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  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,630 Member
    Is that a sign of the apocalypse?
  • MsElphaba
    MsElphaba Posts: 432 Member
    Does anyone else feel completely lost on this thread when life gets in the way and keeps you from checking in frequently?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    srazamora wrote: »
    AdahPotatah2024 wrote: »
    Didn't you choose the maple bar?!

    What’s taking @frankwbrown so long to respond? Doesn’t he realize @AdahPotatah2024 are over here waiting in suspense?
    Didn't I first have to finish my walk after finishing my donut(s)?
    Didn't I then have to finish an hour of water aerobics and an hour of strength/cardio, on account of the fact that I had both a maple bar and a chocolate bar? 😋😋😂


  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    Will the fact that I had two donuts around 6am this morning deter me from celebrating in some way the fact that today is National Chocolate Chip Day (in the US at least)?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,500 Member
    MsElphaba wrote: »
    Does anyone else feel completely lost on this thread when life gets in the way and keeps you from checking in frequently?

    Is that because you’re like me and feel the need to skim through the pages of new posts, @MsElphaba ? Can I be the first to welcome you back? 😊
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,500 Member
    frankwbrown wrote: »
    Will the fact that I had two donuts around 6am this morning deter me from celebrating in some way the fact that today is National Chocolate Chip Day (in the US at least)?

    Shouldn’t we all be able to come together for an international chocolate chip day?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,905 Member
    srazamora wrote: »
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Will you have a cup for me please?

    Are you taking a break from coffee, @cmsienk ? 😲
    Are you kidding? Wasn't I practically tied to my chair and unable to procure any coffee?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    edited May 16
    cmsienk wrote: »
    srazamora wrote: »
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Will you have a cup for me please?

    Are you taking a break from coffee, @cmsienk ? 😲
    Are you kidding? Wasn't I practically tied to my chair and unable to procure any coffee?

    Are you familiar with the CamelBak brand--among others--of hydration packs?
    While I wouldn't recommend putting hot coffee in a hydration pack, wouldn't iced coffee be fine?
    But did you know CamelBak--among others--also makes insulated coffee mugs/tumblers in 12, 16, 20 and 32 oz sizes?
    Wouldn't I go for the 32 oz size, just to be safe? 😂
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,275 Member
    Do you work for that company,sir?:D
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    Since Frank is retired doesn’t he have time to review and recommend items for us now? 😄
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,630 Member
    In that case, does Frank prefer chocolate CHIPS or chocolate CHUNKS in his cookies?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    edited May 16
    On the topic of chocolate chip cookies, isn't the question not whether to use chunks or chips, but rather what is the proper proportion of chocolate to dough?
    And isn't the answer to that question that there should be significant bits of.... dough... in the chocolate? 😋😂
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,630 Member
    Do you stick with milk chocolate, or branch off with dark- or white-chocolate?
  • Hoax89
    Hoax89 Posts: 221 Member
    edited May 16
    Does anyone else like their chocolate chip cookies with a bit of visible salt baked on top, or am I crazy?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,630 Member
    Interesting...salt is a flavor enhancer, but unsure how well that correlates to sweet flavors...caramel is often advertised as "salted"...could this be less crazy than it initially sounds?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,905 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Interesting...salt is a flavor enhancer, but unsure how well that correlates to sweet flavors...caramel is often advertised as "salted"...could this be less crazy than it initially sounds?
    Have you ever had chocolate covered pretzels? 😋
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    Or kettle corn?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Do you stick with milk chocolate, or branch off with dark- or white-chocolate?
    Don't my homemade chocolate chip cookies usually contain--in order of frequency, not necessarily preference--semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, sometimes a combination?
    Is there any reason a chocolate lover would choose white chocolate over any other kind?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    cmsienk wrote: »
    nossmf wrote: »
    Interesting...salt is a flavor enhancer, but unsure how well that correlates to sweet flavors...caramel is often advertised as "salted"...could this be less crazy than it initially sounds?
    Have you ever had chocolate covered pretzels? 😋
    Aren't those delicious?
    Have you ever combined chocolate stars with salted cashew nuts? 😋
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,500 Member
    Is it true that white chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,630 Member
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Have you ever had chocolate covered pretzels? 😋

    Don't I prefer soft salted pretzels, and cannot stand crunchy versions?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,630 Member
    srazamora wrote: »
    Is it true that white chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all?

    If by "not chocolate" you mean not made using the cocoa bean, then are you not correct?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    srazamora wrote: »
    Is it true that white chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all?
    If it's real white chocolate, isn't it everything chocolate except the cocoa powder, meaning it consists mainly of cocoa butter, sugar, etc. but no cocoa powder? But isn't it often the case that there's a fair amount of palm kernel oil or coconut oil replacing the cocoa butter? But isn't there also a "compound chocolate" that includes cocoa but again substitutes palm kernel oil/coconut oil for the cocoa butter? Isn't this comparable to using shortening instead of butter in butter cream frosting, only much much worse IMHO?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    edited May 18
    nossmf wrote: »
    srazamora wrote: »
    Is it true that white chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all?

    If by "not chocolate" you mean not made using the cocoa bean, then are you not correct?

    Doesn't true white chocolate require the cocoa butter that comes from the cocoa bean?
    (Didn't I once see--at a Ghirardelli booth at a chocolate festival--an explanation of the many stages of processing chocolate from the cacao pods to the beans to the nibs to the cocoa powder and cocoa butter, a process which includes fermentation, drying, roasting, nibs grinding, alkalization (optional), liquor pressing, cocoa grinding, and more?)
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  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,905 Member
    edited May 18
    frankwbrown wrote: »
    nossmf wrote: »
    srazamora wrote: »
    Is it true that white chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all?

    If by "not chocolate" you mean not made using the cocoa bean, then are you not correct?

    Doesn't true white chocolate require the cocoa butter that comes from the cocoa bean?
    (Didn't I once see--at a Ghirardelli booth at a chocolate festival--an explanation of the many stages of processing chocolate from the cacao pods to the beans to the nibs to the cocoa powder and cocoa butter, a process which includes fermentation, drying, roasting, nibs grinding, alkalization (optional), liquor pressing, cocoa grinding, and more?)
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    @frankwbrown, Aren't you a wealth of information about all things chocolate?

  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    edited May 18
    Is it true that our capacity for knowledge is limited?
    Could I have been an astrophysicist or mathematician but chose being a chocolate lover instead? 🤪😂
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,025 Member
    cmsienk wrote: »
    @frankwbrown, Aren't you a wealth of information about all things chocolate?
    I wonder, is that because I have an "inquiring mind", or because I have an addiction? 😂
  • STRAITBUGGIN
    STRAITBUGGIN Posts: 334 Member
    How’s everyone doing?
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,275 Member
    How are you? Did you drop in to learn a bit about chocolate? Why aren't there any courses I can take on chocolate/to become a chocolate expert?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,500 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Have you ever had chocolate covered pretzels? 😋

    Don't I prefer soft salted pretzels, and cannot stand crunchy versions?

    Aren’t pretzel bites even better than the usual 🥨?

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