate comes from Cadburys and is creamy and sweet.

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Nice try, Brit Boy. I've had Cadbury's. Hershey's makes a "Special Dark" which is better than a standard Cadbury's, but all of that sits in the back of the pantry collecting dust when Ghirardelli, Lindt, or even Toblerone are around.

Oh, and Ghirardelli (http://www.ghirardelli.com/) disproves the notion that it's "American" which is wrong about the chocolate. What's wrong with the standard Hershey (who own Reese's) or Nestle crap is that it's brown wax made in giant lots and marketed to children with immature tastes.

[stuartc.livejournal.com]

Real Cadbury's chocolate, or the crap Hershey's make under licence in the US? And have you compared Hershey's "Special Dark" with Cadbury's "Bournville"?

Ghirardelli only disproves the notion that comparing large-vat mass-produced chocolate with small specialist manufacturers is pointless. Of course the Ghirardelli stuff is nice. Chocolate in several delicious flavours is all they produce. It has to be good or they're out of business!

Both Hershey ahd Cadbury's make more of their profits from other chocolate-related products rather than simple chocolate in bar form. The main point of the Cadbury vs Hershey debate is that the whole range of Cadbury's products (which are of course marketed at children) are delicious and very eatable, wheras the majority of Hershey's product line tastes like crap.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

... Ghirardelli, Lindt, or even Toblerone ...

The only decent American chocolate in existence, plus two European varieties. We are nearly in violent agreement again.

Hershey's Special Dark was great when I was about 17. Nowadays it's all gritty and waxy. I'm not sure which has changed, the chocolate or me...

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

... Brit Boy ...

Them's fighting words, by the way. Andrew, aren't you some variety of Irish?

[gypsy0131.livejournal.com]

You could always have boxes of See's candy for Halloween. Sees falls into the category that S describes, small firm, etc. Worth getting. Love the white boxes it comes in. I recall knowing what each truffle was WITHOUT the benefit of a guide chart, which shows how I spent my youth.

I vote for the UK version of Cadbury Bournville over the Special DARK, if there is a vote here!

[stuartc.livejournal.com]

See's candy sounds good. how would you compare it to Thornton's? Your description makes then sound similar, and makes me want to eat good chocolate! :)

[gypsy0131.livejournal.com]

I like it better in general than Thorntons. Especially what they call "nuts and chews". Mary See. Look it up.

[scooterbird.livejournal.com]

I understand that there is actually decent chocolate made in Florida. It's comparable to Ghirardelli's, which is orgasm in convenient chocolate form, according to many. I've had their chocolate-covered pretzels, but I don't dig chocolate-covered pretzels by and large; it's that sweet/salty go-together that so many women do that I never got the hang of.