Ahhhhhh English chocolate [Archive]

R650R

21st April 2014, 20:42

im still mildly baffled how nailing a jew to a couple of planks equates to an outsized rabbit laying chocolate eggs.

I think you'd be laying chocolate eggs pretty quick if an angry mob was about to nail you o the cross!

Yep English choccy not bad alright...

http://www.logictivity.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Yorkie-Chocolate-Not-for-girls-Jonar-Nader.jpg

awa355

21st April 2014, 21:09

im still mildly baffled how nailing a jew to a couple of planks equates to an outsized rabbit laying chocolate eggs.

Geeezus cherist,!! the fucking rabbit only delivers the bloody eggs, :nya: Rabbits cant lay eggs, everyone knows that. :doh:

Swoop

21st April 2014, 21:34

im still mildly baffled how nailing a jew to a couple of planks equates to an outsized rabbit laying chocolate eggs.

It makes perfect sense to a happy-clapper.

+1 for the fact that Australian "chocolate" is poo. They tend to do "carob" instead.:puke:

(Hopefully they have a few artisan chocolatiers who keep the good stuff going!)

pzkpfw

21st April 2014, 21:46

Most English chocolate I've ever had is total crap, as it's been well intended Christmas chocolate that usually seems to have been stored somewhere hot, since two Christmasses ago,

mashman

21st April 2014, 22:38

Most English chocolate I've ever had is total crap, as it's been well intended Christmas chocolate that usually seems to have been stored somewhere hot, since two Christmasses ago,

:laugh: that storage issue might have something to do with it. It never lasts long enough at our place as the kids and the missus demolish it when I'm not around.... bastards.

avgas

22nd April 2014, 08:22

I dunno about English chocolate. But American really is SHIT.

I got someone to score me some creameggs so at least I had something slightly reasonable.

I miss whittakers.

Robbo

22nd April 2014, 08:29

im still mildly baffled how nailing a jew to a couple of planks equates to an outsized rabbit laying chocolate eggs.

They were obviously smoking some pretty good shit back then with mind boggling trips. :niceone:

HenryDorsetCase

22nd April 2014, 12:15

I dislike most chocolate because they use too much sugar. Darker = better.

mashman

22nd April 2014, 12:26

I dislike most chocolate because they use too much sugar. Darker = better.

Racist........

Ulsterkiwi

22nd April 2014, 12:27

im still mildly baffled how nailing a jew to a couple of planks equates to an outsized rabbit laying chocolate eggs.

Early Christians used the existing pagan events and celebrations over the year and christianised them, twas all part of appealing to the new clients. Easter is not when Jesus was killed but it was the time of year when the festival of Astrid (sp?) occurred from which we get our modern word "Easter" Her symbol was a hare (the bunny) and the festival was about spring/new life/new birth and was represented by eggs, a sign of fertility and new life. So, in dem olden dayz they took the ideas shook it up a bit and hey presto! 'muricans made it commercial rather than religious.

Similar for Xmas etc etc etc......

Akzle

22nd April 2014, 19:29

Early Christians used the existing pagan events and celebrations over the year and christianised them, twas all part of appealing to the new clients. Easter is not when Jesus was killed but it was the time of year when the festival of Astrid (sp?) occurred from which we get our modern word "Easter" Her symbol was a hare (the bunny) and the festival was about spring/new life/new birth and was represented by eggs, a sign of fertility and new life. So, in dem olden dayz they took the ideas shook it up a bit and hey presto! 'muricans made it commercial rather than religious.

Similar for Xmas etc etc etc......

i did have half an idea of that. But thanks for the knowing.
I would bling everyone else but jantard has me on lockdown. Still.

Akzle

22nd April 2014, 19:31

I dislike most chocolate because they use too much sugar. Darker = better.

fucking oats.

Cadbury= vomshit.

rapid van cleef

22nd April 2014, 20:08

HenryDorsetCase

22nd April 2014, 20:25

Terrys chocolate orange excepted

husaberg

22nd April 2014, 20:26

A friends wife comes from somewhere in the UK Slough (i think) the whole place allegedly reeks of Mars Bars........
When i comes up, i always mention that i thought she came from Essex..........Weird that she actually never finds it funny:innocent:

Akzle

22nd April 2014, 21:31

Weird that she actually never finds it funny:innocent:

probably because its not. Like half the shit you post.

husaberg

22nd April 2014, 21:36

probably because its not. Like half the shit you post.

Yes Benji was a bit hard done by, I agree he needed more game time..............

Berries

22nd April 2014, 23:06

When i comes up, i always mention that i thought she came from Essex..........Weird that she actually never finds it funny:innocent:
Next time ask her if she is from Grimsby and see how that goes down.

mashman

22nd April 2014, 23:09

Next time ask her if she is from Grimsby and see how that goes down.

Fuckin Revels... the only chocolate you can share with yer mates coz none of you likes all of them.

Berries

22nd April 2014, 23:11

You sound like a Malteser kind of girl.

mashman

22nd April 2014, 23:28

You sound like a Malteser kind of girl.

I preferred the melt in the mouth and not in the hand of Minstrels. Stop projecting.

avgas

23rd April 2014, 04:30

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admenk

23rd April 2014, 18:39

Fuckin Revels... the only chocolate you can share with yer mates coz none of you likes all of them.

Especially those weird orange flavour ones they used to sneak into the pack :sick:

mashman

23rd April 2014, 19:43

Especially those weird orange flavour ones they used to sneak into the pack :sick:

:rofl:... I had them in mind when posting. Everyone seemed to want the flattish toffee ones... and of course there were fewer of them than any others in the packet. Bastards.

Swoop

23rd April 2014, 21:35

A friends wife comes from somewhere in the UK Slough (i think) the whole place allegedly reeks of Mars Bars.
A mate worked there as a sparkie apprentice years ago. He was told that he was (as all the staff were) allowed to eat as many mars bars' as he wanted to from the production line.
He said that after the first mouthful he was disgusted. The bars had to sit for 6 weeks to "mature" for some reason & until then they were inedible. He was slightly miffed about the "dream job with endless chocolate" not being what it was made out to be. :rofl:

husaberg

23rd April 2014, 21:38

A mate worked there as a sparkie apprentice years ago. He was told that he was (as all the staff were) allowed to eat as many mars bars' as he wanted to from the production line.
He said that after the first mouthful he was disgusted. The bars had to sit for 6 weeks to "mature" for some reason & until then they were inedible. He was slightly miffed about the "dream job with endless chocolate" not being what it was made out to be. :rofl:

My mates wife i think had been left outside not quite long enough.......Was it slough though? i am sure he used to call her the slough plow.....

Berries

15th April 2017, 09:03

First ever Easter with no Cadburys in the house.

Fuck Cadburys. (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39592901)

AllanB

15th April 2017, 09:38

Whitakers please.

Dark blends.

Mmmmm Nigella Lawson.

A colleague at work kept raving about Yorkie bars - on a trip back to Pomyland she purchased some and gave me one. It was underwhelming.

Zedder

15th April 2017, 09:40

Go Whittakers!

Ocean1

15th April 2017, 10:20

First ever Easter with no Cadburys in the house.

Fuck Cadburys. (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39592901)

The very best thing you can do for any chocolate is to make sure it never gets warm.

It's tempered immediately before being moulded, which involves complicated changes to the fats in the mix, and affects it's texture.

The stuff that's been sitting on the petrol station shelves for weeks through summer is always going to be shite, no matter how good it started out.

pritch

15th April 2017, 10:30

Go Whittakers!

Indeed!

As a kid lots of the magazines and comics I read contained ads for Cadbury, " A glass and a half of milk in every block". Long exposure with no bad experiences creates brand loyalty. Sadly the brand changed hands and some of the chocolate was replaced with cardboard. Although I hadn't been buying chocolate much I switched to Whittakers (or anybody except Cadbury).

Then there was the scandal about Cadbury replacing cocoa oil with palm oil which reduced them still further in my estimation.

Now they have upset people including the Prime Minister of Britain (who you might be forgiven for thinking would have more pressing concerns) by removing the word "Easter" from packaging and promotional events.

With a history dating back to 1824, the recent history of Cadbury would make a good case study in how to destroy a respected brand.

These days I usually have dark chocolate on hand, none of which is Cadbury.

Moi

15th April 2017, 10:41

Go Whittakers!

:niceone:

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http://www.whittakers.co.nz/site-media/products/product-images/image_143.thumbnail.png

and

http://www.whittakers.co.nz/site-media/products/product-images/image_21.thumbnail.png

roogazza

15th April 2017, 11:07

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Aaaaaaah Nige !!!!!!

Akzle

15th April 2017, 13:13

First ever Easter with no Cadburys in the house.

Fuck Cadburys. (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39592901)

their chocolate has always been shit and with a high percent of sugar.

never really an option for me.

whittakers for the general chocolates.
dark almond in the freezer at the moment. 62 or 75% cocoa... keeps the kids off it.

have a few chococlatiers that i employ for maximum de-panties.

Berries

15th April 2017, 13:39

their chocolate has always been shit and with a high percent of sugar.
Nah. A mates Dad was a salesman for Cadburys so we had boxes of Freddo's on the go at all times. As per the thread, the chocolate is different in both hemispheres.

I stopped buying big block Cadburys after the already mentioned palm oil debacle but still had the occasional bar of something or other - the new orange Twirl is great. But the way the multinational dealt with the profitable Dunedin factory pissed me right off so won't have it in the house any more. It won't make any difference in the big scheme of things but I am not supporting those cunts.

I can't believe they will let it happen but the Jaffa race will be very interesting if they let it take place this year. I might go for the first time just for the laugh.

jonbuoy

15th April 2017, 18:38

The likes of cadburys etc thats made in oz or (not made in UK) tastes different to the same brands in the uk. Id imagine its somthing to do with the heat here and need for preservatives?

English chocolate is the shizz....But whitakers will give anyone a run for their money. Most christmas chocolate is crap.

I've heard that but I don't get where the preservative for high temperature comes in to play. It's plenty hot here in the summer and English chocolate survives just fine. If it's melting in the cupboards put it in the fridge. Most stores and shops are air conditioned anyway.

Swoop

15th April 2017, 19:11

A colleague at work kept raving about Yorkie bars - on a trip back to Pomyland she purchased some
Why not go along to Pack N Save? They stock them there? UK manufactured.

have a few chococlatiers that i employ for maximum de-panties.
Perhaps if you don't put female underwear on, you will not have to remove them later?:shit:

pritch

15th April 2017, 19:16

I've heard that but I don't get where the preservative for high temperature comes in to play. It's plenty hot here in the summer and English chocolate survives just fine. If it's melting in the cupboards put it in the fridge. Most stores and shops are air conditioned anyway.

It's decades ago now, but I spent a number of years in the tropics and normally the chocolate was white. No, it wasn't milky bar. It had been brown, but had changed to a blotchy white. Not at all appealing.

Even in Taranaki I put chocolate in the fridge in summer - to protect it from the rain??? :whistle:

Oakie

22nd April 2017, 09:50

Swiss chocolate
I used to work at the Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook. We had about 30 kitchen staff and a few of those were Euro chefs ... i.e. from Europe. They would often get packages from home which often included chocolate. A fair bit of that was given away to us ordinary people and I can say without a word of doubt that the Swiss choc is best! Or at least it was 16 years ago.