Chocolate

[Maggi Young]

I don't believe even I eat 11 kilos of chocolate in a year.

I am saying nothing

[angie]

I don't believe even I eat 11 kilos of chocolate in a year.

At the beginning of 2012 I shall buy 11 kgs and see how much is left at the end of the year. Will have to mortgage the house though.

Lesley my favourite is Asda White chocolate buttons, 3 bags for a £1 . Each bag is 70g I wonder how many bags I would have to eat to get to my 11 kilos of chocolate. I would be willing to give it a try but could I wait till 2012 to start. 

Wim see what you have started 

Angie

[Lesley Cox]

As it happens, I don't really like white chocolate.

[WimB]

At the beginning of 2012 I shall buy 11 kgs and see how much is left at the end of the year. Will have to mortgage the house though.

I am saying nothing

Wim see what you have started 

Angie

 

[WimB]

I don't believe even I eat 11 kilos of chocolate in a year.

Actually, I really think I do... 11kilo on average means that 50% of the Belgians eat more 

[Diane Clement]

I don't believe even I eat 11 kilos of chocolate in a year.

It's not actually that much    have I done the sums right - 11 kilos a year = 30g a day (for those metrically challenged, it's not much more than an ounce).  There must be quite a lot of people not eating any to make up for the rest    

[arisaema]

Do they still sell Leonidas chocolates at Schipol? Not much of a chocolate fan, but the white pralines with coffee butter cream are incredible! 

[WimB]

Do they still sell Leonidas chocolates at Schipol? Not much of a chocolate fan, but the white pralines with coffee butter cream are incredible! 

Yes, they do: http://www.leonidas.com/pralines?id=shop3NL&shop=843&country=154&postal=&place=leiden

[arisaema]

Perfect, thanks! I couldn't find it when I was there in July, but it was a tight connection so I probably just over-looked it.

[Pascal B]

As far as I know you have to go through customs when you fly into Amsterdam to get there, it is not in the tax-free zone but near the big entry hall ("Aankomstpassage") so that's probably why you couldn't find it. Shoot...., now I will have to check next friday when I am there and probably end up buying some chocolates....

[Maggi Young]

As far as I know you have to go through customs when you fly into Amsterdam to get there, it is not in the tax-free zone but near the big entry hall ("Aankomstpassage") so that's probably why you couldn't find it. Shoot...., now I will have to check next friday when I am there and probably end up buying some chocolates....

Think of it as important ancillary research, Pascal.....

[Pascal B]

Well...., I have not been active in this thread because I am a bit of a chocolate addict and didn't want to be tempted by all that was discussed......

After just eating the last of the cream truffles I bought 2 days ago I told myself to refrain from chocolate for at least a week but I am probably a lost cause and definitely respsonsible for raising the average consumption in Holland. I walked past all 3 shops in Amsterdam yesterday where they sell Leonidas and could resist, hopefully I can too on Friday.....

Problem is I pass the Schiphol shop again when I land on Tuesday and no doubt will be hungry from the flight as they never serve enough, certainly not on 1.5 hrs flights with those minute packets of snacks....

Ah well, let's call it scientific sampling...., the polyphenols in pure chocolate apparantly are good for the vascular system so I don't mind being a human quinea pig. Too bad the white chocolate has no positive effects apart from being nice to eat.

[Peter Maguire]

Too bad the white chocolate has no positive effects apart from being nice to eat.

That never stopped me! 

[arisaema]

Thanks! I think I usually arrive on the Schengen side, have certainly never passed thru customs, but then no one in their right mind would ever smuggle anything in that direction!  Have plenty of time to look for it tomorrow, if it's a tight connection I usually end up spending the entirety inside the smoking cage behind Het Palais...

[SusanS]

I don't believe even I eat 11 kilos of chocolate in a year.

At the beginning of 2012 I shall buy 11 kgs and see how much is left at the end of the year. Will have to mortgage the house though.

Lesley my favourite is Asda White chocolate buttons, 3 bags for a £1 . Each bag is 70g I wonder how many bags I would have to eat to get to my 11 kilos of chocolate. I would be willing to give it a try but could I wait till 2012 to start.  

Wim see what you have started  

Angie

You would need to eat 3 bags a week Angie, with an extra bag as a treat on your birthday.  

Once upon a time I could manage that quite easily, however after 8 years attending "Fat Club" I could still manage it easily I just chose not to as I know how much exercise I would need to do to burn off the calories.  

sometimes it's just better not to know, ignorance is bliss.

Susan