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Couldn't resist! We fuss about China for a lot of things, but now chocolate  The article says they are discovering chocolate :p However, I don't think I could get use to eating it the way the Japanese do...containing foie gras...sell for 1,000 yen each  . Well at least for now, we are on break and not contributing to the possilbe shortage momentarily.  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C25689-2079799%2C00.html
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Well at least for now, we are on break and not contributing to the possilbe shortage momentarily. Hmmm! I don't know what you mean. I decided to have MORE chocolate for Lent. Good dark chocolate is a dairy-free food appropriate for Lent. Penance is hard! 
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Pani Rose - I'm Choccied to the core Well at least for now, we are on break and not contributing to the possilbe shortage momentarily I have not decided to deprive myself of my good very Dark Choccie for Lent - that really is a Latinisation :p This is the Great Fast and we can and do use good dark choccie as a food - well it contains no dairy so it's allowed , thank goodness . The Chinese and Japanese can just leave our Choccie alone. We need it , it's essential to our wellbeing. You are completely correct Charles
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Good Dark Chocolate can be considered divine and the food that God munches on.
Everyone baptized into Christ should pass progressively through all the stages of Christ's own life, for in baptism he receives the power so to progress, and through the commandments he can discover and learn how to accomplish such progression. - Saint Gregory of Sinai
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Oh! So Lenten Chocolates! I never thought of that. I shall study the list on the back of the packet more closely in future. To think they eat chocolate in heaven for ever....Of course you only get the best as well . When do the shops open next. ICXC NIKA
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Originally posted by Pavel Ivanovich: Oh! So Lenten Chocolates! I never thought of that. I shall study the list on the back of the packet more closely in future. To think they eat chocolate in heaven for ever....Of course you only get the best as well . When do the shops open next.
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NIKA Pavel How long have you been posting on Byzcath ?? By now you must have realised that we all know that really dark Chocolate contains NO dairy so it's fasting food
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Yes but...yes...but. I personally blame Pani Rose for all this chocolate talk and the monk is no better either . As I say to use the racing term...shall study the form on the back of the packet more closely. Anyone would think I swore...the speed Angela came back at me ICXC NIKA
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pavel Ivanovich: Yes but...yes...but. I personally blame Pani Rose for all this chocolate talk and the monk is no better either . As I say to use the racing term...shall study the form on the back of the packet more closely. Anyone would think I swore...the speed Angela came back at me
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If anyone feels truly penitential and in the mood for a fasting regimen of utter self-denial, I have some recipes for fresh lobster which do not require butter!
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Originally posted by incognitus:
If anyone feels truly penitential and in the mood for a fasting regimen of utter self-denial, I have some recipes for fresh lobster which do not require butter!
Incognitus Hmm - well now here is a real confession for this truly penitential season .... . . . . . . I've never tasted lobster It's a real luxury item over here 
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I enjoy Valrhona, Callebaut and El Rey chocolate.
El Rey is my favorite.
The pastry chefs at chef school preferred Valrhona (French) and El Rey (Venezuelan).
I've also had some excellent chocolate from Trader Joe's ... from Ecuador.
The darker the better.
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John,
In the states, one of the best chocolates I can find is Giardelli from San Francisco. It comes close to the Belgian chocolates that I love so much.
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Everyone baptized into Christ should pass progressively through all the stages of Christ's own life, for in baptism he receives the power so to progress, and through the commandments he can discover and learn how to accomplish such progression. - Saint Gregory of Sinai
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BEEN THERE! was very impressed. Yummy Chocs!  My reward for not having a heart attack on walking so far in San Fran with a back pack on. Tell me who was the idiot who put a city on some many mountains. What looked like 2 inches on the map took ages with all the ups and downs. After a few of those chocs all was fogotten. Very nice Greek taxi driver who was help and informative took me to where I was staying. They said you will not get a taxi I the street, well I did. I must have had that look by the time I arrived in the business centre from the Presidio. ICXC NIKA
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Regarding chocolates: I have tried Russian chocolates, courtesy of Russian friends and I have tried Japanese chocolates, courtesy of the Japanese food store in my neighborhood, and I must say that they are both very good, and alot less sweet than the more common American chocolates. Greek dark chocolate is literally and brandwise called 'Chocolate of Health', (Sokolata Hygeias) so I guess that says it most brilliantly, and in the end, says it all! Happy dark chocolate eating!  Alice
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Dear Alice,
DO stay healthy!
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