This is another area in which I have noticed extreme ignorance when I go outside of France. In the UK and USA, the silly bumpkins there think real chocolate is milk chocolate. A few years ago, the EU was trying to put its foot down with the UK in order to stop them misrepresenting their wares by referring to milk chocolate nonsense as chocolate. Disgusting stuff!
Every French woman knows that the only way to do chocolate is for it to be luxurious dark chocolate with that dark chocolatey aroma and slightly bitter taste. If you are so unsophisticated that you don't like the slightly bitter taste, it can be counterbalanced easily by things like mint flavouring, dried raspberries, lemon or anything else with a powerful flavour (though sophisticated French women prefer subtle flavours). Personally, if chocolate entered my mouth and it were anything less than 60% cocoa, I would spit it out.
If you care about your body in any way and you want to avoid being an unsophisticated bumpkin, make sure the chocolate is nothing less than 60% cocoa.
I also disagree with the Anglo-Saxon way of buying huge quantities of mediocre chocolate in the supermarket. A real French woman never does this and will only ever buy small quantities of top-quality top-price chocolate from the best chocolatier in town. The daintier the quantities and the higher the prices, the cleverer the purchaser is.
Also, on the subject of avoiding ridiculous Anglo-Saxon habits, when eating chocolate, do not stuff it into your mouth and gulp it down. Close your eyes and take in the aroma, getting a sensation of pure pleasure in the process. After you have done this, break off the daintiest piece (no bigger than an orange pip), put it on your tongue, close your eyes again and let it dissolve, gaining another sensation of pure pleasure in the process.
Every French woman knows that the only way to do chocolate is for it to be luxurious dark chocolate with that dark chocolatey aroma and slightly bitter taste. If you are so unsophisticated that you don't like the slightly bitter taste, it can be counterbalanced easily by things like mint flavouring, dried raspberries, lemon or anything else with a powerful flavour (though sophisticated French women prefer subtle flavours). Personally, if chocolate entered my mouth and it were anything less than 60% cocoa, I would spit it out.
If you care about your body in any way and you want to avoid being an unsophisticated bumpkin, make sure the chocolate is nothing less than 60% cocoa.
I also disagree with the Anglo-Saxon way of buying huge quantities of mediocre chocolate in the supermarket. A real French woman never does this and will only ever buy small quantities of top-quality top-price chocolate from the best chocolatier in town. The daintier the quantities and the higher the prices, the cleverer the purchaser is.
Also, on the subject of avoiding ridiculous Anglo-Saxon habits, when eating chocolate, do not stuff it into your mouth and gulp it down. Close your eyes and take in the aroma, getting a sensation of pure pleasure in the process. After you have done this, break off the daintiest piece (no bigger than an orange pip), put it on your tongue, close your eyes again and let it dissolve, gaining another sensation of pure pleasure in the process.
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