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Post by housesparrow on Jun 8, 2009 12:50:13 GMT
According to the final episode of The Apprentice, no.
I don't think this will spoil the fun for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but some women in the chocolate business said women don't buy chocolates for men.
Well, I do, and perhaps it is time more did.
As for the men who all denied eating chocolates........ they are missing out, surely?
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Post by sinistral on Jun 8, 2009 13:29:35 GMT
As I don't watch The Apprentice this argument is new to me,however....... If all the women who say they don't buy chocolates for men are living with all the men who deny eating chocolates.... Then everyone should be happy.  (Oh and Sparrer.....I buy chocolates for men too) |
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Post by Patrick on Jun 8, 2009 13:32:27 GMT
Oooble! Farble Worble Oooble Mmmmf Mmmmf Mmmmf.
Sorry, I really shouldn't eat with my mouthful. Anybody want a piece?
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Post by trubble on Jun 8, 2009 13:43:00 GMT
The market must be mainly a female market. Men like chocolate but not in the same way as women, we all know that. I've bought chocolate for men but it's more on the ''sweetie'' side of the market whereas for women it's Belgian truffles and the like. I know a man who is addicted to chocolate and rivals a woman's need for it but even then he is quantity over quality obsessed. We have a deeper appreciation of chocolate and its many variations and we all know it's different types of chocolate for different occasions. Men are less discerning and think a Twix counts.  |
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Post by housesparrow on Jun 8, 2009 14:57:09 GMT
Then Jack can't be a real man because he is very fussy about his chocolates. He wouldn't dream of eating a Twix oher than to give him an emergency energy boost. If Thorntons change the mix in their box of Continental he grumbles, writes letters to The Times and his MP....
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Post by Patrick on Jun 8, 2009 15:13:12 GMT
Keeping your choccie in the fridge so you can slowly and delicately pick the chocolate off the outside first, then nibble away at the inside in equal quantities. So, with a Mars Bar or Double Decker you pick off the chocolate and then you slowly nibble the different layers apart, slice after slice! Take a wafer bar, any wafer bar and you do the same - then tease, and ease your way e-v-e-r-s-o s-l-o-w-l-y working your way along the top, then you e-v-e-r-s-o s-l-o-w-l-y tickle away at the layer of chocolate, or fondant on the top of the next sheet of wafer and carefully lick that off. Then turn it sideways, or your head sideways and just put the very tip of your teeth around the very edges of the wafer - just on the outside edge, and then s-l-o-w-l-y nibble. Just nibble your way from one end of the bar e to the other, like a rabbit! Nibble nibble nibble just to pull the wafer apart, bit by bit! Or holding a slice of Cadbury or Galaxy Caramel in your mouth and just let it melt, in slow motion - just sitting there, balanced on your tongue, you dare not move it, just gently suck, and swallow the teensiest weensiest tast of chocolate as it begins to dissolve and then you find your way to the rich caramel filling and let it cover your tongue and your whole mouth it filled with chocolatey wonderment for just that split second before it's all gone, and you can start it all over again with the next piece. I won't mention chocolate eggs, it could just get a tad too pornographic!  Men have no understanding of chocolate? Pah! |
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Post by everso on Jun 8, 2009 17:03:21 GMT
I've already stated on The Apprentice thread that I buy chocs for Mr. E. on his birthday, our anniversary, Easter and Christmas. He's very much a chocoholic, as are our son and daughter. I love chocolate too, but try not to indulge too much. However, Mr. E. is very picky about his chocolate and refuses to eat things like Twix or Kit Kat as he says they're too sugary. As a matter of interest I was recently given a couple of free samples of a new chocolate called Seeds of Change. It's excellent stuff, very chocolatey - not sure of the price though. www.seedsofchangechocolate.com/By the look of the website, it's from the U.S.  I believe, from what the 'blurb' with the free sample told me, that it's available at Waitrose. |
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Post by swl on Jun 8, 2009 19:20:36 GMT
The real man in this house doesn't get near the chocolate. The real woman snaffles it before he can blink.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 8, 2009 22:51:55 GMT
Do real men eat chocolates?Yes. But in a manly, masculine way.  AH
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Post by rjpageuk on Jun 8, 2009 23:36:17 GMT
We have a deeper appreciation of chocolate and its many variations and we all know it's different types of chocolate for different occasions. Men are less discerning and think a Twix counts. I dispute this! I know of at least one woman who thinks Aero is the best chocolate  I am a man and I eat chocolate. I am out of the closet now, and I love making chocolate desserts and everything chocolatey (other than chocolate flavoured ice cream which is wrong and horrible). I even spent £6 tonight on a chocolate dessert (and it was lovely) |
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Post by trubble on Jun 8, 2009 23:41:17 GMT
The real man in this house doesn't get near the chocolate. The real woman snaffles it before he can blink.  Women work well in pairs too.  |
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Post by trubble on Jun 8, 2009 23:44:07 GMT
We have a deeper appreciation of chocolate and its many variations and we all know it's different types of chocolate for different occasions. Men are less discerning and think a Twix counts. I dispute this! I know of at least one woman who thinks Aero is the best chocolate I am a man and I eat chocolate. I am out of the closet now, and I love making chocolate desserts and everything chocolatey (other than chocolate flavoured ice cream which is wrong and horrible). I even spent £6 tonight on a chocolate dessert (and it was lovely) Far be it from me to cast aspersions on the type of women you ''know'' but I suspect she was eating an Aero at the time and had her head turned by short-term gratification. There's a time and a place for Aeros but let's get real - Truffles are the future. |
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Post by trubble on Jun 8, 2009 23:49:08 GMT
Keeping your choccie in the fridge so you can slowly and delicately pick the chocolate off the outside first, then nibble away at the inside in equal quantities. So, with a Mars Bar or Double Decker you pick off the chocolate and then you slowly nibble the different layers apart, slice after slice! Take a wafer bar, any wafer bar and you do the same - then tease, and ease your way e-v-e-r-s-o s-l-o-w-l-y working your way along the top, then you e-v-e-r-s-o s-l-o-w-l-y tickle away at the layer of chocolate, or fondant on the top of the next sheet of wafer and carefully lick that off. Then turn it sideways, or your head sideways and just put the very tip of your teeth around the very edges of the wafer - just on the outside edge, and then s-l-o-w-l-y nibble. Just nibble your way from one end of the bar e to the other, like a rabbit! Nibble nibble nibble just to pull the wafer apart, bit by bit! Or holding a slice of Cadbury or Galaxy Caramel in your mouth and just let it melt, in slow motion - just sitting there, balanced on your tongue, you dare not move it, just gently suck, and swallow the teensiest weensiest tast of chocolate as it begins to dissolve and then you find your way to the rich caramel filling and let it cover your tongue and your whole mouth it filled with chocolatey wonderment for just that split second before it's all gone, and you can start it all over again with the next piece. I won't mention chocolate eggs, it could just get a tad too pornographic! Men have no understanding of chocolate? Pah!You have made the school-boy error of including Double Deckers as chocolate. In this part of the world such mutations are known simply as 'bars' and are not really in the same league. Have you experimented with a Cadbury's Chocolate Button or Dairy Milk square and a cup of hot tea? Just a drop of tea added at the right time and the entire piece melts like a dream, no sucking required! That pic is all well and good but be careful - we don't need Alan Partridge moments. |
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Post by trubble on Jun 8, 2009 23:57:05 GMT
Ok, I've read all your claims that men eat chocolate and accept them but tell me this... do they buy expensive boxes of the stuff for themselves or ''for their women''? And do women buy expensive boxes for their men or to share?
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Post by sinistral on Jun 9, 2009 0:13:09 GMT
I AM A HERETIC......
There I've said it...the truth is out....
I am a woman who is not madly keen on chocolate.
I am the sort of weirdo who can just take a couple of squares from a bar then put the rest away.
I am a saddo who can take two truffles from the box then close it and it won't be opened again for days.
Am I beyond redemption?
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Post by NickCosmoSonde on Jun 9, 2009 1:46:51 GMT
I don't like chocolate at all, in any guise or form. I am addicted to Peppadew Sweet Peppers, however. The hot ones, mind.
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Post by housesparrow on Jun 9, 2009 5:50:15 GMT
A sweet shop in town sells orange rind (possibly crystallised, I'm not sure) covered in dark chocolate. They are unimaginably delicious and the best thing about them is that Jack doesn't care for them one bit.
He is a truffles man, and he gets (most of) a box of those to himself.
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Post by Patrick on Jun 9, 2009 11:27:18 GMT
Ok, I've read all your claims that men eat chocolate and accept them but tell me this... do they buy expensive boxes of the stuff for themselves or ''for their women''? And do women buy expensive boxes for their men or to share? I've bought the odd box of Green and Black's to enjoy by myself, and dare I say it M&S were once selling these Ferrero Rochet -a-like chocolates off cheaply and I recall treating myself to a few of those. You see - I can do this - because I never put any weight on! |
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Post by Patrick on Jun 9, 2009 11:35:19 GMT
You have made the school-boy error of including Double Deckers as chocolate. In this part of the world such mutations are known simply as 'bars' and are not really in the same league. Far from it! A Double Decker is the only chocolate bar - though not entirely fabulous quality that seems to have actually grown in size since I was little. It is a positively manly struggle to get through - especially for a non manly man such as I! Have you experimented with a Cadbury's Chocolate Button or Dairy Milk square and a cup of hot tea? Just a drop of tea added at the right time and the entire piece melts like a dream, no sucking required! 0/10 for descriptive writing.  Coffee works well too - The instant Chocha Mocha! |
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Post by Patrick on Jun 9, 2009 11:38:16 GMT
I AM A HERETIC...... There I've said it...the truth is out.... I am a woman who is not madly keen on chocolate. I am the sort of weirdo who can just take a couple of squares from a bar then put the rest away. I am a saddo who can take two truffles from the box then close it and it won't be opened again for days. Am I beyond redemption? Not at all! My Best Beloved is also a chocolate "nibbler", and has to be in the mood for it. This is very useful, because she has the habit of leaving things until their sell by date has flown by - So that's a call for "Sell By Date Eating Chocolate Man" - and I get to have it! ;D |
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