chocolate education
Calories vs. Flavor
May 31, 2009
Cruising around the internet looking for interesting news I ran into a headline of an article written by etiquette expert Jodi R.R. Smith. It read, "Diet no excuse for spitting out chewed chocolate."
Yikes! Who would spit out chocolate? I read on to discover that upon taking a piece of chocolate into her mouth, the woman in question chewed once and then spit out the chocolate into her napkin, apparently deciding in that moment that the chocolate, if fully consumed, would not be worth the calories.
Jodi, the Mannersmith, went on to explain, "For treats and sweets, you should taste them first and decide if they are worthy..." Then if they pass your taste test, go ahead and eat it, but if they do not, you can kindly refuse and not gross anyone out!
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Basic Chocolate Tasting
May 28, 2009
Today we're going to quickly explore a method for tasting chocolate. I'd like you to have two chocolate bars ready. These should both be milk chocolate bars or both dark chocolate bars. You can pick different brands or pick the same brand with different percentages of chocolate content. We want to make sure you'll taste sufficient differences.
Now that you have your chocolate ready, you'll need to pick an appropriate time and place to do the tasting. Well, I'm not really sure there's a bad time or place to eat chocolate, but some times and places are better than others to experience the best results.
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