Why is expensive belgian chocolate so damn good?

[JohnKleeb]

My aunt gave me a piece today and I loved it, it was good, and I want more!

[Left Is Write]

1. Because it's expensive Belgian chocolate.

[JohnKleeb]

2. I thought so

I didnt even get to have it with milk.

[Shakespeare]

26. LOL--that's exactly what I was going to say!

My thoughts exactly, word for word.

[mitchtv]

3. young nubile belgians

warm them with their thighs

[JohnKleeb]

5. oh I thought it was they just knew how to make food really good

[AwakeAtLast]

4. Give me a piece and I will tell you.

:evilgrin:

Never too late for chocolate! :9

[JohnKleeb]

6. My aunt lives on the other side of hte county

:cry: and I cant drive.

[mitchtv]

7. I just had 2 See's dark chocolates

beats Hershey's.

[JohnKleeb]

8. Oh yeah

lucky

[Tsiyu]

19. See's is the exception to the crappy US chocolate

Good stuff. Share?

[mitchtv]

24. Joseph Schmidt in SF, also exceptional

I always share

[Tsiyu]

9. Europe takes its chocolate VERY seriously

Every chocoholic country has very strict laws about what goes into their confections. Unlike us in the US who eat anything with enough marketing behind it.


The best chocolate is the Droste kind, methinks. From the Netherlands.

But Belgian chocolate runs a close second. (PMS'ing women KNOW these things.)

[JohnKleeb]

10. its damn good

[phaseolus]

17. Yes, Droste is good...

I bought a bunch of their 'pastilles', about 60 round disks packed in 2 ft long tubes in the Amsterdam airport last summer. I really enjoyed it, it had a light taste like good Dutch cocoa.

Everyone needs several different kinds of good chocolate hangin' around the house, it's fun to compare flavors.

[Tsiyu]

18. Yes, our local bakery sold those at Christmas last year

and I got to munch on them while I baked. Oh yeah. Perfect size.

My favorite chocolate memory is picking up fine chocolate and oranges from a grocery in London, then munching the two together driving through "the Moors" listening to ZZTop.

Life gets no better.

And Kleeb? It's DAMN good. You are so right....

[phaseolus]

11. Because most American chocolate really sucks

...although Godiva, which is made in USA by a division of Campbell Soup of all people, is quite good. Better be, for $30/lb.

A nice fringe benefit of my job, which entails lots of travel to Campbell's factories, is that I can shop in their 'company stores'. They sell 2 lb. bags of factory surplus Godiva stuff for $4.00. It's been jostled around a little but it sure tastes good.

If you're near a gourmet store or upscale grocer, check out their chocolate section. Valrhona is very good, and I'm starting to really love the dark Santander bars from Colombia. Dunno what they put in those bars, they're addictive...

[JohnKleeb]

13. Ive had godiva a few times, not bad

[WillyT]

12. I've Been Munchin On Some Ecuadorian Chocolate As Of Late !!!

Gettin it at Trader Joe's at the check out stand.

Mmmmmm...Mmmmmmm... good!!!

:bounce:

[JohnKleeb]

14. mmmmmmm

[LiberalFighter]

15. Better ingredients?

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. Because it is?

:9

[meisje]

20. One year, we brought back 35 pounds of it stuffed in our suit case

mmmmmmmmmm

[JohnKleeb]

25. hot damn

[tishaLA]

21. Belgium does three things better than any other nation

1. French Fries (with a great mayo for dipping)
2. Beer
3. Chocolate

The sooner you learn this truth, the happier your life will be.

[movie_girl99]

23. OMG mayo on FF is heaven!! n/t

[Hand]

22. Insh'Allah... nt