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05/26/2009 06:07:49 PM · #1776 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by Melethia:
I'm just hoping I didn't go dyslexic on your zip code, Kelli... :-(
Glad yours got there, Susan! |
I'm just hoping my mailman didn't eat them! ROFL! I'm sure it will show up soon so I can have some chocolate bliss too! |
You didn't let slip what was in the special package you were expecting, did you?! |
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05/26/2009 10:06:08 PM · #1777 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by Melethia:
I'm just hoping I didn't go dyslexic on your zip code, Kelli... :-(
Glad yours got there, Susan! |
I'm just hoping my mailman didn't eat them! ROFL! I'm sure it will show up soon so I can have some chocolate bliss too! |
You didn't let slip what was in the special package you were expecting, did you?! |
Lol who, me? Nope I wasn't expecting anything at all, to be honest. It was a total and wonderful surprise to find yummy chocolate in my olde=fashioned in box :-) |
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05/26/2009 10:14:01 PM · #1778 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by Melethia:
I'm just hoping I didn't go dyslexic on your zip code, Kelli... :-(
Glad yours got there, Susan! |
I'm just hoping my mailman didn't eat them! ROFL! I'm sure it will show up soon so I can have some chocolate bliss too! |
You didn't let slip what was in the special package you were expecting, did you?! |
Lol who, me? Nope I wasn't expecting anything at all, to be honest. It was a total and wonderful surprise to find yummy chocolate in my olde=fashioned in box :-) |
LOL! I think he meant me. But no, mine just knows I've been looking for something because I run out everyday when he drives up. |
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05/27/2009 01:26:51 AM · #1779 |
All I found in the mail was results for Glamor and Grunge, from  BrianR and Quigley! |
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05/27/2009 08:31:19 AM · #1780 |
I have added details to my image fro the Grunge challenge. If you have not taken a look, please do and if you already have, please feel free to do so again. There are very important and reveling things in there about a fellow team member :)
MAX! |
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05/27/2009 10:28:39 AM · #1781 |
| YAY! I've got chocolate for breakfast and my mailman thinks I'm nuts! Thanks Deb!!!!!!! |
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05/27/2009 10:38:03 AM · #1782 |
| Do you guys not get chocolate in North America, or something? |
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05/27/2009 10:42:12 AM · #1783 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
Do you guys not get chocolate in North America, or something? |
Not enough! :P |
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05/27/2009 10:44:28 AM · #1784 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
Do you guys not get chocolate in North America, or something? |
Not good chocolate! LOL! Hershey's just doesn't make the grade. |
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05/27/2009 10:58:10 AM · #1785 |
| I think the only US based chocolate we get in the UK are Mars products, mars bars, marathons (sorry, Snickers), Bounty etc. We eat far too much chocolate in the UK, and it is the main manufacturing industry in the town I live in (home of Kit-Kats and smarties). Mmmm, might just have to pop into the newsagents on my way home from work... |
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05/27/2009 11:04:54 AM · #1786 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
I think the only US based chocolate we get in the UK are Mars products, mars bars, marathons (sorry, Snickers), Bounty etc. We eat far too much chocolate in the UK, and it is the main manufacturing industry in the town I live in (home of Kit-Kats and smarties). Mmmm, might just have to pop into the newsagents on my way home from work... |
That's because US chocolates can't compete with European chocolates. LOL! The best we can get here are Godiva (which are excellent, but of course imported) but way too expensive to buy very often. |
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05/27/2009 11:13:52 AM · #1787 |
| There is a little shop in Pickering, a lovely little Yorkshire market town, that just sells home-made chocolates and home-made ice-cream. The chocolates are each a work of art, and oh so delicious - but also oh so expensive - over £3 per 100g. We had an ice-cream last weekend - sour cherry and ginger for me, and it was, without a doubt, the nicest ice-cream I have ever had. |
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05/27/2009 11:25:10 AM · #1788 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
There is a little shop in Pickering, a lovely little Yorkshire market town, that just sells home-made chocolates and home-made ice-cream. The chocolates are each a work of art, and oh so delicious - but also oh so expensive - over £3 per 100g. We had an ice-cream last weekend - sour cherry and ginger for me, and it was, without a doubt, the nicest ice-cream I have ever had. |
Yum! Sounds delish! I'm jealous! |
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05/27/2009 12:17:55 PM · #1789 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
There is a little shop in Pickering, a lovely little Yorkshire market town, that just sells home-made chocolates and home-made ice-cream. The chocolates are each a work of art, and oh so delicious - but also oh so expensive - over £3 per 100g. We had an ice-cream last weekend - sour cherry and ginger for me, and it was, without a doubt, the nicest ice-cream I have ever had. |
can someone convert pounds into dollars for me? the chocolate sounds freaking delicious(as my tummy rumbles:) |
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05/27/2009 12:19:42 PM · #1790 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
The best we can get here are Godiva (which are excellent, but of course imported) but way too expensive to buy very often. |
I think Godiva shocolates are made in Wisconsin or someplace, not imported. The are several higher-end chocolate manufacturers (e.g. Guittard, Scharffenberger) and chocolatiers (Donneley's, Hoopers, Charles Chocolates, etc.) in the Bay Area.
In the meantime, it's usually possible to get Lindt chocolates in the US ...
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05/27/2009 12:54:16 PM · #1791 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Kelli:
The best we can get here are Godiva (which are excellent, but of course imported) but way too expensive to buy very often. |
I think Godiva shocolates are made in Wisconsin or someplace, not imported. The are several higher-end chocolate manufacturers (e.g. Guittard, Scharffenberger) and chocolatiers (Donneley's, Hoopers, Charles Chocolates, etc.) in the Bay Area.
In the meantime, it's usually possible to get Lindt chocolates in the US ...
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I find Lindt to taste no better than Hershey's. But apparently you're right about Godiva, they started production in the US in the late 1970's.
The company had by now set up a second headquarters in New York and an American production facility in Reading, Pennsylvania, though European customers were still supplied by a plant in Belgium. Some debated the relative merits of Godiva chocolates from Belgium versus those made in the United States, but the company dismissed such concerns, noting that it used the same supplier for its raw chocolate but created unique recipes for different markets, factoring in regional preferences for sweetness and flavorings. Additionally, laws in some states limiting alcohol content required that American recipes omit certain liqueur-based flavoring agents that were preferred in Europe.
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05/27/2009 01:05:28 PM · #1792 |
| Yeah, that's the problem. We can get lots of really good chocolate over here but pay through the nose for them. And it always tastes better when it's an unexpected gift of chocolate, doesn't it? :-) |
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05/27/2009 01:06:10 PM · #1793 |
| Lindt is okay. Not crazy about Godiva. Melethia is my favorite brand. |
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05/27/2009 01:07:44 PM · #1794 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Lindt is okay. Not crazy about Godiva. Melethia is my favorite brand. |
That's funny! Mine too! |
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05/27/2009 01:21:50 PM · #1795 |
You guys are too funny! Glad your package finally made it Kelli, for your mailman's sake at least! :-)
Oh, and we definitely get some seriously spiked chocolate here. My friend brought back some Belgian "coffee" chocolates. Meant to be eaten with a nice cup of espresso, and dang, those were good. Could only eat one, though. Too rich to eat more than that.
Message edited by author 2009-05-27 13:23:33. |
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05/27/2009 01:35:16 PM · #1796 |
When it rains it pours. Ever since my car accident last year, I just can't catch a break.
The latest? I knocked a hole in my radiator somehow, and am now stuck with not even being able to drive it, a 7 year old I have to get from school somehow later today, 3 other kids to get around, and a $500 repair job that I don't even know how I'll begin paying.
Honestly. Can the world just give me a motherlovin' break here? |
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05/27/2009 01:49:10 PM · #1797 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
When it rains it pours. Ever since my car accident last year, I just can't catch a break.
The latest? I knocked a hole in my radiator somehow, and am now stuck with not even being able to drive it, a 7 year old I have to get from school somehow later today, 3 other kids to get around, and a $500 repair job that I don't even know how I'll begin paying.
Honestly. Can the world just give me a motherlovin' break here? |
Doesn't seem like it. Talk to your neighbours? |
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05/27/2009 03:28:04 PM · #1798 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
When it rains it pours. Ever since my car accident last year, I just can't catch a break.
The latest? I knocked a hole in my radiator somehow, and am now stuck with not even being able to drive it, a 7 year old I have to get from school somehow later today, 3 other kids to get around, and a $500 repair job that I don't even know how I'll begin paying.
Honestly. Can the world just give me a motherlovin' break here? |
Try chocolate - cures everything! Seriously though, hope it all works out for you. |
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05/27/2009 03:37:24 PM · #1799 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
When it rains it pours. Ever since my car accident last year, I just can't catch a break.
The latest? I knocked a hole in my radiator somehow, and am now stuck with not even being able to drive it, a 7 year old I have to get from school somehow later today, 3 other kids to get around, and a $500 repair job that I don't even know how I'll begin paying.
Honestly. Can the world just give me a motherlovin' break here? |
Hmm...the 7 yr old could walk to/from school with you, and surely you could always sell off a child or two, that would help pay for the rad. Then maybe adopt em back when it's paid for ;-) 
Message edited by author 2009-05-27 15:39:39. |
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05/27/2009 03:46:27 PM · #1800 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
When it rains it pours. Ever since my car accident last year, I just can't catch a break.
The latest? I knocked a hole in my radiator somehow, and am now stuck with not even being able to drive it, a 7 year old I have to get from school somehow later today, 3 other kids to get around, and a $500 repair job that I don't even know how I'll begin paying.
Honestly. Can the world just give me a motherlovin' break here? |
Hmm...the 7 yr old could walk to/from school with you, and surely you could always sell off a child or two, that would help pay for the rad. Then maybe adopt em back when it's paid for ;-) |
It's a 12 km walk ;D
Message edited by author 2009-05-27 15:47:09. |
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