Sweets
"...the most beautiful woman in the world was a French scullery maid named Annette. Annette worked in Paris for the Duke and Duchess de Guiche, and it did not escape the Duke's notice that someone extraordinary was polishing the pewter. The Duke's notice did not escape the notice of the Duchess either, who was not very beautiful and not very rich, but plenty smart. The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate. .... Annette never had a chance." -The Princess Bride Chapter One I can relate. I have a soft spot for chocolate. When I was in Italy, nearly 10 years ago they had these chocolates called 'Bacci', they were to die for. After I returned to the States I wanted more of them and it took the dedicated efforts of a very smitten man to find them here in the U.S. (much to my pleasure). I haven't had them in years but I still think about them every once in a while. When I was pregnant with my first child, sometime during the last trimester, the nurse exclaimed "You've gained 10 lbs in one month!" I was a bit ashamed of this, but my doctor kindly put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Whatever it is your eating you need to stop." He didn't ask, which was good cause I don't think I could have been honest. Chocolate. Chocolate Slim Fast shakes and gooey brownies to be precise. Every day for a month. I have a weakness, it's the truth, I love chocolate, but not any chocolate, I'm not so into Hershey's bars. No, I like the good stuff, the things you get in cute but expensive boxes for Valentine's Day or fudge at Christmas time. I like chocolate with things in it, like caramel or peanut butter or mint. Hot chocolate, cold chocolate, mocca chocolate (I know! I know!), chocolate cake, chocolate truffle, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, hard chocolate, soft chocolate, old chocolate, new chocolate. I could eat it all. It's bad. When I was younger, and my metabolism could handle this, I was quite the talk of the restaurant I worked at, when the waitresses wanted to sell a particularly large piece of desert they would point to me and say: "See her, that tall, skinny one, she can eat an entire one of these.... alone." It was a great selling point for some reason and they all liked to tease me about it. I try to restrain myself now, but when the holiday's hit I'm really in for it; October (gotta include Halloween) to February, five months of chocolate. Oh, did I mention my anniversary is in September.... so make that six months. Hello, my name is cannwin and I'm a choco-holic. |
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I'm happy to inform you that I enjoy nearly all the chocolate's in the box, minus anything cherry, lemon or orange chocolate. Those three flavors should not be combined with Chocolate.
I do like lemon bars, so maybe... ;)