San Geraldo made a commitment Monday morning after our chocolate overdose Sunday afternoon. "No chocolate for a year," he announced. It might have been more realistic to say "no chocolate
until next year." That's less than six weeks away. But, it doesn't really matter. The point is now moot.
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| HAND-DIPPED GINGER SNAP. |
After dinner, San Geraldo remembered that we had leftover chocolate frosting in a bowl in the refrigerator. It would have been a shame to let it go to waste. He suggested we get out the soup crackers, but that didn't sound very appetizing (to me). Then he mentioned a box of ginger snaps. He softened the frosting in the microwave. We dipped. Delicious. But, we didn't get far into the stack of ginger snaps before another overdose. No chocolate for at least a few more days, I thought. Then I washed the dinner dishes. We had spaghetti. There were three containers of sauce for the freezer. I discovered three decorative slabs of chocolate that had been intended for the top of Miguel's birthday cake but then weren't needed. I had to make room for the sauce. So, I ate the chocolate. I had no choice.
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| DOORS AROUND SEVILLA ARE NOW BEING WIDENED FOR US. |
Baby steps.
ReplyDeleteYou don't wanna pull a muscle!
Bob:
DeleteThanks for understanding. It's not easy.
Chocolate is like global nostril hair. If we didn't keep eating it the world would become overgrown and uninhabitable, covered in the stuff. You are performing a public service.
ReplyDeleteOwl Wood:
DeleteAll I can think to say is, "Blech!"
Oh, the sacrifice!
ReplyDeleteKristi:
DeleteIt's the cross I have to bear.
That would be a promise I could never keep...it would be easier to give up sex...lol
ReplyDeletesaludos,
raulito
Raulito:
DeleteSadly, I have to agree.
It's hard to evade the grasp of the Dark Master!
ReplyDeleteStephen:
DeleteBut dark chocolate is good for you.
Craziness! :(
ReplyDeleteWriter:
Delete:)
Of course you had no choice. "Found" chocolate must be eaten, it's a rule.
ReplyDeleteJudith:
DeleteGood to know. I'll have to add that to my book of rules.
Save this planet! It's the only one with chocolate!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't nor couldn't hold that promise.
Peter:
DeleteIf this is the only planet with chocolate, why are we even exploring for others?!?
Maybe that's what they've found on Mars recently... mars bars
DeleteI can tell you have great strength of character - you can resist everything except temptation.......
ReplyDeleteJean:
DeleteI am to be admired!
You, sir, are a man after my own heart! Found money must be spent and sound chocolate must be lovingly savored.
ReplyDeleteMs. Sparrow:
DeleteDoes inhalation count as savoring?
Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteJudeet:
DeleteAnd, yesterday, I was craving it all over again. I wonder if there's a Chocolate Eaters Anonymous chapter nearby.
I loved this! One can't waste chocolate, that would be a crime! Yes, ginger and chocolate would work quite well thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteJim:
DeleteGinger and chocolate are a perfect combination (as are apricots and chocolate, peaches and chocolate, pears and chocolate, gum drops and chocolate...)
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJenners:
DeleteI have now gone without chocolate for 36 hours. Oh, wait... We shared a box of PIMS (chocolate-coated biscuits with orange filling)... Well, we've gone without SOLID chocolate for 36 hours.
Ok..this is weird, but when you mentioned that you had found slabs of chocolate, I saw the last photo you posted and actually thought the brown door was a big hunk of chocolate. Wishful thinking, of course. We did have chocolate in the house this weekend: Trader Joe's peppermint oreos. God, I had to take them to work just to get them OUT OF THE HOUSE.
ReplyDeleteMaria:
DeleteI just looked back at that photo. What a dream!
I remember the days of taking all the evil goodies to work to get them out of the house. Now we take things downstairs to the staff at El Sanedrín. (But not the chocolate!)
Llife is too short to give up chocolate!!!!
ReplyDeleteKnatolee:
DeleteWhat would be the point?!? Besides, it's so healthy... vitamin D, protein, energy, dairy... And it's completely fat-free if you eat it standing up... or stand up after eating it.
your waist is probably no wider than one of my thighs!
ReplyDeleteJohn:
DeleteI can't help it if you have such overdeveloped and manly thighs.
This is a very bewildering post, following on the heels of chocolate cake orgasms.
ReplyDeleteSpo:
DeleteAnd the next day were PIMS with orange filling... followed later by two small squares (each) of very dark chocolate. I haven't had any chocolate today. Such will-power.
Chocoholic springs to mind - not such a bad addiction - as for ginger snaps dipped in chocolate after all why resist such a yumlicious treat?
ReplyDeletecuby poet:
DeleteI do have my chocoholic moments. I then OD and go without for months. Well, weeks... Well, definitely days.