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We already ran the riff raff out of our country once .... time to do it again I suppose!

The Hershey company has in fact been lobbying (unsuccessfully) to have the FDA redefine "chocolate" such that they could substitute vegetable oil for cocoa butter. So they'e pretty hell-bent on destroying the idea of chocolate domestically, as well as overseas.

 Ouze wrote:
The Hershey company has in fact been lobbying (unsuccessfully) to have the FDA redefine "chocolate" such that they could substitute vegetable oil for cocoa butter. So they'e pretty hell-bent on destroying the idea of chocolate domestically, as well as overseas.

That doesn't surprise me. To be fair, some of their stuff is ok, but you can't beat that fresh milk taste of genuine Cadbury's chocolate.




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 OIIIIIIO wrote:
We already ran the riff raff out of our country once .... time to do it again I suppose!

We never lost to the Americans, we lost to the French navy, and seeing as we got payback on them at Waterloo, I'd call the American revolution a score draw


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I'm seriously tempted to get a boat, row across the Atlantic, and introduce my boot to the rear of the Hershey's CEO for this outrage.

But I'd probably get gunned down. Damn that second amendment

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
That doesn't surprise me. To be fair, some of their stuff is ok, but you can't beat that fresh milk taste of genuine Cadbury's chocolate.

At what point can you still claim a "fresh" milk taste in a mass produced and manufactured product?

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
I'm seriously tempted to get a boat, row across the Atlantic, and introduce my boot to the rear of the Hershey's CEO for this outrage.

But I'd probably get gunned down. Damn that second amendment

I know. Such inconsiderate people who don't like being assaulted by complete strangers.

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
That doesn't surprise me. To be fair, some of their stuff is ok, but you can't beat that fresh milk taste of genuine Cadbury's chocolate.

At what point can you still claim a "fresh" milk taste in a mass produced and manufactured product?

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
I'm seriously tempted to get a boat, row across the Atlantic, and introduce my boot to the rear of the Hershey's CEO for this outrage.

But I'd probably get gunned down. Damn that second amendment

I know. Such inconsiderate people who don't like being assaulted by complete strangers.

You obviously have no idea how Cadbury's is made. I've seen the advert, and in that advert, the cows are brought home at night, milked by some attractive looking milk maids, and the milk is then helicoptered to the factory, where oompa loopas make it there and then, and have it in the shops 5 minutes before you walk in. There's nothing mass produced about it

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
When it comes to beer, cheese, beard and chocolate, America isn't even in the same league as us

We're only not in the same league if by American beer, cheese and bread, you're only considering Budweiser, American cheese (which isn't even real cheese) and Wonder Bread.

If you take into account our craft breweries, actual cheese from an actual farm, and quality bread made with whole grains instead of nasty white flour, we're quite capable in the league of beer and food. Plus, we brought the world cornbread. You're welcome.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
You obviously have no idea how Cadbury's is made. I've seen the advert, and in that advert, the cows are brought home at night, milked by some attractive looking milk maids, and the milk is then helicoptered to the factory, where oompa loopas make it there and then, and have it in the shops 5 minutes before you walk in. There's nothing mass produced about it

So how would you import it then with such a labour intensive process, and still keep it fresh?

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
You obviously have no idea how Cadbury's is made. I've seen the advert, and in that advert, the cows are brought home at night, milked by some attractive looking milk maids, and the milk is then helicoptered to the factory, where oompa loopas make it there and then, and have it in the shops 5 minutes before you walk in. There's nothing mass produced about it

So how would you import it then with such a labour intensive process, and still keep it fresh?

There is one way:


Cadbury have their chocolate fingers in many pies; I'm sure they have their own mystical ways of working, spoken about only in Wispas.

 Avatar 720 wrote:

There is one way:

Spoiler:

Cadbury have their chocolate fingers in many pies; I'm sure they have their own mystical ways of working, spoken about only in Wispas.

It must be a well kept

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Avatar 720 wrote:

There is one way:

Spoiler:

Cadbury have their chocolate fingers in many pies; I'm sure they have their own mystical ways of working, spoken about only in Wispas.

It must be a well kept

We can only

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
You obviously have no idea how Cadbury's is made. I've seen the advert, and in that advert, the cows are brought home at night, milked by some attractive looking milk maids, and the milk is then helicoptered to the factory, where oompa loopas make it there and then, and have it in the shops 5 minutes before you walk in. There's nothing mass produced about it

So how would you import it then with such a labour intensive process, and still keep it fresh?

There is one way:

Spoiler:

Cadbury have their chocolate fingers in many pies; I'm sure they have their own mystical ways of working, spoken about only in Wispas.

What I wanted to say, but a million times better. Have an exalt

Pfeh. We're the ones who make poop that's 35% cocoa solids and label it 'dark chocolate'.

Tsk... British chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. Swiss or Belgian chocolate is what you should eat.

 Avatar 720 wrote:
We can only

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I would hate for this to get

 Iron_Captain wrote:
Tsk... British chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. Swiss or Belgian chocolate is what you should eat.

Belgian chocolate is good, but that tends to be because the Belgian chocolate you buy abroad isn't mass produced in the same way as a Cadburys bar. If you go to a proper craft chocolate maker in Britain, they use the same ingredients, and the results are just as good. We just don't tend to export craft chocolate.

 Iron_Captain wrote:
Tsk... British chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. Swiss or Belgian chocolate is what you should eat.

I bet Russian chocolate is great, right...?


Looks deli... terrifying.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:
Tsk... British chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. Swiss or Belgian chocolate is what you should eat.

I bet Russian chocolate is great, right...?


Looks deli... terrifying.

It can't be that... OH GOD! OH JESUS CHRIST!

Middle one reminds me of Chucky from Child's Play...

This thread made me go buy something chocolate from the vending machine. Went with Snickers... Thanks!

If you spent all your cash in the vending machine and had to go to get some more out, were you laughing all the way to the bank?

God I hate american chocolates.

Hershies is just acting stupid. I mean why would they do that? Wouldn't they make more money if they kept it that way?

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:
Tsk... British chocolate doesn't even taste like chocolate. Swiss or Belgian chocolate is what you should eat.

I bet Russian chocolate is great, right...?


Looks deli... terrifying.

Yea, Krasny Oktaybr chocolate is like all consumer goods mass produced in the Soviet Union. Absolute crap.
They say the girl on the front is Stalin's daughter though.

Russia does have better chocolate though. Rossiya chocolate is very good, and so is Babayevsky

Man, this angers me. I can't stand the vast majority of American chocolate. It's way too sweet. The few times a year I'm actually in the mood for chocolate, I usually try to look for something imported, and that's really not easy to begin with.

One of my coworkers went with her husband over to the Czech Republic, and brought back chocolate from there, and gave me some. That stuff was amazing.

I'm glad we started making good beer. I wish we could have nice things otherwise.

Mass produced British chocolate like Yorkie bars or Cadbury's Dairy Milk tends to be relatively low on the cocoa mass and high on sugar compared to the more expensive brands.

That reminds me of an amusing story. Many years ago I had a job at a supplier of LPG fuel systems for cars. One of my duties was helping to unload the deliveries.

At the time, Yorkie bars were advertised on TV with a tough, handsome lorry driver, a bit like the Marlboro Man only it was a modern lorry and a chocolate bar rather than cigarettes.

One day a lorry arrived and we got it all unloaded, then the driver said he had better get his Yorkie out and to my surprise he handed down a small terrier from the cab.

He didn't eat it, did he?

It was running around too fast.

Now I am dying for a chocolate bar.

 Ouze wrote:
Now I am dying for a chocolate bar.

That'd be a rather fitting description if you were diabetic.

If you think Hershey's chocolate is bad, do not ever visit their amusement park. That place positively reeks of the stuff.

That said, I had my first kiss on the observation 'Kissing' tower there back in the mid '80s. All subsequent memories of women and chocolate go downhill for me starting from then.

Oh, and if you want to see Pennsylvania at it's best, watch the 'Office'. I know there is a British prequel, but that was just a test run for the greatness that followed. Kinda like art imitating history, if you will.

Speaking as an outsider, why would you want either cadbury's or hershey's?

Although the British one is a little better, both are outclassed on all fronts by both Belgian and Swiss chocolates.

Bloody love a bit of Toblerone me...