Awww! (10-31-03)

[ferocious j]

SEE'S

It is surprising that no one has mentioned See's yet.

Am I alone here on this?

Despite having resided in the Bay Area for upwards of two years, I still haven't gotten around to eating anything from See's.  This should probably be remedied posthaste.

[Asherdan]

Despite having resided in the Bay Area for upwards of two years, I still haven't gotten around to eating anything from See's.  This should probably be remedied posthaste.

I really don't see the cause.  The Ghiradelli stuff is superior to my taste.  It's on my list whenever I hit the city.

[CortJstr]

I knew they switched Kit-Kats but the last Hershey bar I had was in the foil/sleeve wrapper.

I can't eat regular Hershey kisses anymore. There was some . . . unpleasantness.

What the heck is See's?

[slink]

The couple of chocolate bars I had in London were almost disgustingly rich and "thick". I also could on find ones with stuff in them. They all had nuts or carmel or raisins or whatever, no plain chocolate bars. Weird. Eerie.

Yea, most UK chocolate is way too rich. I never eat it.
But then I rarely eat sugarry things anyway.
The best thing a few years bacl was when I discovered Star Bars - essentially Peanut Butter and caramel in chocolate. They were great - not too sweet thanks to the peanut buttery stuff (though it was a little drier than PB).
But yea, UK chocolate sucks, as does US for me. If I do eat it it's either very high cocoa content and little sugar, thus very bitter, or very good swedish style.

[Asherdan]

What the heck is See's?

This joint.

Basically you're supposed to feel like it's honest to goodness turn of the century yumminess in chocolate form, just like granma made for the holidays.

They're not on my favorites list, but it may just be me and my distrust of schlock-nostalgia covering a corporate candy pimp.  I mean, don't lie to me, I know granma didn't form this stuff with her unwashed little fingers and flakes of old lady hair all falling in the mix.  And they can take their all white golden age type store fronts and shove those, too.

Geez, I'm an ass today.  The stuff's probably OK.

[misterhaan]

My kicking proclamation was mostly just an effort to engage the lurkers more in conversation.

that e-mail got filtered into my junk mail box (mostly because i used my junk mail getting e-mail address, so things that come to that address tend to end up in the junk mail), so i left it there.  i did read it though . . . maybe i should "not junk" it so that i don't confuse the filter too much.

[misterhaan]

whoa, how cool is that?  i post after a long time of not-posting, and i get my own page

[wombat]

They're not on my favorites list, but it may just be me and my distrust of schlock-nostalgia covering a corporate candy pimp.  I mean, don't lie to me, I know granma didn't form this stuff with her unwashed little fingers and flakes of old lady hair all falling in the mix.  And they can take their all white golden age type store fronts and shove those, too.

I've only bought it from airports and on line (they don't have stores on the East Coast) so am unaffected by that foolishness.  It's really excellent quality for the price, when I can't afford my favorite 46 dollars a pound stuff anymore.  But go here if you're feeling rich:
http://www.laburdick.com/

[jough]

The true Hershey's lovers know that you can only eat their "Special Dark" label.

[ferocious j]

The Ghiradelli stuff is superior to my taste.  It's on my list whenever I hit the city.

I like getting the big-ass slabs of Ghirardelli, the kind you have to put in the fridge and then bash with a hammer to get edible-size chunks of.

[pmcd9]

My former next door neighbor's Mother loves Chocolate, but will only eat Dark Chocolate covered Almonds from See's.  It's become a rare treat for her now because there are only two locations where See's is sold in this town anymore.  They used to be in every mall.  But you can get it online.  I've gotten the candy for her on several occasions because her son, my friend, has done a lot of favors for me and I guess I go to that part of town a lot more often than he does.  The last time though I bought it off the internet.  It's good stuff, but i'm not really a chocolate connoisseur.

~Paul

[Asherdan]

I like getting the big-ass slabs of Ghirardelli, the kind you have to put in the fridge and then bash with a hammer to get edible-size chunks of.

That is precisely what I meant.