What is this sipping chocolate?
It's chocolate that you sip. It's how the Europeans first experienced chocolate!
What makes it different from other chocolates?
It's super-crazy rich.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Mar 20, 2011 4:20:01 pm PDT #29314 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2011 4:22:36 pm PDT #29315 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can't you just fake it with other chocolate? I mean, just use more?
Lost power AGAIN. And this time there was cursing from across the courtyard.
My poor TiVo. It didn't even have time to come all the way back up before it went down again. I don't think I'm resetting my oven clocks until tomorrow. Thank dog my alarm clock sets itself off the internet.
Jesse - Mar 20, 2011 4:23:22 pm PDT #29316 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's shaved chocolate, not cocoa powder, is my understanding.
Amy - Mar 20, 2011 4:26:34 pm PDT #29317 of 30001
Because books.
It's shaved chocolate, not cocoa powder, is my understanding.
So it's really more like drinking melted chocolate?
That might actually be too rich for me.
-t - Mar 20, 2011 4:28:25 pm PDT #29318 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Can't you just fake it with other chocolate? I mean, just use more?
Maybe? The directions on the can have you use the same amount of mix (3T) for 1/2 cup of sipping chocolate as a cup of decadent hot chocolate, though you are also supposed to add sugar to the second.
And the 3T of mix is supposed to weigh 28g, so maybe you could do the same thing with 1/3C milk and 1 oz of bittersweet or semi-sweet or whatever you like chocolate? With lots of blending?
Eta: the ingredients are cocoa powder, cane sugar, chocolate liquor, and cocoa butter
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2011 4:28:59 pm PDT #29319 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's shaved chocolate, not cocoa powder, is my understanding.
You mix it up with milk?
My new TV has no controls that aren't remote. This is surprisingly frustrating.
Jesse - Mar 20, 2011 4:32:58 pm PDT #29320 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Please note, I don't actually know what I'm talking about.
-t - Mar 20, 2011 4:39:16 pm PDT #29321 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse, if I see any I'll pick some up for you. I didn't realize it was seasonal or I would have loaded up last time I saw it.
Strix - Mar 20, 2011 4:43:51 pm PDT #29322 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I always make hot cocoa with milk. Granted, I also use the powdered stuff, and mix in a couple of generous shakes of cinnamon, but I think it's nom!
William-Sonoma no longer carries Harney & Son's Tower of London blend for my dad. The regular stuff, but not the blend I need. Damn.
I managed to get out into the garden for about 45 minutes today, and it did me a world of good. It got to the high 70's today, and I cleared a ton of leaves from the front...garden-to-be, where the crocus and hyacinths are coming up. I have a LOT to do to make my yard semi-attractive this year, but it was nice to get out into the day.
Now I'm finishing up lesson plans. I've given myself a stern talking to, and my students can suck if if their papers are handed back longer than they would like. I am NOT going to be pulling regular 80 hour weeks anymore. 65 is my max.
Jesse - Mar 20, 2011 4:45:01 pm PDT #29323 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, if I see any I'll pick some up for you. I didn't realize it was seasonal or I would have loaded up last time I saw it.
Thank you! It's the one in the round brown tin, right?