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http://www.chocolate.com ^ | March 23, 2007

[Lucky9teen]

 

Here's something silly. Let's celebrate chocolate? 

Enjoy American Chocolate Week

March 18 thru March 23!

 

Most people cannot resist the temptation of eating chocolates. Occasion or no occasion, chocolates are an all-the-year-round cause for celebration. Chocolates have been subject to a lot of debates on health related issues. However, here are some cool facts:

1. Chocolate products contain ingredients that can prevent and retard tooth decay.

2. The amount of fat in a chocolate bar is not very high and in fact, in moderate quantity, can be used in a low-fat diet program.

3. Chocolates do not contribute to cholesterol formation. The fact is that a 1.65 oz bar of chocolate contains only 12 mg. 

4. A 1.5 oz chocolate milk bar will give you 41 mg of sodium, while dark chocolate contains only 5 mg. 

5. Researches have found no relationship between eating chocolate and acne formation.  

6. Chocolates contain stearic and oleic acid, which help lower blood cholesterol levels,  reduces the risk of blood clots and benefits the heart.  It increases the HDL (good cholesterol) and reduces LDL (bad cholesterol).

7. Chocolate also contains flavonoids, which are known to have antioxidant properties.

8. Chocolate contains substances called Phenylethylamine and Seratonin, both of which (put simply), are mood lifting agents found naturally in the human brain.

      

Not all chocolate or cocoa is the same, especially when preparing recipes. Ever wonder what the difference is between one kind of chocolate and another?

Chocolate Liquor This is the pure, straight-from-the-bean chocolate. The center of the cocoa bean is ground into a liquid, called the liquor (there is NO alcohol in this!).	Cocoa Butter It's not really a butter, but the fat extracted from the chocolate liquor.
Cocoa Powder Cocoa powder is the solid left after the cocoa butter is pressed out of the liquor. Cocoa powder often undergoes a Dutch Process, that reduces its natural acidity. Dutch cocoa is milder tasting and blends better with milk.	Unsweetened Chocolate This is the solid form of chocolate liquor. Unsweetened chocolate is often used in baking.
Bittersweet Chocolate Chocolate with a minimum of 50% chocolate liquor.	Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chocolate with a minimum of 35% chocolate liquor.
Dark Chocolate Also known as 'sweet chocolate'. It only contains 15% liquor, as well as sweeteners and cocoa butter.	Milk Chocolate Milk chocolate has at least 10% liquor and 12% milk solids. Sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla are also mixed in.
White Chocolate This kind lacks the brown color because there are no cocoa solids. White chocolate is made up of only cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids.

 

         

 

"Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate."

[marine86297]

Glad I could help.

You had a fever, and the only prescription...

Was More Cowbell.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Good Tagline. Always remember, "Knowledge is the cure for ignorance, but stupid is terminal".

[Conspiracy Guy]

Maybe Cow Bell can cure the solar systems, fever.

I think Al Gore is buying calorie credits from fashion models.

[Lucky9teen]

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[BJClinton]

When I'm done laughing and the tears clear from my eyes I'm hitting abuse!!!

[HOTTIEBOY]

Ode to Powertools and Beer

[BJClinton]

[Conspiracy Guy]

LOL

[Lucky9teen]

[BJClinton]

I really doubt KSM is a s..um...talented as RJ.

Completely unrelated.

[Lucky9teen]

[r-q-tek86]

One point... one lousy point....

[JewishRighter]

Thanks. I'll put on my silly hat and try to make my contribution.

[Lucky9teen]

Official Camera for Spring Break

[martin_fierro]

Somebody needs a

B A H O Chocolate

[JewishRighter]

I think that's what they mean when they say "liberal arts"

[Dick Bachert]

My dear boy, it's not important that you believe ME. I'd rather you believe men like Roger Sherman -- even if he wrote in Carolingian Miniscule (Google it) -- who was THERE when the document most Americans and public officials have ignored for the last century was written.

You can't imagine the price we will pay for that!

[fredhead]

I don't shop for women's clothes at all.

I don't understand the sizes.

Men's clothes are easy. Pants? Give me waist and inseam in inches (like 36-30) and you're goo to go. Shirts? For short sleeve, chest size in inches. Long sleeve (dress shirts) neck and arm length in inches.

Women's clothes. Say your wife is a size 6. Is this a 6 in juniors, misses, ladies, or Omar the tentmaker size? You can't know if you are buying the right size!!!!

Girl's clothes are almost as bad. I have a daughter who is six. She wears a 6. Not a 6X. I buy her 6X pants, and she's showing buttcrack all the time (or is that the way they're supposed to fit?)

Men can go in the local Wal-Mart, buy 38-34 jeans and x-large polo shirts and be done.

Women have to try everything on just to make sure if it fits. Then they ask us "Does this make my butt look fat?"

Men - THERE IS NO CORRECT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. And if you do go shopping with your wife, before you let her pick anything out in the store, make sure there is somewhere that you can sit down while she tries on every piece of clothing in the store.

[r-q-tek86]

I like your tagline