It's a knee-jerk reaction for them
After hearing Dr. Andrew Weil say on Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! that dark chocolate is so good for you that you can eat as much of it as you wish, I decided that my one New Year's Resolution would be to acquire a taste for it, and kick the habit I have for milk chocolate, (hereafter to be referred to derisively as simply "candy").
Last year I kept so much candy in my desk that I gained a reputation as the go-to guy if you were jonesing for a snack. But I've cleared out my desk, although people still occasionally come sniffing for treats, as Lee did yesterday.
He thought I was holding out on him and to my surprise I did find a stash in my bottom drawer of M&Ms, left over from Halloween. I grabbed a handful (hey, I'm not completely cured), and gave him the rest of the 52oz bag for his pod, far away from me.
Within five minutes I'd received an iChat from Bryan.
Bryan: did you leave that bag of M&Ms? you chocolately trickster?
John: I told Lee to take it to your pod and get it away from me
Bryan: *sigh*
John: you are very welcome
Bryan: It's in retaliation for the teriyaki sticks, isn't it
John: well, now that you say it…
Bryan: this could mean war
Not that I'm particularly worried. I've seen how lousy Americans are at waging war, so I fully expect to find they've retaliated with a box of Ghirardelli Squares.
Last year I kept so much candy in my desk that I gained a reputation as the go-to guy if you were jonesing for a snack. But I've cleared out my desk, although people still occasionally come sniffing for treats, as Lee did yesterday.
He thought I was holding out on him and to my surprise I did find a stash in my bottom drawer of M&Ms, left over from Halloween. I grabbed a handful (hey, I'm not completely cured), and gave him the rest of the 52oz bag for his pod, far away from me.
Within five minutes I'd received an iChat from Bryan.
Bryan: did you leave that bag of M&Ms? you chocolately trickster?
John: I told Lee to take it to your pod and get it away from me
Bryan: *sigh*
John: you are very welcome
Bryan: It's in retaliation for the teriyaki sticks, isn't it
John: well, now that you say it…
Bryan: this could mean war
Not that I'm particularly worried. I've seen how lousy Americans are at waging war, so I fully expect to find they've retaliated with a box of Ghirardelli Squares.
posted by John at 8:53 AM
1 Comments:
Easy to do.
1. Grab yourself some of the darkest bitterest chocolate that you can actually eat without your teeth hurting. This was easier last month when the stores were dumping Xmas stuff at 75% off.
2. Grind up some dark roast espresso beans. Not too coarse, and not too fine.
3. Break up chocolate in a bowl and microwave until liquid. Not so long that it burns. Once it starts getting gloppy, take it out and it'll liquify the rest of the way by itself.
4. Stir in espresso beans.
5. Spread the whole mess on a sheet of wax paper and frigimate until solid again.
6. Break up into chunks.
You have now created a dense bitter substance that's more addictive than crack. As an added bonus, the kids won't steal it from you.
I have a bowl of it in the fridge right now. It's the stuff of legends.
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