Comments on: chocolate showdown http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jenyu http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-10588 jenyu Wed, 07 May 2008 05:20:55 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/#comment-10588 Bridget - good luck with that! Rachel - thanks! It's a lot of fun to do. Chez Us - ah, not stealing - sharing! :) Hope you have a great time with it! Bridget – good luck with that!

Rachel – thanks! It’s a lot of fun to do.

Chez Us – ah, not stealing – sharing! :) Hope you have a great time with it!

]]> By: Chez US http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-10580 Chez US Wed, 07 May 2008 02:47:43 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/#comment-10580 What a fantastic idea for a small intimate party, may have to steal this one! Who does not love chocolate and you had some outstanding ones to try! I have a friend who is the queen of chocolate and she actually runs a company doing 'team buildings" and chocolate tasting parties - I will have to pass this along, she will love your sense of style! What a fantastic idea for a small intimate party, may have to steal this one! Who does not love chocolate and you had some outstanding ones to try! I have a friend who is the queen of chocolate and she actually runs a company doing ‘team buildings” and chocolate tasting parties – I will have to pass this along, she will love your sense of style!

]]> By: Rachel http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-10555 Rachel Tue, 06 May 2008 13:51:45 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/#comment-10555 Have I mentioned lately how much I frickin' love this website? You rock the food like no one else I've ever seen. I think you're my new hero. Anyway, accolades aside, I am so totally copying this idea for my next dinner party. Thanks for the great idea! Have I mentioned lately how much I frickin’ love this website? You rock the food like no one else I’ve ever seen. I think you’re my new hero. Anyway, accolades aside, I am so totally copying this idea for my next dinner party. Thanks for the great idea!

]]> By: Bridget http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-10548 Bridget Tue, 06 May 2008 10:55:35 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/#comment-10548 Thanks Jen. Wegman's carries Sharffen Berger. I'll check out Whole Foods for Guittard and Valrhona. I'm sure there's goumet food stores in the area, but I don't know where. Thanks Jen. Wegman’s carries Sharffen Berger. I’ll check out Whole Foods for Guittard and Valrhona. I’m sure there’s goumet food stores in the area, but I don’t know where.

]]> By: jenyu http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-10534 jenyu Tue, 06 May 2008 06:29:18 +0000 http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/04/chocolate-showdown/#comment-10534 Bridget - I bought most of the chocolates at our local Whole Foods or at a local gourmet cook store (Peppercorn on Pearl Street Mall). But you probably don't want to use these chocolates (eating bars as I refer to them). Instead, you probably want to use compound bars for baking and confections. I'd try a Whole Foods or any gourmet store... Wegmans in your area, perhaps? Peabody - it was totally fun. It would have been neat to do with some of the food bloggers too, yeah? Ruthie - well great to have you commenting and de-lurking! Thanks for plugging your favorite local. I love local businesses :) Jamie - ah ha :) It helps to live nearby!! Laura - thanks, it was loads of fun! I didn't expect some of those flavors (olive in Valrhona? but it really was there!) which is why it was so educational for me. Psychgrad - yeah, I think quantitative types (4 of us are science trained) have an interesting approach to this sort of tasting - in a good way! Holly - thank you! Mark - I was thinking of making it blind, but each chocolate has it's damn logo printed on the bars... It was incredible to taste how different the 55%, 65% and 70% were in the Chocoloves. I don't doubt that the lower percentage cacao for all of the brands might have tasted more appealing to our group. I think Marianne and Jeremy are the only two who really appreciate the super dark chocolates. I've just had much better results from the compound bars. Go figure (and they're cheaper per ounce!) Christine - ha ha, I like charts ;) I was totally surprised with the results too because I looooove Valrhona, but the eating bars are so different from the compound bars. Strange. Tartelette - thanks! Nicole - ha ha, yeah - I will post that this week for ya. We missed you at the tasting. It wasn't right not having you and Andrew there :( Kitt - yeah, my head began to hurt after the third chocolate. I'm not a chocolate girl myself. Glad I had the salad first! Brittany - ha ha!! I prefer the salad to the chocolate :) Rosa - thank you :) Grace - I am thinking it's a bad quality. Not something you really want to experience when eating chocolate (or anything for that matter!) Lauren - that's funny because I got half of the chocolates from Whole Foods :) Thanks for the award! I've gotten it before, but it's very sweet of you to tag me :) Diva - absolutely, I wanted something fruity and light to clear out all of that chocolate! Sharona May - don't you love food parties? Food is such a social thing for me :) Sarah - I nearly went blind tasting the chocolates, I would probably go into cheese coma if there were a cheese tasting ;) I can't stomach too much of either one! WoRC - I nearly did, sistah! If it weren't for the dinner beforehand, I don't think I could have handled so much chocolate (and it wasn't that much). Oooh, what lucky peeps are going to get to eat your dessert? :) Marcie - thank you! I will post the ricotta cheesecake recipe this week! Bridget – I bought most of the chocolates at our local Whole Foods or at a local gourmet cook store (Peppercorn on Pearl Street Mall). But you probably don’t want to use these chocolates (eating bars as I refer to them). Instead, you probably want to use compound bars for baking and confections. I’d try a Whole Foods or any gourmet store… Wegmans in your area, perhaps?

Peabody – it was totally fun. It would have been neat to do with some of the food bloggers too, yeah?

Ruthie – well great to have you commenting and de-lurking! Thanks for plugging your favorite local. I love local businesses :)

Jamie – ah ha :) It helps to live nearby!!

Laura – thanks, it was loads of fun! I didn’t expect some of those flavors (olive in Valrhona? but it really was there!) which is why it was so educational for me.

Psychgrad – yeah, I think quantitative types (4 of us are science trained) have an interesting approach to this sort of tasting – in a good way!

Holly – thank you!

Mark – I was thinking of making it blind, but each chocolate has it’s damn logo printed on the bars… It was incredible to taste how different the 55%, 65% and 70% were in the Chocoloves. I don’t doubt that the lower percentage cacao for all of the brands might have tasted more appealing to our group. I think Marianne and Jeremy are the only two who really appreciate the super dark chocolates. I’ve just had much better results from the compound bars. Go figure (and they’re cheaper per ounce!)

Christine – ha ha, I like charts ;) I was totally surprised with the results too because I looooove Valrhona, but the eating bars are so different from the compound bars. Strange.

Tartelette – thanks!

Nicole – ha ha, yeah – I will post that this week for ya. We missed you at the tasting. It wasn’t right not having you and Andrew there :(

Kitt – yeah, my head began to hurt after the third chocolate. I’m not a chocolate girl myself. Glad I had the salad first!

Brittany – ha ha!! I prefer the salad to the chocolate :)

Rosa – thank you :)

Grace – I am thinking it’s a bad quality. Not something you really want to experience when eating chocolate (or anything for that matter!)

Lauren – that’s funny because I got half of the chocolates from Whole Foods :) Thanks for the award! I’ve gotten it before, but it’s very sweet of you to tag me :)

Diva – absolutely, I wanted something fruity and light to clear out all of that chocolate!

Sharona May – don’t you love food parties? Food is such a social thing for me :)

Sarah – I nearly went blind tasting the chocolates, I would probably go into cheese coma if there were a cheese tasting ;) I can’t stomach too much of either one!

WoRC – I nearly did, sistah! If it weren’t for the dinner beforehand, I don’t think I could have handled so much chocolate (and it wasn’t that much). Oooh, what lucky peeps are going to get to eat your dessert? :)

Marcie – thank you! I will post the ricotta cheesecake recipe this week!

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