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Discovered today at my local Booths Supermarket a 100% cocoa chocolate bar, the only listed ingredients cocoa and pure cocoa butter, made in France by Francois Pralus.It's not as bitter as I would have expected but quite smooth and definitely moreish. Just one big drawback the price at £3-62 for a 100g bar its going to be an occasional treat.

Graham
 
Hi Graham,

I'm not surprised it's expensive. This guy is one of the world's foremost chocolatiers - a winner of the two highest chocolate awards for excellence. I tried a bar of his chocolate a good few years ago in France (before I was diabetic) and it was around double the price of an equivalent bar of Suchard or Lindt even then. But what a taste. . . . . .
 
Hi Dennis,
Seeing I've just got a nice big cheque from the Inland Revenue I might just go and stock up before it disappears from the shelves :wink:

Cheers Graham
 
As I'm now a Senior Citizen (old fart) I think I'm entitled to a bit of recklessness now and then :lol:
 
You could dilute it a bit, the Co-Op just had a discount on the 85% bars so I have stocked up on a few

£1 for 100g is none too shabby
 
graham64 said:
Hi Dennis,
Seeing I've just got a nice big cheque from the Inland Revenue I might just go and stock up before it disappears from the shelves :wink:

Cheers Graham
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Hi Graham,

You're lucky - I had a letter last week from HMRC to tell me that I have underpaid my tax for 2007/8 by £0.01p!!! How much must it have cost them (i.e. us) to write and tell me that? But they have very generously said that I can carry it forward to next year, but they may charge interest on it!
 
I've just put my very low carb chocolate birthday cake (today) in the oven -

Revised amounts 30 March - it was too cocoa-y as originally posted

180 g finely chopped carrots
120 g soft cheese
40 g soft marge
2 eggs
sifted together:
120 g ground almonds (include if desired - wheat germ; oat bran; gram (pea) flour)
3-4 tabsp Splenda
15 g cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
mix well - if it sticks to the beaters, add a little water

butter the baking "tins"
mix well & bake at 190°C for 28-30 minutes.
I use a square silicone thingy
or a silicone loaf tin & 170°C 40-45 minutes

The mix tastes OK but I'll have to wait for it to cool. I shall halve it & fill with chocolate buttercream. Ice with Splenda sweetened soured cream.
 
Re: Chocolate you can inhale

Has anybody else seen this website http://www.lewhif.co.uk
It,s an inhaler that gives you the taste of chocolate. Apparently with zero calories in four different choccie flavoures, and claim to relieve the urge for a chcolate fix.
What seems most interesting is that the chocolate tasting particles remain in your .
What does anyone think?
 
I'd like to know how graham64 managed to get a refund from the Inland Revenue. Given a result as miraculous as that, he should be able cure all diabetics by merely thinking about their pancreases.
 
Thirsty said:
I'd like to know how graham64 managed to get a refund from the Inland Revenue. Given a result as miraculous as that, he should be able cure all diabetics by merely thinking about their pancreases.
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Hi Thirsty,
I neglected to say that last year I got another substantial cheque in respect of underpaid working tax credit 8) 8) 8) Also the tax refund was for the 2007/2008 tax year, I'm expecting a refund for 2008/2009 as well.
Please note begging letters will be binned :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Regards Graham
 
Just had this reply from The Chocolate Alchemist about their Dark Chocolate range of products.
http://www.thechocolatealchemist.co.uk

Hi Ken.

Our dark chocolate contains 73% cocoa solids, other than that it is just vanilla and sugar. The sugar content is approx 25% and then 2% vanilla.

Most diabetics find our dark chocolate fine in small quantities.

Calories are 546Kcal
Carbs 29.2%
Protein 7.9%
Total fat 43.2%
Sat. Fat 26.1%
Monosat fat 15.3%
Polyunsat fat 1.8%

Have tried some and it is delicious. Small quantities mind, no piggin' out. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Edited: 12.15pm today. Should also say per 100 gms. Use with caution. :D
 
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