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lucretia borgia 20 years ago

I am not fond of chocolate, though I will sometimes eat white chocolate. I think I am glad now, take a look at this!

CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE LIQUOR Insect filth (AOAC 965.38) Average is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams when 6 100-gram subsamples are examined OR Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments Rodent filth (AOAC 965.38) Average is 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in 6

100-gram subsamples examined OR Any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs Shell (AOAC 968.10-970.23) For chocolate liquor, if the shell is in excess of 2% calculated on the basis of alkali-free nibs

DEFECT SOURCE: Insect fragments - post harvest and/or processing insect infestation, Rodent hair - post harvest and/or processing contamination with animal hair or excreta, Shell - processing contamination SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

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lucretia borgia 20 years ago

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Heather in NY 20 years ago

I always knew there was some limit as to the "acceptable" number of bug parts, but to see it spelled out... ugh! Heather Who probably still won't be able to give up chocolate.

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Dr. Brat 20 years ago

Let's cut to the chase, shall we? {snip, snip}

There. That's better.

Elizabeth

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lucretia borgia 20 years ago

I had to laugh when I read that - I mean how tasty is aesthetic? So have some more choccy Elizabeth, don't choke on a cockroach leg though :)

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Pat in Illinois 20 years ago

Cool! Now chocolate has fiber too! It just gets better and better.

Pat in Illinois (who is eating the Godiva chocolate bar she got for Christmas)

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Stitcher 20 years ago

A little protein won't hurt you. LOL! Ruby

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Stitcher 20 years ago

Animal,vegetable. Nutritionally complete. LOL! ruby

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Jere Williams 20 years ago

When my dh came home after serving with the USAF in Viet Nam, he said the hardest thing to get used to was eating white bread that didn't crunch....

-- Jere

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Catherine Milton 20 years ago

Ugh.

I've just choked on my breakfast!!

Catherine

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Cheryl Isaak 20 years ago

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Pat P 20 years ago

Hmm - they used to sell chocolate covered ANTS in a store in Ipswich about

50 years ago! They used to fascinate me, but I never dared to try them!

Pat P

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Carey N. 20 years ago

Seems we may all have tried them without knowing ! ;-)

-- Carey in MA (still don't think this will get me to give up chocolate; it didn't say anything about chocolate flavored items, did it? Oh, horrors.....)

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Stitcher 20 years ago

I have eaten roasted caterpillar but can't say I liked them. LOL! Ruby

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Dawne Peterson 20 years ago

"lucretia borgia" wrote

The teeny tiny crunch of said leg is aesthetic. The rest of the said leg is protein and fibre, just what the new year's diet needs. Dawne

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lucretia borgia 20 years ago

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Weelll, whatever turns you choccy people on lol

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Sharon 20 years ago

Why in heavens name would anyone eat roasted caterpillar willingly? Were you on a desert island or something? :-)) Yech

Sharon

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Judy 20 years ago

You should always take three bites before you deside if something is icky. Judy (in my best grandma voice)

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Dawne Peterson 20 years ago

At a gathering last night, someone was telling me about her young son and his chocolate experience. As a fairly little boy, he was given a couple of chocolates from a dollar store box, and broke out in a rash, although at first his mother didn't connect the two. He had occasionally eaten chocolate with no ill effect. But then it happened again. The boy can eat expensive chocolate with no ill effect, but reacts badly to some additive in inexpensive chocolates.

As a result, this golden haired cherub, at age 4, when offered a chocolate, will ask very politely, "Are they cheap??"

Dawne, who watched the kid tuck into a plate of Ferraro Rocher at a reception last night with no problems

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Susan Hartman 20 years ago

Great story! Recently 17 y.o. DD accused me of ruining her life by setting expectations so high - Hershey chocolates no longer hold any appeal after being raised on fine Kirschmayr's chocolates (local chocolatier - WONDERFUL stuff!)

sue

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