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01-28-2009, 07:29 AM #1
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01-28-2009, 07:40 AM #2
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A fun day it was!
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=9523
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01-28-2009, 07:43 AM #3
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that's just mean
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01-28-2009, 08:05 AM #4
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But its not the same... made in Ill. What other things are they changing?
Scharffen Berger is a "boutique" high quality supplier of gourmet chocolate. Just like Godiva, SB is going down the tubes. Quality and taste of Godiva chocolate has gone downhill over the years. Godiva is wholly owned by guess who? Campbell Soup Co. under their gourmet/specialty division. They don't like to disclose the information so its kind a hard to find out. But Godiva is there.
SB is the only American chocolate I use... well besides one from France and one from Belgium. I don't think Callebaut and Valrhona is going to be taken over anytime soon. but still. SB plant getting shutdown is plainly wrong!! GRRRR
okay Hershys used to make a premium extra dark chocolate and it was very high quality. More than good enough to make paves, truffles and pastries. but they stopped making them.
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01-28-2009, 08:10 AM #5
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No, go right ahead. I have Oldest Child Syndrome, and should always be blamed.
Originally Posted by jobob
At least we can't blame that one on aka_kim ...
But in truth, it's mostly bike manufacturers which experience my bad juju. Although, a few past employers have bitten the dust following my tenure too. And, I do buy SB chocolates, so maybe the Berkeley closing is just the first nail in the coffin. And it's all my fault ...
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01-28-2009, 12:50 PM #6
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Well, I'm glad that we at least have someone to pin this travesty of justice on. Kim, Kim, Kim...what are we gonna do with you?
Anyway, I drowned my sorrows in chocolate over lunch. Went to this bakery in Sunnyvale called Sugar Butter Flour and indulged in a nice little chocolate mousse cake. Oy. I'm stuffed. Between the Thai iced coffee, chocolate mousse, and coffee I had, I think my blood sugar level is at an all time high.
I'm sure I could get an entire quarter's worth of work done if I could just settle down....I'll get back on the bike soon, I promise!
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01-28-2009, 03:50 PM #7
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How sad! Sniff...I think I need chocolate now.
Be yourself, to the extreme!
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01-28-2009, 04:01 PM #8
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Hey, one of them is opening his doors again! Originally Posted by aka_kim
Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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01-28-2009, 04:41 PM #9
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Kelly?
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01-28-2009, 04:51 PM #10
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Yup. Does this mean there is life after Kim?
http://kellybike.com/1st_rrwhatnot.htmlFrends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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01-28-2009, 06:41 PM #11
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Kim's evil spell has been broken!
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01-28-2009, 07:43 PM #12
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chocolate
If i'm really nice & send one of you funky SF ladies some moolah, could you get me some of the way cool chocolate from Scharffen Berger choc factory?
I will be more than happy to find something coolio from Western Australia to send in return
Tank you
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