My daughter claims that I am the criminal in this story. But I have an alibi: I would have eaten the entire packet of Reese's.
Showing posts with label Reese's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reese's. Show all posts
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Hershey Bars
Hershey's, to give the company its commonly-used name, is America's largest producer of chocolate. It's also the main supplier of military chocolate to the US armed forces.
I know Hershey's because it's the company that makes my beloved Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Given my avid consumption of said confectionary, it is rather odd that I have a physiological aversion to the company's signature brand, the Hershey Bar, because to me it smells subtly, but distinctly and gut-wrenchingly of bile. In fact, the slightest whiff sets my gag-reflex going and brings back terrible memories of mornings after nights before in years thankfully long gone.
I presumed I'd be the only one with this bizarre olfactory sensation. I was wrong.
Out of idle curiosity, I Googled the terms "Hershey" and "smell", and immediately came up with - amongst other things - a Yahoo! Answers discussion entitled "Why does Hershey's plain chocolate smell like vomit?", a similar, 154-entry discussion of the matter on CyberCandy and a post in the blog A Limey in America. In all of these, people associated the smell and/or taste of Hershey's chocolate with regurgitation or sour milk, though nobody seemed to know why. Some suggested it was simply the poor quality of the chocolate itself, while several others thought it lay in the wax - wax?! - Hershey's puts in the mix.
Most interesting of all is a post I found in the blog Kill Everything, which describes how the author of a book on the history of chocolate allegedly asked French chocolatiers to give a one-word summary of Hershey chocolate.
One French chef answered: "Vomit".
I know Hershey's because it's the company that makes my beloved Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Given my avid consumption of said confectionary, it is rather odd that I have a physiological aversion to the company's signature brand, the Hershey Bar, because to me it smells subtly, but distinctly and gut-wrenchingly of bile. In fact, the slightest whiff sets my gag-reflex going and brings back terrible memories of mornings after nights before in years thankfully long gone.
I presumed I'd be the only one with this bizarre olfactory sensation. I was wrong.
Out of idle curiosity, I Googled the terms "Hershey" and "smell", and immediately came up with - amongst other things - a Yahoo! Answers discussion entitled "Why does Hershey's plain chocolate smell like vomit?", a similar, 154-entry discussion of the matter on CyberCandy and a post in the blog A Limey in America. In all of these, people associated the smell and/or taste of Hershey's chocolate with regurgitation or sour milk, though nobody seemed to know why. Some suggested it was simply the poor quality of the chocolate itself, while several others thought it lay in the wax - wax?! - Hershey's puts in the mix.
Most interesting of all is a post I found in the blog Kill Everything, which describes how the author of a book on the history of chocolate allegedly asked French chocolatiers to give a one-word summary of Hershey chocolate.
One French chef answered: "Vomit".
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
What an omission!
Here I am, blogging away for weeks on end, and yet I forget to mention one of the gustatory highlights (aside from s'mores) of life in America: Reese's (pronounced "ree-sees") Peanut Butter Cups.
Picture this: crunchy peanut butter, not too sweet, slightly salty, covered in smooth, rich milk chocolate. Have I got your mouth watering yet? (Mine certainly is).
If truth be known, on a scale of 1 to 10, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups probably rank up there alongside - if not above - my teenage all-time fave: a Marmite, peanut butter and taramosalata sandwich.
Here I am, blogging away for weeks on end, and yet I forget to mention one of the gustatory highlights (aside from s'mores) of life in America: Reese's (pronounced "ree-sees") Peanut Butter Cups.
Picture this: crunchy peanut butter, not too sweet, slightly salty, covered in smooth, rich milk chocolate. Have I got your mouth watering yet? (Mine certainly is).
If truth be known, on a scale of 1 to 10, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups probably rank up there alongside - if not above - my teenage all-time fave: a Marmite, peanut butter and taramosalata sandwich.
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