The Chocolate Thread

“Hey div! Good to see ya!”

“Hugs....thanks....been sorta busy ;)

and can't backpack just yet......”

“I love dark chocolate. I don't need a lot. Just a taste after lunch and dinner.



And, as you said .. .I do NOT like milk chocolate .. .I never touch the stuff.


Its gotten so bad that I don't like dark chocolate that has too much milk product in it.

For instance, Hershey's special dark. that used to be my chocolate .. . but its not pure enough any more.


The only Godiva I really like is their little dark demitasse squares. They are super dark and just he right size.


Don't get the ghiardelli candy bar sized '
dark" chocolate, or the dark chocolate squares in colored foil wrappers . ..they arn't dark enough.


Don't get eh godiva dark chocolate bar either .. ..it isn't as dark asthe demitasse I mentioned.


Lindt has a pretty good 76% bar.

Dagoba can be okay. but it is fairly dusty and without a lot of taste. Just kind of bland and dry.”

“lee - I'll bet you like dark beer too?

Dark choc and dark beer are too bitter for me. For some reason I like the idea of dark beer, but just can't drink it.”

““I love dark chocolate tobblerone bars. YUMMMM."

Me too! Can't find them anywhere, though!”

“dayhiker .. .

I like medium beers. Newcastle brown, Bass Ale, Harpoon IPA

I like stouts . .but they fill me up. Murphy is actaully quite sweet.”

“Godiva:


This is the one I was talking about:


last edited: 3/30/05 3:03:24 PM”

“This is what I am having a small piece of right now.

I always have one at my desk. it lasts about two weeks.


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“Constipation

If a person becomes constipated (difficult bowel movements with hard stools), the retention of stool and discomfort can be severe. The greatest contributing factors to constipation are improper diet, dehydration, and lack of exercise. During outdoor activities, take care to drink fluids at regular intervals. In addition, sufficient fiber (bran, whole-grain cereals, vegetables, fruits) must be maintained in the diet. The “city backpacker” diet of chocolate bars, peanuts, and cheese sandwiches will turn the most irascible bowels into mortar. Regular, preemptive doses of a stool softener such as docusate sodium (Colace), or a bulking agent such as psyllium seed hydrophilic mucilloid (Metamucil), must be ingested with at least two glasses of water in order to be effective.

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“Snow Nymph, I actually have found Dark Toberlones at REI of all places. Usually get them at the neat little market across the street. They have all sorts of incredibly delicious stuff. I wish I could be a daily shopper, just pop in there and pick up whatever I feel like having for dinner.”

“Lee, TWO WEEKS?!?!!? You are strong.


All this talk of chocolate makes me think I'm going to make fudgy chocolate brownies for my weekend hike. Yep, that's what I'll do. That will travel well in a pack.”

“Sometime 3.

Here's the math.


It has 8 sections that go across the bar.

I have half a section after lunch.


So the bar SHOULD last 16 work days.


that it only lasts for two weeks or so . .is . .. is .. ..is because it doesn't always break evenly . . .and one must clean up the uneven pieces. . . . .”

“I'd break the bar into some nice neat pieces as well. Half for breakfast and half for dessert after breakfast. lol”

“I had a dream about those liquor filled chocolate covered cherries I had in Belgium. Torturous. *sigh*”

“Are those Beligies sure make some good chocolate. Not sure what else they do, but they do chocolate well.”

“hey, Violin already covered this chocolate business with his poop for peace thread”

“y2,
They made damn fine beer and I love that lambic stuff! Mmmm!
And they have fantastic mussels too! They rock! Oh! And french fries and waffles. I'd be so fat if I lived there.”

“lol - but you'd be biking and walking everywhere. Not any mountains though. I do love Mussles and Frites. There's a Belgian restaurant openned on Capitol Hill, come on over tomorrow ;o)”

“What's with you boys inviting me to dinner in locations I can't get to? You are all a bunch of teases! LOL!”

“hey c'mon, get a cheap flight and make a weekend of it. :o)
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“Sigh - Well don't say I didn't ask.”

“Kinda makes one wonder what was in that post before Y2 edited it, LOL....”

“snown nymph, I think you have to stay in a hotel to find tobblerone in their stash of snacks they leave for you to buy:) I always see them there.

I have seen them in better grocery food stores too. I've never had one though.”

“Dark Chocolate rules and I want some NOW!!!

Oh...If I don't have dark chocolate...ya know what else I like?
http://www.virtualitalia.com/recipes/nutella.shtml

Not sure why..it's not dark, but that stuff is good!! On warm fresh french bread. yummy!”

“I still don't get the whole Nutella thing.”

“Nutella is immorally tasty.”

“Nutella is wonderful stuff, must get some more.”

“a quote from the nutella network....

Real Men Eat Nutella”

“you don't understand Carlette...once you tried Nutella you are hooked forever.”

“Real men eat whatever the hell they want to and don't give a #&%!$ ;o)
I happen to like quiche too.”

“she's not even tried it Gem.
I guess it's different growing up in europe?”

“mmm, chocolate...i had a dream last night that i got one of those Drumstick chocolate ice cream thingies. it was soooo good...although i even felt guilty about it in my dream. which i don't really think is fair!”

“damn y2 don't get your nutellas in a wad...lol
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“Y2...we'll get them hooked. I don't see a problem.

Currahee knows Nutella!! He's hooked!

Heck no dreams in which you feel guilty are not fair. final straw would be if we would gain weight in them too.”

“lol Carlette, I think I'm gonna be ok ;op
Lot's of options of things to do with nutella if you warm it up a bit.”

“Lyra, if you're going to feel guilty about it you may as well go out and buy one.”

“word up, Gemini!

well it wasn't guilt exactly, more like a feeling of impending doom b/c eating sweet stuff always makes me feel like crapola afterwards...oh the humanity!”

“i would go for some Nutella now though, never had it...”

“hey...u got to see the healthy in Nutella..
it got 9% iron
4% calcium and 2 g Protein.

LMAO

and most of all IT'S GOOOOOODDDDDD!!!
ingore the sugar and fat conents. You must ignore!

Lyra...know whatcha mean!”

“Nutella is good. The it alsmo makes your a$$ and thighs spread too.”

“you don't think it will make me less of a man, do you?”

““you don't understand Carlette...once you tried Nutella you are hooked forever.”
Gemini
2:35:57 PM
4/25/05

Gemini, you're nut!!!
So what else is new?

“Real men eat whatever the hell they want to and don't give a #&%!$ ;o)
I happen to like quiche too.”
y2
2:36:27 PM
4/25/05

I like French bleu cheese!!
Tastes like...........”

“...what, smelly feet?”

“(It's located between the big toes, aero.)”

“ahhh...”

“i think i'd rather eat a smelly foot than blue cheese.”

“Dreaming of Drumsticks, lyra? Hope you didn't drool on your pillow!”

“lyra, you should drop and do 30 push-ups just for dreamin' about eatin' that junk!!”