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chocolate whore
Dec. 20th, 2006 11:40 amfrom someone's locked post:
What's Noka (Chocolate) Worth? (Its fanciest collection costs close to $2000 a pound)
So, Zarf gave me a Pralus Pyramide, a few months ago. After the first tiny initial tasting of all of them (which left me wired until nearly sunrise), I'd sometimes have a corner or so. But, even stacking the Pyramide in reach of where I usually sit in the living room didn't provoke massive consumption. Maybe I was holding onto it to do a formal tasting.
Eventually, when I realized I'd go after my inevitable* house stash of lower quality (and higher sugar) chocolate instead, I started heartlessly throwing individually wrapped bars into my tote. I pointedly took the reddest wrapper when I went to see the Mozart tribute (in Russian) at the Crazy Russian House, not because it's from Ecuador, but, because it was, er, Red. And I was hungry enough that I actually ate it. The ones I brought to work were respected as "in case of emergency, break tissue paper". Until I reasoned with myself that dark chocolate is arguably healthy, and pretty much nothing from either Keurig or Flavia can boast as much. This slow process had gotten me down to 4 bars.
While reading the long piece on Noka (which managed to convince me I'm not enough of a snob about chocolate) I managed to finish 2 more bars of the Pyramide (as Pralus kept losing taste tests to Amedei, although both consistently surpassed makers I find, at worst, excellent).
So... I probably can skip the coffee this morning.
I need to carefully avoid having my credit card near my net access to Chocosphere until I come down. Even if I succeed, I suspect there's some Amedei in my future.
* yes, Pretzel, inevitable. Even if I don't buy it, I get it as gifts. I am quite fond of peppermint bark style chocolates, which are typically only around for Kwaanzaanukamas-stice, I tend to stock up on minty chocolate right around now (The Most Fattening Time of the Year) with the vague intention of maybe having a peppermint party one of these years. Top that off with truffles from the family business (unopened), being present when![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jencallisto's friend Carolyn was giving out boxen of homemade truffles (devoured, yum), and... Zarf just brought me chocolate-dipped Sage and Thyme (spied at nervously as I type) and... STOP SINGING!!!!
What's Noka (Chocolate) Worth? (Its fanciest collection costs close to $2000 a pound)
So, Zarf gave me a Pralus Pyramide, a few months ago. After the first tiny initial tasting of all of them (which left me wired until nearly sunrise), I'd sometimes have a corner or so. But, even stacking the Pyramide in reach of where I usually sit in the living room didn't provoke massive consumption. Maybe I was holding onto it to do a formal tasting.
Eventually, when I realized I'd go after my inevitable* house stash of lower quality (and higher sugar) chocolate instead, I started heartlessly throwing individually wrapped bars into my tote. I pointedly took the reddest wrapper when I went to see the Mozart tribute (in Russian) at the Crazy Russian House, not because it's from Ecuador, but, because it was, er, Red. And I was hungry enough that I actually ate it. The ones I brought to work were respected as "in case of emergency, break tissue paper". Until I reasoned with myself that dark chocolate is arguably healthy, and pretty much nothing from either Keurig or Flavia can boast as much. This slow process had gotten me down to 4 bars.
While reading the long piece on Noka (which managed to convince me I'm not enough of a snob about chocolate) I managed to finish 2 more bars of the Pyramide (as Pralus kept losing taste tests to Amedei, although both consistently surpassed makers I find, at worst, excellent).
So... I probably can skip the coffee this morning.
I need to carefully avoid having my credit card near my net access to Chocosphere until I come down. Even if I succeed, I suspect there's some Amedei in my future.
* yes, Pretzel, inevitable. Even if I don't buy it, I get it as gifts. I am quite fond of peppermint bark style chocolates, which are typically only around for Kwaanzaanukamas-stice, I tend to stock up on minty chocolate right around now (The Most Fattening Time of the Year) with the vague intention of maybe having a peppermint party one of these years. Top that off with truffles from the family business (unopened), being present when
jencallisto's friend Carolyn was giving out boxen of homemade truffles (devoured, yum), and... Zarf just brought me chocolate-dipped Sage and Thyme (spied at nervously as I type) and... STOP SINGING!!!!
