I was at a friend's house, and grabbed a chocolate square.
As I was chewing happily, I was informed that there were rules for this chocolate, and I had to follow them. Sure enough, on the back of the box was this...
These are the simple rules for a correct dark chocolate tasting:
1 - Warm up the chocolate in your hand without unwrapping it; cold chocolate cannot express itself.
2 - Unwrap the chocolate and observe it carefully; it must have no spots or imperfections and its color must be all alike. With it's shininess it is a pleasure for the eyes as well.
3 - Hold the dark chocolate square between your fingers and smell it; the dark chocolate squares intense fragrance is the second gift your senses will enjoy.
4 - The ritual wants that you keep the square at the center of the tongue, intact, while encountering the palate until the dark chocolate square melts, slowly.
5 - The chocolate becomes supple, while the wide variety of flavors expands itself. In silence the sensations will redouble theirselves: you will savor the strength first, then the variations, finally the persistent aftertaste.
6 - Now that it's almost all gone, you will be able to tell what a real pleasure it all was.
7 - At this point you can start all over again. Enjoy the dark chocolate squares!
Who knew?
Uh, every woman on Earth?
Quote from: "Paula"Uh, every woman on Earth?
oh. OK
I didn't know any of that. I just eat the thing. Of course, it's quite the treat for me since I'm lactose intolerant. I have chocolate maybe once a month at most, so it's ALWAYS a treat no matter how slow or quick I eat it.
Pfft.
I'm a girl and I don't do any of that stuff. I pop the chocolate in and chew and swallow and I enjoy it plenty while doing so.
Quote from: "Amanda"Pfft.
I'm a girl and I don't do any of that stuff. I pop the chocolate in and chew and swallow and I enjoy it plenty while doing so.
I'm just reporting what was on the box (and their website)
Quote from: "Amanda"Pfft.
I'm a girl and I don't do any of that stuff. I pop the chocolate in and chew and swallow and I enjoy it plenty while doing so.
Quite right, Amanda. That way we're ready to grab the next piece waaay before we would be doing that long, drawn out savouring process.
:)
Uh-uh. The more you pay for the chocolate, the longer it better take to eat it! :D
You don't have to savor a herseys bar, but no chowing down godiva or for gods sake anything better!
It's an offense against the chocolate gods!
If you want real chocolate rules, try here! (http://www.virtualchocolate.com/quotes.cfm)
For example:
The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
Hmm. . . I know I have some chocolate in the kitchen.
*wanders away*
Quote from: "Mikel"2 - Unwrap the chocolate and observe it carefully; it must have no spots or imperfections and its color must be all alike. With it's shininess it is a pleasure for the eyes as well.
This one is just totally not true! If chocolate is not kept at a constant room temperature it can discolor and become kind of "cloudy." However, that is not an indication that it has gone bad! :bounce:
Quote from: "Bree"Uh-uh. The more you pay for the chocolate, the longer it better take to eat it! :D
You don't have to savor a herseys bar, but no chowing down godiva or for gods sake anything better!
It's an offense against the chocolate gods!
Ah, but as I will only ever pay so much for chocolate, that's not such a concern. *G*
Quote from: "vix"
For example:
The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
*giggles* That. Is. AWESOME!
Quote from: "Bree"Uh-uh. The more you pay for the chocolate, the longer it better take to eat it! :D
You don't have to savor a herseys bar, but no chowing down godiva or for gods sake anything better!
It's an offense against the chocolate gods!
AMEN!!!
That reminds me...I have a HUGE box of Godiva I got for Valentines Day with pieces still in it!!!