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chocolate and a sacrificial toe

wiflib

wiflib

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If you felt the desire, you would be able to see me sacrifice a toe tomorrow for the most amazing chocolate I have ever tasted.
I have been low-carbing since diagnosis with fantastic success but tomorrow I wont be diabetic for 10 whole minutes.

The location? West Bridgford market in Nottingham
The time? 9am

If any of you lot live in the area, you'll recognise me as the one drooling on a bench in the park.

wiflib
 
What kind of chocolate is it then?

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The woman who makes it sources all her ingredients locally. She even grows much of it. It's all hand made and not the run of the mill stuff. My favourites are the salty caramels, basil, balsamic, and earl grey tea. Her Christmas flavours are out of this world.
She doesn't use any preservatives, so they all have to be eaten within two weeks (now thats a laugh!) and she does not add sugar as standard. For example, her orange chocolates have just those two ingredients. Have a guess.

She is always coming up with different flavours and the ganache she makes is divine.
Sorry to bang on, I'm a real foodie and when I first tasted her chocolates, I shouted out loud. In a food show, much to my daughters surprise.

I don't want to blatantly advertise in case folks here think I've something to do with her, so if any of you would like the name, feel free to PM me.
 
See you there then sue!

wiflib

ps get there early, the farmers market is so good, it sells out quickly. Market shuts at about 12.30.
 
I'm hemmed in in Reading by 50,000 Festivalers. They take over the whole town every year. Traffic's blocked by people wandering about during the day, wearing flowery wellies and carrying cases of beer cans.
 
Hi all.
Been off-line for a few days due to frustration.

Anyhoo, I bought my chocolate and ate it. The salty caramels, soft and warm to the tongue, the buttery, soft honeycomb, rhubarb ganache, sweetened in orange juice, not sugar, and balsamic vinegar ganache. She gave me a taste of the apple and west country cider, perfect. I absolutely and completely loved eating them, the first chocolates in 4 months. But there was a downside. I ran out of test strips the day before and I guess I was pleased I couldn't prove to myself how much damage I was doing. I needent have bothered. I felt very odd. Tired, vaguely nauseous, irritable, tearful and after a trip to the local sainsbugs for a few things, was rude to a shop assistant, kept dropping things, and drove home like a woman possessed!

No more chocolate for me then.

Moderators, are you happy for me to post a link to the woman who makes the chocs?

wiflib
 
Sounds like you had quite a lot of the stuff and your body couldn't cope with too much too soon. Mind you, if someone showed me where to get sweeties that I thought, rightly or wrongly couldn't hurt me then I would probably pig right out
 
Have you thought of trying high percentage chocolates?

We particularly like the Lindt 85% dark choc, only 19g of carbs per 100g.
I also love for a treat to buy from the chocolate trading co...
http://www.chocolatetradingco.co.uk

They sell excellent high percentage cocoa chocolates, definitly worth trying if you can't give up the good stuff!!!
 
Hi Nic
Thanks for that. I do have the odd square of 70%, Lindt usually. That and some macademias. Heaven.

The thing about the chocolate I mentioned in a previous post is that it is devine. I know I'm probably breaking the rules but chocolateconfetti.co.uk is where you'll find them. She only sells in food fayres and farmers markets because they have such a short shelf life.

In fact, she's in Market Bosworth on Sunday. I feel a trip to the country coming on.......

wiflib
 
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