Borderline Chocolate Experience

[Tammy Rizzo]

Alshain wrote:

> Does anyone know if the Aztecs had a deity of chocolate and if he/she
> has a temple where I can present burnt offerings? 
> 
> Nirvana was never this close. Today I used the last of a gift 
> certificate (belated birthday present last year) on 85 % and 99 %
> cocoa content chocolate bars (not an affiliate of the Swiss company
> that makes it.) I wouldn't be surprised if the mere sight of the stuff
> scares avay Dementors. Milk chocolate is for children. :-)
> 
> Oddly enough the one with LESS cocoa solids feels MORE bitter in the
> mouth. I wonder if it is the higher sugar content that accentuates it.
> 
> Just had to share.
> 
> Alshain, on an endorphine high.

OOOH!  OOOH!  What's the stuff called?!  I have GOT to try to lay hands on THAT!  
GOOOOD chocolate, like that must be, is actually a fabulous diet food for women.  Yes, 
really!  See, the milk chocolate (and you're right, it *is* for kids!) has a VERY low level of -- 
oh, what's it called -- YOU know what I'm looking for, right?  That chemical that makes you 
go all happy and buzzed?  Anyway, you gotta eat a LOT of milk chocolate to get anywhere 
NEAR that satisfaction level.  But with dark chocolate, and the higher quality it is, the better, 
there's more of that chemical.  It's more concentrated.  As a result, you don't need as much 
chocolate to get that wonderful feeling, so you don't eat as much, and dark chocolate is 
usually much lower in sugar and therefore lower in calories.

What, you don't believe me that chocolate is a diet food?  Back when I weighed 265lbs, I 
could eat a whole two pound bag of M&Ms and feel sick to my stomach afterward, but still 
want more chocolate.  Two whole POUNDS of M&Ms.  Plain, not peanut.  That's a lot of 
chocolate, but it wasn't *enough* -- it didn't satisfy me or my chocolate cravings.  Then I 
discovered a chocolate product that turned everything around for me.  This stuff was real 
chocolate, nothing artificial, with a relatively high percentage of 'cocoa mass'.  It came in 
little sticks, about a quarter-inch in diameter, and about 2 1/2 inches long, made of dark 
chocolate, with a cappucino filling.  These little thingies had all of 20 calories per stick, with 
one serving being 11 sticks.  They were so rich, though, that TWO STICKS (40 whole 
calories) would satisfy my chocolate cravings, like two whole POUNDS of M&Ms couldn't!  
On a *REALLY* bad day, I might go for five whole sticks.  Ooooh.  At $3 for a box of 22 
sticks, it was a lot cheaper than M&Ms, too!  Sadly, after shedding 40 pounds with the help 
of these little wonders, the grocery store I got them from quit carrying them. In fact, 
NOBODY seems to carry them anymore, and I don't even remember what they were called. 
WAAAAAAHHH!!!!  It took me nine months to drop 40 pounds with these chocolate sticks, 
and it's taken me five years to drop another 40 pounds without them.  So, I *NEEEEED* 
something to replace them!  Something with a high cocoa mass content!  LIke what YOU 
got!

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Tammy
ms-tamany at rcn.com