Everybody wants a box of chocolates
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ventaOK, I want opinions on chocolate.
Now, as previously discussed with some of you, I'm not an enormous fan of chocolate. Sure, I like it, but I don't really hold it in the kind of reverence that many do. It's a niceish, sweet tasting thing - sadly not the extreme sensual experience which some people seem to find it (and do they really, or are they just exaggerating ?)
So, what I want to know: how much chocolate is too much ? How many people actually don't think there is such a thing as too much ? People who are allergic/intolerant to chocolate (hello, half my family) are a different case. Would anyone seriously claim to be addicted to chocolate ?
For reference, I've eaten a Tw*x and two Cadbury's Roses in the last hour, and am now feeling distinctly queasy about the whole experience. Should have stopped after the Tw*x, really, but when someone hands anything edible round I eat some on reflex.
Update: is there any mileage in the idea that extreme dedication to the eating of chocolate is a female thing ? A quick mental survey of blokes of my acquaintance suggests "no", but some people seem to believe it quite firmly.
Now, as previously discussed with some of you, I'm not an enormous fan of chocolate. Sure, I like it, but I don't really hold it in the kind of reverence that many do. It's a niceish, sweet tasting thing - sadly not the extreme sensual experience which some people seem to find it (and do they really, or are they just exaggerating ?)
So, what I want to know: how much chocolate is too much ? How many people actually don't think there is such a thing as too much ? People who are allergic/intolerant to chocolate (hello, half my family) are a different case. Would anyone seriously claim to be addicted to chocolate ?
For reference, I've eaten a Tw*x and two Cadbury's Roses in the last hour, and am now feeling distinctly queasy about the whole experience. Should have stopped after the Tw*x, really, but when someone hands anything edible round I eat some on reflex.
Update: is there any mileage in the idea that extreme dedication to the eating of chocolate is a female thing ? A quick mental survey of blokes of my acquaintance suggests "no", but some people seem to believe it quite firmly.
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Chocolate
Addiction ? Let's put it this way, I'd be very irritable if I had to spend a week without chocolate. That and I'd find it much harder to concentrate on writing pooter programs. Whether this counts as addiction I leave to the experts.
How much is too much ? For me it's all based on how much sugar I can handle at once. So if I'm being very physically active (which is not often these days) I could happily get through 200g of Bournville and a few boxes of Smarties (out of a party bag) in an afternoon. When very sleepy and inactive I'm often not in the mood for huge amounts of sugar, so might not get through more than a few strips of Green & Black's in a day.
(Also - Green & Black's is expensive, so I'm much more likely to limit how much of it I eat on that basis !)
The kind of chocolate I get through fastest is those milk chocolate bars with rice crispies in. I've never known one last two full days. It's a good thing they don't sell 500g bars of those.