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Skriven 2010-12-07 01:57:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 GJ> ago.  Most of the cocao beans, like the excellent coffee, go to
 GJ> Germany for processing.  According to Grolier, you lot only come in
 GJ> tenth in the world for chocolate consumption, at 4.5 kg per annum, far
 GJ> behind the Swiss leaders, who chomp on 9.5 kg per person per year.

And this matters why?

 GJ> My late wife told me that as a child in the Visayas region of the
 GJ> Philippines, her mother used to prepare blocks of dark chocolate from
 GJ> the cacao beans to sustain them on the journey whenever they visited
 GJ> her granny in the mountains.

That awful chocky is abundantly stimulant, and I'm not surprised.

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 GJ> My dentist agrees with me about saliva cleansing function.  I recall
 GJ> from years ago that after an extraction I was told to avoid alcohol,

Avoid alcohol?

 GJ> I would have expected the roots of all your juvenile teeth to have
 GJ> been resorbed.  Did you get anything from the tooth fairy?  Why did

If you had read carefully, you'd have realized that I wasn't
talking about roots but the body of the thing.

 GJ> the mature tooth leave?  What did you do to upset it?

You hadn't read that carefully, either, though I don't expect
that you prize my writings above pearls.

 ML> On the other hand, my abscesses have been at gumline or near -
 ML> easy to medicate with Courvoisier.
 GJ> I have found OP rum to be even more effective as a combined topical
 GJ> and internal medication.

OP isn't necessary and is more corrosive (not in the metallurgical
sense, you silly thing) than UP - and further Courvoisier, mediocre
though it is, tastes better than any OP rum I've encountered.

 ML> But much slower. I'm not sure, also, that the Romans sent their
 ML> first team to Britain.
 GJ> The less successful generals were probably sent to Britain as
 GJ> punishment.

The less successful architects, too.
 
 ML> Now there's the abomination. If you want to thicken such a sauce,
 ML> you cook it down. Adding flour makes it taste as if it came out
 ML> of a can or an elementary school cafeteria.
 GJ> I suppose it could be cooked as a roux.  I sometimes thicken with
 GJ> powdered coconut cream.

Now there's an idea, coconut powder in spaghetti sauce. [retch]

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.04

      Title: Mocha Ice Cream Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Alcohol, Chocolate, Ice cream
   Servings:  8

      3 oz Ladyfingers                       1/2 c  Coffee flavored liqueur
    1/2 ga Coffee ice cream; softened          6    Toffee bars; crushed
      1 qt Chocolate ice cream; soften              Chocolate sauce
      2 tb Instant coffee granules             1 c  Heavy cream; whipped

  Line ladyfingers around side of 9" springform pan. Mix softened ice creams
  together. Add coffee granules, liqueur and crushed toffee bars. Pour into
  springform pan. Spread a thin layer of chocolate sauce on top. Freeze.
  Before serving, spread cake with whipped cream. Do not let this cake
  defrost before serving. Serve immediatly upon removing from freezer.

  Source unknown

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