tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post5321870000878602982..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Chocs awaynickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-25786671381881617872007-11-14T21:11:00.000+00:002007-11-14T21:11:00.000+00:00Hi Hullaballoo. Hadn't occurred to me he might be ...Hi Hullaballoo. Hadn't occurred to me he might be a secret chocophobic after all those years of enforced proximity to the stuff. I wouldn't mind sorting through a few piles of chocolate vermicelli - sounds like tastebud heaven!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-45159200882296153332007-11-14T14:18:00.000+00:002007-11-14T14:18:00.000+00:00Hi Nick, I loved this story, it reminds me of the ...Hi Nick, I loved this story, it reminds me of the spoilt girl in the Charlie and the Chocolate factory story and it made me smile. <BR/><BR/>Wasn't he just acting out what everyone else in the room wanted to do? I loved the official Thorntons response, and am left wondering, "what was the spokesman really thinking?"<BR/><BR/>Poor stressed man, acting out his latent chocophobia. Now he faces endless community service sorting through great looming piles of vermicelli and popping out those nasty little sugary metal balls that used to be so popular on cakes lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-54034486381392280622007-10-30T14:28:00.000+00:002007-10-30T14:28:00.000+00:00Hmmmm. Soft and gooey, rather than cake-like, says...Hmmmm. Soft and gooey, rather than cake-like, says the blurb. But I think I prefer the latter. Still, I must give them a try, they do sound delicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-84517615511534584642007-10-30T09:13:00.000+00:002007-10-30T09:13:00.000+00:00You can speed it up by melting the chocolate and b...You can speed it up by melting the chocolate and butter in the microwave... give them a go, you won't be disappointed!Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316053852167258598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-47812575887458650052007-10-29T12:12:00.000+00:002007-10-29T12:12:00.000+00:00Thanks, Caro, must look that up. I just love brown...Thanks, Caro, must look that up. I just love brownies. Though must admit, I'm usually too lazy to make them myself. How can it ever be too early to eat chocolate? - a minute past midnight's fine by me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-82315560630072961572007-10-29T11:02:00.000+00:002007-10-29T11:02:00.000+00:00Here's the recipe for the best brownies I've ever ...Here's the recipe for the best brownies I've ever tasted for all you chocolate fiends:<BR/>http://orangette.blogspot.com/2005/08/days-that-are-good-flesh-continuingon.html<BR/><BR/>Mmm chocolate... is it wrong to eat chocolate before lunchtime on a Monday?Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316053852167258598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67004085467524731172007-10-25T13:57:00.000+01:002007-10-25T13:57:00.000+01:00A brainwave, Con! Yes, nowadays anything can be sa...A brainwave, Con! Yes, nowadays anything can be salvaged with the right spin doctor. That Adolf Hitler, he could have been the world's hero if he had just got the PR sorted out. Yes I like it, the evil genius of chocolate who goes mental over low standards. Thornton's missed a trick there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-39153594452532671802007-10-25T12:30:00.000+01:002007-10-25T12:30:00.000+01:00That picture hypnotised me for a couple of minutes...That picture hypnotised me for a couple of minutes. <BR/><BR/>All Thorntons needed there was a good spin doctor - they could easily have harnessed the comedy potential and marketed him as sooom evil chocolate genius who can't stand even to look at inferior chocs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-88573082423073120022007-10-24T17:14:00.000+01:002007-10-24T17:14:00.000+01:00Manuel - Oh yes Green and Blacks is delicious, I d...Manuel - Oh yes Green and Blacks is delicious, I don't eat nearly enough of it. The chocolate fondant cake sounds ecstatic - as long as the owner of the restaurant opposite doesn't come in and crush it to smithereens....<BR/><BR/>Medbh - Oh no, sugar after 35 wrecks your skin? But I can't give up chocolate, I can't, I can't. My life wouldn't be worth living, I'd be a shadow of my former self....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-8211549915734150162007-10-24T15:55:00.000+01:002007-10-24T15:55:00.000+01:00He was probably jacked up on a chocolate high when...He was probably jacked up on a chocolate high when he did it.<BR/><BR/>I saw a story recently that said sugar after 35 damages your skin's ability to produce collagen, btw.Megan McGurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673489472490377198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-25165149256812151632007-10-24T15:02:00.000+01:002007-10-24T15:02:00.000+01:00Actually Nick I don't know why I said that. I'm ve...Actually Nick I don't know why I said that. I'm very fussy with chocolate. I like Green and Blacks, try their Maya Gold, beautiful and their Caramel chocolate bar. Beautiful but expensive. We make the most amazing Irish Whiskey Chocolate Fondant cake mmmmmmmmmmmmmManuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333257013163173911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-77019327030492326052007-10-24T13:46:00.000+01:002007-10-24T13:46:00.000+01:00Manuel - Fruit n Nut, I love it - a classic all ri...Manuel - Fruit n Nut, I love it - a classic all right. But you can do better than that. Surely your distinguished restaurant has a really scrumptious tiramisu on offer? The best tiramisu I've ever had was in Il Diabolo in Florence. Paradise!<BR/><BR/>www - you're right, the ultimate bad day at work. A new form of retail therapy, perhaps - a rather disastrous one. Oh dear, I've turned you and Red into furtive chocolate-grabbers. Sorry. It'll be lettuce leaves for you two for the next 24 hours. Oh, and save some of the Belgian truffle cake for me....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-90246072985974389772007-10-24T03:17:00.000+01:002007-10-24T03:17:00.000+01:00I guess it lends a new definition to having a very...I guess it lends a new definition to having a very bad day on the job, Nick :>). Sneaky fellow tho... he thought he could get away with it....<BR/>Yes, I had to go to my freezer and pry off a piece of Belgian truffle cake and eat it frozen. You devil!<BR/>XO<BR/>WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-8945750652034830742007-10-24T02:07:00.000+01:002007-10-24T02:07:00.000+01:00"They have to keep coming up with winning recipes"..."They have to keep coming up with winning recipes"<BR/><BR/>Fruit n Nut, don't mess with the classics.....Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333257013163173911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30230486604673862852007-10-23T17:13:00.000+01:002007-10-23T17:13:00.000+01:00They sound divine! Can you just pop some in the po...They sound divine! Can you just pop some in the post for me? I can live without meat but if I had to give up chocolate, I think I would become seriously deranged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-52817416183727371652007-10-23T15:34:00.000+01:002007-10-23T15:34:00.000+01:00Next door! I'm currently munching on their chocola...Next door! I'm currently munching on their chocolate covered biscotti and I'm blaming you for putting the idea into my head. It's not even nearly Friday.redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811068181187396326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-72463717457203711292007-10-23T15:01:00.000+01:002007-10-23T15:01:00.000+01:00Oooh yes, that picture just gets me drooling every...Oooh yes, that picture just gets me drooling every time I look at it! I just love those little chocolate and pastry shops you find tucked away in Italian backstreets. Do you have one near you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-78166568500441075652007-10-23T14:27:00.000+01:002007-10-23T14:27:00.000+01:00Mmmm, now I want some chocolate, nothing that fanc...Mmmm, now I want some chocolate, nothing that fancy mind you. I'm off to the shops.redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811068181187396326noreply@blogger.com