SC - Chocolate

[Elaine Koogler]

I guess the big deal is that it is a kind of comfort food, and those of us who
love it...which includes you, it appears, would love to be able to serve it at
feasts.  Yes, I frequently do without...but that is by choice.  Being restricted
from using it is different...I guess it's just a part of my natural perversity!

Kiri

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> I love chocolate. I am a chocoholic. Dark only and bittersweet - milk
> chocolate is right out.
>
> BUT
>
> What's the big deal with chocolate in the SCA? Seriously now, does
> anyone *really* have to eat chocolate 365 days per year? Can't people
> survive for a few weekends without it? If i go to one event per
> month, that's about 24 days out of the year - there are still 341
> days to eat chocolate in! If i go camping twice a month, which isn't
> really practicable most places, but just hypothetically, that's 52
> days potentially without chocolate - but i still have 313 days to eat
> it in.
>
> Yes, i am interested in the history of chocolate. Yes, i have a copy
> of that close to period recipe for hot chocolate and found some
> chocolate nibs at the health food store, which i'll have to wait
> until next year to experiment with. Yes, i appreciate the probably
> OOP chocolate cream recipe and the definitely OOP chocolate keugel
> and other delicious chocolate recipes listees have posted.
>
> But i still fail to see what's the big deal.
>
> Anahita al-shazhiyya
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