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ladyofastolatSomeone from work has just come back from a long holiday in America. She brought chocolate back with her for us to eat. All I can say is, poor Americans! How on earth do they cope when their chocolate is so yucky?*
And why is it so different from our chocolate? What makes it taste so different?
* EDIT: IMHO
And why is it so different from our chocolate? What makes it taste so different?
* EDIT: IMHO
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:58 pm (UTC)Lots of European countries think British chocolate is crap though, I wonder how much of it is to do with what you get used to?
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Date: 2006-10-05 05:12 pm (UTC)Which reminds me: After much debate of leave, weekends, diaries etc, Pellinor and I have finally decided that we'd like to pop up to that Good Food Show, even though we're probably too late to get booked onto the fun tastings and demonstrations. (Pellinor was especially interested in Great British Beer Experience.) I need to know what hotel you're all staying in, so we can see if we can get booked in.
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Date: 2006-10-06 05:15 pm (UTC)I'll email you the details of the hotel tonight.
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Date: 2006-10-05 05:21 pm (UTC)I have never understood why people here have such a reaction to Hershey bars but uncomplainingly eat Cadbury's and Galaxy. I know they taste quite different - maybe my taste is the way it is because Hershey's was the first chocolate I ever had, and then a rare treat after we moved to Italy. You get the same "eeew" reaction to root beer, though it isn't so very different from dandelion & burdock.
That said, Hershey Kisses and Reese's peanut butter cups are the only chocolate I've eaten in the US for a decade or so. The other chocolate might easily be vile, and I wouldn't know.
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Date: 2006-10-05 05:29 pm (UTC)I'd never drunk Dandelion and Burdock until a few weeks ago. I had a sip, and said, "this is just like root beer." But, then, I disliked both of them. I think they taste just like Germalene ointment.
And - ooh! - scary icon. Please don't shoot me. I'll stop saying mean things about your chocolate ;-)
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Date: 2006-10-05 09:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-06 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-05 10:22 pm (UTC)Anyway, the more British people hate Hersheys, the more there is for me if it turns up this side of the Atlantic ;-)
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Date: 2006-11-03 10:11 pm (UTC)*shudders*
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Date: 2006-10-05 07:05 pm (UTC)Hershey has a higher sugar content and low cocao,cream content to make it more affordable to the poor. Which is their mission statement.
See's Chocolate is about the best American chocolate.
I only like a few items of Cadbury's, Godiva is my favourite brand.
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Date: 2006-10-05 09:58 pm (UTC)When I feel like splurging though, I get Cadbury's. Because it is far better than Hershey's.
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Date: 2006-10-05 10:02 pm (UTC)I do freely admit though that when I want to splurge, I buy Cadbury's. It is far superior to Hershey's chocolate.
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Date: 2006-10-05 10:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-05 10:09 pm (UTC)I thought you'd sympathise, what with your little addiction to Jaffa Cakes and Magnums... ;-)
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Date: 2006-10-05 10:10 pm (UTC)*drools*
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Date: 2006-10-05 10:10 pm (UTC)I'm sure you replied to that before I even wrote it.
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Date: 2006-10-05 10:12 pm (UTC)*whistles innocently*
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Date: 2006-10-05 11:16 pm (UTC)That said, I do love Hershey's Kisses, maybe just because they're less offensive because they're bite-sized, or maybe because a plastic candy cane full of them is always one of my st0cking gifts on Christmas. Sentimentalism counts for a lot in my world : )
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Date: 2006-10-09 04:22 pm (UTC)However, as a Yank, I will say that the cheap chocolate is indeed what you pay for. I'm not keen on See's myself, as it makes my teeth hurt. I tend to like Belgian chocolates and Nutella/gianduja. There are indeed some lovely chocolates made in small batches which are wonderful to try. Giardhelli (ok, so I can't remember the spelling of it) has some higher quality bars with inclusions that are quite nice.
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Date: 2006-10-09 04:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-09 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-09 10:52 pm (UTC)I've never been a huge fan of Green & Black's (which is owned by Cadbury's). The Maya Gold stuff is quite nice though. The best milk chocolate I've had is Lindt (available from all good supermarkets and , strangely, garden centres).
The best plain chocolate I've had is somewhat rarer in the UK - Valrhona.
The best chocolates (as in 'a box of chocolates') I've had would be Godiva, although Leonidas are also good. Both are Brussels chocolatiers.
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Date: 2006-10-10 06:39 am (UTC)I did once have a box of Thornton's ultra-posh range, though, which I liked.
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Date: 2006-11-03 10:19 pm (UTC)The Australian milk tastes different too. I dislike it more than I dislike British milk; I'm not keen on milk at the best of times. Semi-skimmed milk is vile! Skimmed is better if one has to have tampered with milk.