now here's some "pearls" everyone can enjoy!

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"New M&M'S(R) White Chocolate Treasure Discovered by Pirate "Ragetti" at NYC Seaport
In Time for Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" New Yorkers Are First to Plunder Packs of M&M'S(R) White Chocolate Pirate Pearls"
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=126919

I am employed by one of the (many, many) retailers who will be bringing this wonderful new kind of pearl to you. Being a chocolate snob, I am happy to report that these pearls are solid white chocolate, not white-chocolate-plated nuts. Though they all have the same shape, they are of course not round; instead they are oblate spheroids. Their luster is rather poor, despite obvious candy-coating surface treatments. Fortunately, this does not affect the taste.
 
Hi Jeremy,

There is no "white chocolate" the only reason why "white chocolate" is white is because it does not contain any actual chocolate. It is a mixture of cacao butter (sans chocolate liquour), sugar, milk powder, and flavorings. I feel even more strongly about "white chocolate" than about akoyas and other pearl plated beads. "White chocolate" is a crime against humanity. I recommend Chocolate a Consuming Passion for background reading. Chocolate is produced by an Italian company called Domori and the best chocolate-related products otherwise come from the company Hachez. All else is sugary brown stuff.

http://www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/domori.html
http://feeds.feedburner.com/uberswiss

Zeide
 
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Zeide Erskine said:
Hi Jeremy,

There is no "white chocolate" the only reason why "white chocolate" is white is because it does not contain any actual chocolate. It is a mixture of cacao butter (sans chocolate liquour), sugar, milk powder, and flavorings. I feel even more strongly about "white chocolate" than about akoyas and other pearl plated beads. "White chocolate" is a crime against humanity. I recommend Chocolate a Consuming Passion for background reading. Chocolate is produced by an Italian company called Domori and the best chocolate-related products otherwise comes from the company Hachez. All else is sugary brown stuff.

http://www.chocosphere.com/Html/Products/domori.html
http://feeds.feedburner.com/uberswiss

Zeide
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Oh no! I love white chocolate more than real chocolate.:D
 
Hi Peartime,

That's o.k., when I relax again I may even send you a pair of akoya and diamond earrings and a bar of white Hershey's. To each his/her own. Pearls are my passion and chocolate is my religion. I am a very faithful observer of it.

Zeide
 
Hmmmmmmm... Now I have been thinking.. be VERY affraid..... I wonder If I could make a Chocolate edible pearls necklcae to give out as a gift at one of our upcoming events.... Let me ponder and play with that idea........
 
Hi Amanda

Feel free to use it and enjoy! Just send me some .. Now that would be a collection to have.....

"Chocolate pearls" from all over the world! using different types of chocolate.....

Can ya tell its friday! LOL!!!!!! Have a great weekend everyone

Cheers

Ash
 
Hi Mike,

You can only be a heretic if you otherwise profess to be a believer in chocolatanity. A buddhist is not a christian heretic, you know.

If, for instance, somebody who is not really interested in pearls but rather fashion wrote an essay on the virtues of short-cultured and overtreated pearls, that's just a Sheer Hype Report, however, if I did that it would be heresy.

Zeide
 
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Well, tie me to a stake and stack some firewood underneath, 'cause you're lookin' at one size XL heretic. I consider "sugary brown stuff" one of the main food groups, along with pizza and cheesecake (plain cheesecake, thank you very much. defiling an excellent cheesecake with fruity topping is like putting a short-cultured akoya in the middle of a strand of naturals). We white chocolate cultists don't really present any danger to your status quo, though.

Nobody expects the Cocoa Inquisition!:D
 
Hi Mike,

I definitely agree that chocolate is the true vitamin C. You die without it. We may have minor disagreements on chocolate definition and brand preference.

You are absolutely right, cheesecake is another major food group that does not take well to defiling. What would you think of somebody who slathered some philadelphia on a cardbord box and called that a cultured cheesecake? Or worse, put processed diet philadelphia with artificial strawberry flavor on the box and tried selling it to you as cultured New York Cheesecake for only US3,000.00 a slice?

Zeide
 
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Now here's something we agree on. At last, I have an ally in the war against cheesecake toppings! As I have always said, a good cheesecake doesn't NEED toppings!

Though I've never been to Philly, I have been to New York City, where I had the best cheesecake it's ever been my privilege to consume. I believe the Romans had the custom of gorging themselves, then vomiting it up so they could eat more. That was a custom I never understood, until I ate that cheesecake. New York is, of course, also famous for pizza. So basically I should move to New York. Although that would mean Pearl Paradise's office would no longer be in driving distance...
 
Hi Mike,

I see you are catching on. Now, as soon as you have developed a taste for Domori and Hachez, let me know and I will show you some natural pearls. Then we can move on to Champagne (there is only French champagne the rest is bubbly) and Bordeaux. When you have the Crus down, you will shudder at the thought of once having liked "white chocolate."

Zeide
 
Hi Mike,

Start with either the Carupano or a Cru-line variety sampler. If you do not yet have incorporated Nutella into your diet, you may enjoy adding chocolate spread to your breakfeast experience. And, of course, milk chocolate is perfectly acceptable when it is made by Hachez. There is no reason to pay extra for Domori chocolate spread. Nothing has eclipsed Nutella in this regard yet.

Zeide
 
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I've ordered 1 Carupano Bar and 1 Cru & Blend Assortment. By far the most expensive chocolate I've ever bought, but then one tends to recieve what one pays for. This ought to be interesting...
 
Glad to hear Nutella is approved chacolate fare. I like it- Available at Trader Joe's here in Tucson.

But I am just a chocolate-liker, not a choco-lover.

My passion is CHILES. Give me a good chiltepin anyday -over a chocolate bar. Well I like the 2 mixed together, as in Mole sauce--

My favorite hot sauce besides my homemade ones - Sriracha HOT Chili Sauce.$1.89 a bottle at the Chinese grocery. I carry a bottle with me when I travel, even across town, let alone to India. It really perked up the blander curry dishes... well most curry is bland to me, sorry!

Come to think of it Chiltepines look like little red PEARLS!

They are the original wild chile and they grow all over Northern Mexico. They are highly valued- My last trip to Nogie (Nogales, Sonora) I paid $6 bucks for a double handfull! They are picked by hand 1x1- very labor intensive chile, though I doubt the seller on the square is any where close in the retail chain to the original picker!
 

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