On this day in 2002, the Queen Mother died. She was 101. What message would the congratulatory birthday card upon reaching her centenary she would have received from the Queen will have contained, do you suppose?
I enjoyed all the details about the Queen Mother! Have you read the book by Gareth Russell „Let‘s have another drink“? The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
As a committed chocoholic, I read your report with considerable interest. Does the Queen's favorite chocolate tart have a name? To me, it doesn't contain nearly enough chocolate. Also, in your discussion, you didn't explain that in chocolates with less than 50-60% cacao solids the balance is made up of sugar and milk solids, hence milk chocolate. I have always disliked milk chocolate--I don't bother with anything less than 70% chocolate. My husband, on the other hand, finds dark chocolate too intense and prefers the milder flavor and mouthfeel of milk chocolate. When I make a chocolate tart, I make it to my taste and his serving is accompanied with several scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Apparently it's called Chocolate Perfection Pie. I'd dispute that - it seems very fussy and surely the various layers dilute the intensity of the chocolate flavour. I should have gone into milk chocolate, you're quite right. Thank you for explaining how it's formed. There are occasions when I'll eat it over dark chocolate, but dark chocolate, like wine, can issue so many different flavours - and so much less is necessary to reach real pleasure - those occasions are few. When the UK joined the EU in 1973, Cadbury had to receive an exemption to the European rules defining chocolate so that it and other mass-production brands could continue calling their products 'chocolate' not 'candy' as furious European chocolatiers were pushing for. Hershey, take note.
I enjoyed all the details about the Queen Mother! Have you read the book by Gareth Russell „Let‘s have another drink“? The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
No! I don't know it. Thank you for the pointer!
As a committed chocoholic, I read your report with considerable interest. Does the Queen's favorite chocolate tart have a name? To me, it doesn't contain nearly enough chocolate. Also, in your discussion, you didn't explain that in chocolates with less than 50-60% cacao solids the balance is made up of sugar and milk solids, hence milk chocolate. I have always disliked milk chocolate--I don't bother with anything less than 70% chocolate. My husband, on the other hand, finds dark chocolate too intense and prefers the milder flavor and mouthfeel of milk chocolate. When I make a chocolate tart, I make it to my taste and his serving is accompanied with several scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Apparently it's called Chocolate Perfection Pie. I'd dispute that - it seems very fussy and surely the various layers dilute the intensity of the chocolate flavour. I should have gone into milk chocolate, you're quite right. Thank you for explaining how it's formed. There are occasions when I'll eat it over dark chocolate, but dark chocolate, like wine, can issue so many different flavours - and so much less is necessary to reach real pleasure - those occasions are few. When the UK joined the EU in 1973, Cadbury had to receive an exemption to the European rules defining chocolate so that it and other mass-production brands could continue calling their products 'chocolate' not 'candy' as furious European chocolatiers were pushing for. Hershey, take note.