That's a Washington Post article — gift link — that Meade sent me just now.
I was all: I saw that yesterday and already had a long discussion with Grok about it. Here are my 6 prompts:
1. why is dark chocolate better than milk chocolate?
2. so everything that's in dark chocolate is also in milk chocolate, it's just that there's ALSO something else in milk chocolate: milk. So what's the problem? If I had a tiny shot of milk along with my dark chocolate, they'd be the same, right?
3. 5–6 times the sugar — but the sugar in dark chocolate is severely low. assume I don't want to live like that
4. so big deal -- twice as much as a very small amount. why lose the joy over that?
5. I have near total anosmia, and the sweetness and *creaminess* of milk chocolate really come through for me. The *bitterness* and brittleness of dark chocolate are severe *to me*
6. dark chocolate people strive to characterize their food as a health food. I'm a bit intolerant of the bullshit and care about the last vestiges of pleasure
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True wisdom, Ann. When experts sliver-slice micro benefit differentials, based on their own criteria, we must evaluate our own preference, unless the issue is leaving a burning house. Don't experts have a real life outside smarty-pants land?
I broke down and tried Dubai chocolate. It's gross. Also how ridiculous is it that this type of chocolate was created by a Filipino chef?
@Althouse, you got that right.
I don't eat dark chocolate because I believe it's a health food. I actually like the taste, but in small doses. I actually like to have a couple of pieces of Hershey's Special Dark with Almonds once in a while. I like milk chocolate, too, but the quality has gone downhill on a lot of the brands. The thing about having a liver transplant is that they give you a big list of foods that you're not supposed to eat anymore. (And it can vary from person to person) For example: My potassium is very high now, so I'm supposed to avoid high potassium foods like bananas and potatoes. (And my favorite food used to be potatoes.) And food does taste different to me now. So finding stuff to eat has become an interesting challenge lately.
I love the taste of dark chocolate. Milk chocolate is almost nauseating in its sweetness. I have a stockpile of Lindor 70% dark chocolate truffles, only 4 carbs and 3 sugars per truffle. The mouth feel is amazing once you bite into it and get to the creamy center, so good! If I had anosmia though, and I could actually taste something delicious that had great texture, I’d go for it too, enjoy!
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