nastybun

I finished my first block of 99% cocoa lindt chocolate this afternoon. I have another. I think it’s the first block of chocolate I’ve had that comes with a warning label. Seriously. There’s a label over the tray of it that says you should probably start with the 70% (not enough) then progress through the 85% (wonderful) stuff before having a crack at this one. You actually only get half the mass of it, segmented into smaller squares, as you do with the other two strengths, which is more a reflection of its intensity than any money grabbing on their part. It also says to break off a small peice and let it melt on your tongue, which is a good thing to do. You don’t want to go scarffing this stuff down, it’s not a pleasent experience. Best to eat it slowly, with a cup of coffee (also good with green tea), letting the flavours of your cup of choice mix in with the chocolate. I find myself with tea and choc on the tongue, mixing and matching together. It’s very enjoyable. It’s also good for you, as it turns out. There’s a website and everything, and if it’s on the internet, it must be true. Not that if it was terrible for me I’d avoid eating it, but it’s a good excuse.

It also turns out that beer is good for you. Think of all the goodness I’m consuming! Wonderful. My dad has a perscription for a glass of red wine every day, just because he knows the doctor that perscribed him, I’m sure it’s legitimate and serious… I wonder if I can get one for tea and chocolate.

We recently consumed some tasty tasty foods, I’ll give you the recipe here:

3 tortilla rounds (soft tacos, burritos.. like that)
16 cloves garlic
2 cups parmesan cheese, grated
2 cups mozzarella, grated

Basically, you roast the garlic in the oven until it’s all nice and soft, spread it on the totillas, add the cheese, lay them atop each other and oven the lot until the cheese is as cooked as you like it. I go for golden brown. We also added sauce (whatever Dolmio you prefer, slack and tasty) and salami chunks. Obviously any recipe that has 16 cloves of garlic in it is pure genius, but it’s one of those things that you can add whatever you like to. Think of it as layered pizza with thin bases. I think I prefer pizza like this… which means it’s probably good that I don’t want to test my crappy looking oven out. I’d eat these far too often… Comes from the 4 Ingredients recipe book, my mum sent it to me. Great book, but a quick flick through seems to have revealed that most of the recipes require trust in one’s oven or grill… maybe one day…

Ancient Romans ate flamingo tongues and considered them a delicacy.

Good with a nice dry white…