Posted on 03/23/2007 6:33:05 AM PDT by 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:
Chocolate products contain ingredients that can prevent and retard tooth decay.
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.
Chocolates do not contribute to cholesterol formation. The fact is that a 1.65 oz bar of chocolate contains only 12 mg.
A 1.5 oz chocolate milk bar will give you 41 mg of sodium, while dark chocolate contains only 5 mg.
Researches have found no relationship between eating chocolate and acne formation.
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).
Chocolate also contains flavonoids, which are known to have antioxidant properties.
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 |
 Cocoa Butter |
 Cocoa PowderCocoa 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 |
 Bittersweet ChocolateChocolate with a minimum of 50% chocolate liquor. |
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 Milk ChocolateMilk chocolate has at least 10% liquor and 12% milk solids. Sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla are also mixed in. |
 White ChocolateThis kind lacks the brown color because there are no cocoa solids. White chocolate is made up of only cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. |
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"Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate."
Thank you. That was GOOD!
I can feel the endorphines flooding my Serious Gland as we speak.
ROTFL! omg
teaspoon of this stuff, a little honey, a dash of cayenne and some milk...great stuff. The best stuff are the cacao balls my grandmother brings up from the old country. Better than Swiss Miss any day. Chocolate is a superfood great for the body and mind.
Can you put me on the ping list. I always get here late.
You're absolutely correct. Men haven't learned to finesse the questions "Do I look fat?" When the women ask that question, men have got to be prepared for a vague, noncommittal answer. As far as the various women's clothing size, as a woman, I find them confusing. The only and best way is to try the clothing on. There's old adage that says, "the cheaper quality garment the larger size" but the "better quality garment the smaller size". Even then sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
Done. :)
Shak, Rack and Benny!!! ping
The "do i look fat?" question has NO RIGHT ANSWER!!!!
My wife weighs 115 pounds dripping wet.
Yet she thinks she is fat.
I know what fat is. I weigh almost twice as much as her and I AM FAT!!!
But it's like Mike Myers said, "Once you've had fat, you never go back!" (Fat Bastard)
Veggie Tales - Bellybutton Lyrics
Mr. Lunt: Baby I know your eyes see right through my disguise
Boyz: (Larry, Jimmy, Junior): And no one can deny
Mr. Lunt: Baby that I’m the one whose love is no surprise
Boyz: And he can’t tell you no lie
Mr. Lunt: But there’s a secret I’ve been hidin’ I can’t keep it no more
Boyz: There’s this thing about himself he’s never told you before
Lunt: Baby!
Chorus:
Boyz: He needs to tell you something
Mr. Lunt: I don’t got a bellybutton
Oh I need to tell you something
Boyz: Have you figure it out
He don’t got a bellybutton
Boyz: Bellybutton no, oh no no
Mr. Lunt: Baby please don’t squeal, just tell me how you feel
Boyz: ‘Cause his love is for real
Mr. Lunt: And if you went away, my heart would never heal
Boyz: So to you he appeals
Mr. Lunt: There’s something missing in my middle and it’s hard to ignore
Boyz: There’s this thing about himself he’s never told you before
Lunt: Baby!
Chorus
Khalil: Bellybutton!
Boyz: Uh, uh
Khalil: Bellybutton!
Boyz: Uh, uh
Khalil: You say your bellybutton’s missing, there’s no reason for alarm
It’s a common thing for gourds, it won’t do you any harm
You’re technically a fruit and with that much being said;
Your umbilical equivocal is up there on your head!
You could opt for a prosthetic but of course you’d have to know
It’d be covered by your shirt, but not your HMO
Khalil: Bellybutton!
Boyz: Uh, uh
Khalil: Bellybutton
Boyz: Uh, uh
Mr. Lunt: a stylish something absent from my midriff’s décor
Boyz: There’s this thing about himself he’s never told you before
Lunt: Baby!
Boyz: He need to tell you something
Mr. Lunt: I don’t got a belly button
Oh I need to tell you something
Boyz: Have you figure it out
He don’t got a belly button
Boyz: Belly button no, oh no no
Lunt and Boyz: No belly button!
You are soo baaaad, funny, but bad :-)
With the end of both Winter and Chocolate Week,
and in the interests of racial amity we say farewell...
The Bellybutton Song
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-743287461202629079&q=belly+button+song&hl=en
Since there is not enough gold in the world to back our currency, your post qualifies as very silly.
Now if you would tell us about the foreign owners of the Fed profiting off the backs of the US taxpayer, you'd win the prize!
How not to get your butt kicked by the police.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4961165717378550511&q=belly+button+song&hl=en
With a currency devaluation -- which is probably coming anyway and will NOT be followed by a return to a decent standard (the worst of all worlds!) there IS enough gold.
Gee, I guess those stupid old white guys in Philadelphia were real kooks.
If they screwed things up so badly, perhaps another country makes sense for you. Iraq is quite lovely this time of year. I'll even pay for your one-way ticket.
Best game ever
Spring has sprung and we get to celebrate with the USAF Thunderbirds performing this weekend.
It would have been if Acie had hit that last layup
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Semi-Sweet Chocolate
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