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captain kirk
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
Here, I like DAR, the Japanese stuff found in many family marts. The milk, dark and white chocolates are all good. |
Banana chocolate by DAR! Also in GS Marts. |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| wannago wrote: |
There is a huge difference between the Hershey's made in the US and the Hershey's made overseas. I agree, the Hershey's over here is crap.
I have NEVER liked Cadbury's. The most overrated food out there. Its like eating plastic with a little cocoa powder. |
Honestly, I don't know how it could be any worse than the crap I had the misfortune of eating in the US a couple of years back. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| ^ I've tried Hershey's both in America and here, and honestly I don't know why Hershey's makes chocolate of that low a quality and why Americans put up with it. I mean American chocolate cookies are pretty good and continental chocolate is available there too, so people ought to know how chocolate is supposed to taste. |
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Czarjorge
Joined: 01 May 2007
Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| petethebrick wrote: |
Yeah, its true cadburys isn't up there with real chocolate but it tastes great I reckon. Plus in Ireland we also get Nestle and Galaxy chocolate which are good as well.
I agree, herscheys is crap. Same as a lot of american stuff you see on TV and look forward to trying with relish only to be crudely disappointed--Dr. Pepper,my god, awful stuff, tastes like the devils piss. |
You, sir, are a flavor philistine. Dr. Pepper is the finest soda on this planet.
What do you prefer, Tab? |
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Insidejohnmalkovich
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Hershey's is milk chocolate. Therefore wimpier. <shrugs> I like it well enough. I like expensive dark chocolate too. Chocolate is always good. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Hershey's is a long way from being good chocolate, but after tasting the mass market crap that gets passed off as chocolate in Korea, I can't complain. The stuff they sell for white day is often cocoa flavored wax. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Privateer wrote: |
| ^ I've tried Hershey's both in America and here, and honestly I don't know why Hershey's makes chocolate of that low a quality and why Americans put up with it. I mean American chocolate cookies are pretty good and continental chocolate is available there too, so people ought to know how chocolate is supposed to taste. |
People are comfortable with what they know. Darker chocolates are
something people have to discover. I remember when there were
only few brands of coffee in the store in the US. Now, people know
the names of different beans and what countries they come from.
The taste for chocolate has also been changing in the US. It used to be
you had to search for Hershey's Special Dark and now it's almost
always next to the regular Hershey's. Lindt now sells in Wal-Mart.
Instead of the same chocolate in different forms, e.g. Hershey's Kisses
and Hershey bars, we now have more kinds of chocolate in regular
stores and more specialty shops like Godiva. |
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TheChickenLover
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Location: The Chicken Coop
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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What you are most likely eating is fake chocolate. The Hershey's chocolate here is made in China. When I was given a bar from a student, I thought I was eating cardboard. In reality, you are most likely eating 'counterfeit' chocolate.
They make this crap & sell at premium for brand name prices.
Horrible stuff.
Chicken |
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machellebelle
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hershey's chocolate isn't that great no matter where you are.
I don't understand the fascination. They've started producing finer chocolates back in the states, but Hershey still has a long way to go before they catch up to the quality of European producers.
I've seen toblerone in a few places, but I don't know if it's the same. My favorite is Neuhaus, but I seriously doubt ever finding that here |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| OP, "Empire of the Sun"? Seen anything made in the past two decades? |
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eamo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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I was brought up on Cadburys and Rowntrees, so, I find Hersheys awful too.
And there's a reason why Cadburys chocolate is 20% cocoa. Because early in the 20th century the Cadburys company found that proportion to be what people liked most in milk chocolate.
This new fad for ultra high cocoa percentages is stupid. Too much cocoa makes a terrible, bitter chocolate which people kid themselves must be the taste of real chocolate. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Privateer wrote: |
| ^ I've tried Hershey's both in America and here, and honestly I don't know why Hershey's makes chocolate of that low a quality and why Americans put up with it. I mean American chocolate cookies are pretty good and continental chocolate is available there too, so people ought to know how chocolate is supposed to taste. |
People are comfortable with what they know. Darker chocolates are
something people have to discover. I remember when there were
only few brands of coffee in the store in the US. Now, people know
the names of different beans and what countries they come from.
The taste for chocolate has also been changing in the US. It used to be
you had to search for Hershey's Special Dark and now it's almost
always next to the regular Hershey's. Lindt now sells in Wal-Mart.
Instead of the same chocolate in different forms, e.g. Hershey's Kisses
and Hershey bars, we now have more kinds of chocolate in regular
stores and more specialty shops like Godiva. |
You're missing the point. It's not about the difference between dark chocolate and milk chocolate. It's about high quality and low. Hershey's Special Dark still tastes a bit too much like cardboard. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
I was brought up on Cadburys and Rowntrees, so, I find Hersheys awful too.
And there's a reason why Cadburys chocolate is 20% cocoa. Because early in the 20th century the Cadburys company found that proportion to be what people liked most in milk chocolate.
This new fad for ultra high cocoa percentages is stupid. Too much cocoa makes a terrible, bitter chocolate which people kid themselves must be the taste of real chocolate. |
Bitter chocolate, i.e. chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa, is a European thing, although I personally like it. But Europeans do milk chocolate too.
The Cadbury's and Rowntrees chocolate you get in Britain aren't as good as European chocolate either, but at least they're a lot better than Hershey's. |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| I think Hershey's is the best chocolate now and that will ever be. I am right. You are wrong. My opinion on the tastiness of foods is superior to your's. |
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