Yay! Good news, everybody!

[Erich Templar]

BBC Radio 4 - Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley, Eat Chocolate - Good news! Chocolate can be good for you

Learn more about the health benefits of cocoa.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Isabeau]

Although,

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/easter-eggs-chocolate-cacao-harvests-cocoa-prices-aoe

So, maybe I’ll be eating less because of prices, etc. Still, if there’s a time to indulge, it’s this weekend, it being Holy Choco Time!

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I wouldnt last a day in a chocolate factory. That would totally be me!

 

[Ellie]

Like eating them while picking stawberries, it gets old pretty damn quick. Did it as a teen summer job and the owner encouraged us to get it over & done with in the first day or two.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

We've long known coca is really good for you. ...the problem is, it's considerably less good for you when mixed with all the cream and sugar that makes it edible!

I agree with what Stephen Colbert said about dark chocolate:

"Dark chocolate is for people that like chocolate but want it to taste less.... GOOD!"

 

[Isabeau]

I think that those who enjoy or even are less likely to taste the bitterness (coffee, gin and tonics, brussel sprouts, etc.) probably just like it “bitter”.

I enjoy all those things.

Wasn’t there a study that found that people who like the taste of bitterness are more likely to be psychopaths?

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

I think that those who enjoy or even are less likely to taste the bitterness (coffee, gin and tonics, brussel sprouts, etc.) probably just like it “bitter”.

I enjoy all those things.

Wasn’t there a study that found that people who like the taste of bitterness are more likely to be psychopaths?

I actually can enjoy dark chocolate under specific conditions. Milk chocolate can stand on it's own. A simple bar of milk chocolate is good, but for me Dark requires something else like strong mint to really work out.

 

[Tirellia]

I think that those who enjoy or even are less likely to taste the bitterness (coffee, gin and tonics, brussel sprouts, etc.) probably just like it “bitter”.

I enjoy all those things.

Wasn’t there a study that found that people who like the taste of bitterness are more likely to be psychopaths?

Uh oh, I like all those too, plus liquorice, chicory, walnuts and beer. And being a psychopath, apparently

 

[Casey Pelous]

Wasn’t there a study that found that people who like the taste of bitterness are more likely to be psychopaths?

I love bitter chocolate!






Oh, crap.

 

[Isabeau]

Bitterness Psychos of the world… UNITE!

 

[Robert JungJr]

Bitterness Psychos of the world… UNITE!

Bitterness Psychos of the world… UNITE!

When I was little, my mother was making chocolate frosting with "Baker's Chocolate" (bitter!); I asked her if I could have a piece, and she gave me a little piece. I, of course, loved it and asked for more. She gave me a LOOK and asked me, "Whose child are you?"

 

[Essence Lumin]

When I was little, my mother was making chocolate frosting with "Baker's Chocolate" (bitter!); I asked her if I could have a piece, and she gave me a little piece. I, of course, loved it and asked for more. She gave me a LOOK and asked me, "Whose child are you?"

I like dark chocolate way more than milk chocolate, but Baker's chocolate by itself? No. Eww!

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

... is dark chocolate safe now? Weren't there warnings about lead/cadmium levels in dark chocolate like 2-3 years ago?

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I like dark chocolate way more than milk chocolate, but Baker's chocolate by itself? No. Eww!

100 percent agree on both counts! I remember finding a box of baker's chocolate once when I was a kid. I broke off a piece, took a big bite, and promptly spat it back out. It was quite the experience I never repeated.

 

[Casey Pelous]

... is dark chocolate safe now? Weren't there warnings about lead/cadmium levels in dark chocolate like 2-3 years ago?

Well, yes, but it's delicious lead/cadmium.

#notapsycho

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

It was quite the experience I never repeated.

I'm not going to say how often mom found my teeth marks on her baker's chocolate... other than that it was -not- an isolated incident.

 

[Ellie]

More good news!

Healthier and more sustainable chocolate could hit store shelves after Swiss scientists and chocolatiers developed a recipe that swaps sugar for waste plant matter.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/01/scientists-develop-method-of-making-healthier-more-sustainable-chocolate

...he said the lab-based chocolate was “basically identical” to dark chocolate in texture and similar in taste to flavourful dark chocolates from South America. “The sweetness released in your mouth is slightly slower than if you eat traditional dark chocolate – and you have more of these fruity notes and acidity coming from the juice.”

Slides off to store clutching wallet...

#notapsycho ?