This new Cadbury TV ad, starting to be aired on 19 September 2009, is supposed to help sell chocolates?

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Maestro

This new Cadbury TV ad, starting to be aired on 19 September 2009, is supposed to help sell chocolates?

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Maestro

Must be nutz, not even chokkie related.....!!

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I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.

- George Burns

"Oh George, you mean the same as yesterday?"

- Gracie Allen.

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...not even chokkie related.....!!

Don’t tell me you don’t know that Cadbury is England’s best-known chocolate manufacturer.

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Maestro

This one, I did eat (in fact, I ate two after lunch today):

40-gramme bars. My wife saw them in a recently-opened supermarket in the neighbourhood and bought some to try before buying them in a large quantity to bring to Bangkok. I found it interesting in that it does not contain hazelnut chips like other chocolates with hazelnut but the nuts are apparently ground into a very fine powder that is then mixed into the cream. I could feel no solid bits of anything in the mouth.

Anyway, this chocolate got my approval, but I still prefer the plain milk chocolate from my favourite manufacturers and if I want hazelnuts, I eat those from my garden.

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Maestro

If it's chocolate & cake then it must be German. This one is extremely moist . . . as a good one should be

My dear old mother would make these from scratch.

Another great combo - chocolate and custard.

But remember children, eat your dinner first!

Tip - all the cakes look oh so yummy!

Maestro - the grounded hazelnut sounds appealing. I wonder if its similar to what they refer to as 'nougat filled' chocolates in Germany? cos they sure arent the nougat Im used to (my idea of nougat is that white sticky thing, but the German ones are just some sorta chocolaty smooth filling within the chocolate. same goes for nougat flavored ice cream)

anyhow, someone alluded to this chocolate, apparently Swiss. been told its really really good?

Maestro? whats your expert opinion/

http://www.laederach.ch/en/produkte/

I've never seen the Läderach products but I can imagine that they are good. I see on their website that they've got a shop in Melbourne. Non in Thailand yet. Perhaps I should open one in Bangkok.

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Maestro

I can probably be hired to manage your shop

I mentioned the Guylain cafe in Sydney didnt I?

terrible service, and even the manager was pretty much useless. (will this be considered libel material?) grrrr

Roger Federer is signing an advertising deal with Lindt. Public announcement will be made next week.

Translation of photo caption: "Success and chocolate: both are addictive"

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Maestro

ohhh do you think he will give a personal autograph to chocolates biggest fan?

apparently there is a food sub forum somewhere on this site

I know being a croc you would eat Federer Roger without any concern for the deprivation to the sports world

but others would like to have him alive and not become some croc's food

I thought Lindt was something that collected in belly buttons.

^ no, those are mouse droppings.

Warning About Chocolate

DO YOU EAT CHOCOLATE?

We were raised on chocolate as kids

and even into adulthood.

I will never eat it again.

and I hope, from now, on you will throw yours away whenever you get given any.

It seems as though nothing is safe to eat anymore.

This is what happens when you eat chocolate!

This is a warning, tell everyone you care about.

It could happen to you......or your friends.

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ISN'T IT AWFUL

Chocolate makes your

FEET SHRINK

Chocolate in the news:

Tagliatelle al cioccolato

I read a recipe for chocolate noodles today, published by Rita Fuso, the chef of the restaurant Malakoff in Bellinzona, Switzerland. It’s written in Italian, so no use posting it here, but I think I’ll go and try these noodles at her restaurant and if I like them I might then try out the recipe. It is for four persons, which means I will invite three guests. I’ll have to dust off the noodle machine which was bought 10 years ago and used just once, I believe.

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Maestro

I hear Patsy's looking for a date.....

My Italian is very rusty, but here goes:

Ingredients for 4

400g plain flour

50 g 90% pur choc

50g 70% pure choc

50g of agua

1-2 eggs, depending on consitency of the paste

1/2 teaspoon (?) of salt

In a (bain-marie?) mix the chocolate with water a let settle/combine

Put in your (pasta-maker??mixer/blender...) the flour and salt and then slowly add the melted chocolate.

Add the egg(s), (2 should be sufficient)/ When the paste/patty reaches the desired consistency, massage it by hand till it's a mass that is not too soft, but not too hard.

Then make the tagliatelle with the relevant utensil.

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for a few minutes (drain when the noodles are barely floating) and season with butter and sage. Garnish with candied orange peel and a sprinkle of chopped pistachios.

The chocolate noodles fit perfectly with fish or (sweet?) meat (ostrich, bison)

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH

Don't tell me your age; you'd probably lie anyway-but the Hershey Man will know!

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH

This is pretty neat.

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute .

Work this out as you read .

Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!

This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

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1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ..

If you haven't, add 1758.

6.. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number

The first digit of this was your original number

(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).

The next two numbers are

YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2009) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.

Chocolate

Calculator

why is Bkkmick crying?

no crying allowed on this thread!

and Jeff - I got that previously. its pretty cool eh?

have seen quite a number of recipes for chocolate main dishes. never tried any of them though......

Big chocolate for Migs:

7 metric tonnes valentines record

1950 kG, 832 meters tall biggest Easter egg

Something a little more manageable.

Sorry Mig, I just got that one in an email yesterday and thought of you.

It is cool though.

mmmmm P Tywais

at the chocolates!

Mig16 at the chocolate fashion show in Shanghai, 2010-01-20:

I'm not sure that hat suits you, Mig16.

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Maestro

Mig16 at the chocolate fashion show in Shanghai, 2010-01-20:

I'm not sure that hat suits you, Mig16.

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Maestro

Miggie Miggie Miggie, still on the chocolate thing when will you learn that chocolate is no good for you..

You dont want to lose that cute little figure of yourne so Give the Chocolate away ..LBD

If that's made from chocolate I'll have a munch!

at the choc or at the gal Suegha

(Ill have a munch too though....and I aint saying at which )

thankyou Maestro

at the choc or at the gal Suegha

(Ill have a munch too though....and I aint saying at which )

thankyou Maestro

I won't say either!

Choc a blocker

By LYNSEY HAYWOOD

OK cocoa ... even one small square can help

A BAR of chocolate a day can cut your risk of heart disease and stroke by an amazing 39 per cent, an expert claims.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman...l#ixzz0jsiP7YY3

Here is the link to the abstract of the scientific article in the European Heart Journal that was the basis for the above newspaper article:

Chocolate consumption in relation to blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease in German adults

eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/03/18/eurheartj.ehq068.abstract

How is your blood pressure, Mig16? Perhaps you can get chocolate on a doctor's prescription. I've been off chocolate for a month now and my pressure went up considerably. I think I'll go shopping tomorrow for some dark chocolate.

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Maestro

I pulled some strings and got hold of the full text of the article published in the European Heart Journal on March 30, 2010:

Chocolate consumption in relation to blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease in German adults

Buijsse_EurHeartJ_2010.pdf

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Maestro