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Scientists invent non-melty chocolate!!!

POSTED BY: CYBERSNARK
UPDATED: Friday, August 25, 2006 16:57
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Friday, July 14, 2006 7:23 AM

CYBERSNARK


Figured that would get everyone's attention.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060714/sc_space/scientistsconcoctchoco
latethatwontmelt


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S.O. Ogunwolu and C.O. Jayeola, food scientists at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, have mixed cornstarch with cocoa to produce a heat-resistant chocolate that they say compares "favorably with conventional milk chocolate in terms of color, taste, smoothness and overall acceptability."


And, my favourite part:

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One of the earliest of these culinary offensives occurred in the midst of World War II, when the U.S. Army commissioned research into the creation of a chocolate that soldiers could eat on the go.
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During Operation Desert Storm, Hershey's Chocolate tested a high-temperature chocolate capable of withstanding 140-degree temperatures. It was dubbed the "Desert Bar," but troop reactions to its taste were mixed.

I'm not quite sure what this says for the priorities of the military.

If this is where our tax dollars are going. . . Actually, I'd be pretty pleased.

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Saturday, July 15, 2006 8:28 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


But melted chocolate is always tastier (if messier) than solid chocolate.
That's just one woman's opinion, though.

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Saturday, July 15, 2006 8:58 PM

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN


melted chocolate is best used for a dessert topping (like angel food cake)



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Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:00 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


I must disagree; it is best eaten with a spoon.
Or on strawberries.

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Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:06 PM

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN


strawberries I'll give you, but the last time I ate melted chocolate with a spoon it was solid again by the third spoonful, so: not worth the trouble



at least in my book



http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 9:12 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


Hmmmmmm, well you either ate it too slow or didn't melt it right, then.

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Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:45 AM

PIZ


Quote:

Originally posted by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown:
melted chocolate is best used for a dessert topping (like angel food cake)


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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I must disagree; it is best eaten with a spoon.
Or on strawberries.

You guys are putting the melted chocolate on the wrong body par- ... er ... things.

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Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:47 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.


Ouchie hot!
"chocolate paint" or honey are much better suited to such activities.

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Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:55 AM

PIZ


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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Ouchie hot!

Well, OK, but the point stands.
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
"chocolate paint" or honey are much better suited to such activities.

I have a jar of chocolate paint in my headboard. Sadly, unopened...

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Sunday, July 16, 2006 4:00 AM

MAGDALENA

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Originally posted by Piz:
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Ouchie hot!

Well, OK, but the point stands.
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
"chocolate paint" or honey are much better suited to such activities.

I have a jar of chocolate paint in my headboard. Sadly, unopened...



Sorry to hear it Bachelor-boy!! but you're both a little bit wrong! Good Belgian chocolate, melted and with a little cream mixed in - not too hot and doesn't solidify and the taste is .... OOH! Hmmmmmmmmmm...

I'll be in my bunk! - Magdalena x x

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Sunday, July 16, 2006 5:59 AM

CYBERSNARK


I was thinking more of the reason I had to throw out a whole package of Peanut Butter Cups last night (they weren't Peanut Butter Cups anymore, they were mis-shapen abominations against man and nature).

(They'd melted inside the package, then resolidified all fused together and greasy from the escaped peanut oil )

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Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:40 AM

PELL


When you are in the desert where things tend to explode with alarming frequency the last thing you are looking for is a heat resistant chocolate bar.

Don't much care for melty chocolate with sand in it. Or anything with sand in it for that matter. They can keep their sand, I'll take the chocolate and a cold place to eat it; everyone involved would be much happier.

Who do you think eats more chocolate, Jayne or Mal? (just to make this post relevant)

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Sunday, August 6, 2006 6:45 PM

QWERTYUIOPASD


I dunno... I think maybe Jayne... but it could be either.

I think we need to work on the definition of melted chocolate. I know, I know, semantics. but still, when you first said melted chocolate I thought the kind of chocolate you leave in your pocket or some other inconvienent place and let it melt with other things and get icky, rather than controlled melted, or liquified chocolate, which I LOVE. chocolate fondue perhaps would be a better term. mmmm... fonduuuuuueeee....

and the army funded another idea like that, ended up with M&M's, only without the colour coatedness, so they didn't melt so much. cased chocolate!


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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 10:29 AM

KINGKILLER


Thank god we know that scientists are working on the things that really matter.

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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 10:53 AM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.


Jayne definately eats more chocolate. Mal's too busy with captain-y things to bother.

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Thank god we know that scientists are working on the things that really matter.


My sentiments exactly - at least, assuming this is sarcasm.

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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 11:10 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


Melty resistant chocolate. Where do I sign up for tester?



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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 3:31 PM

CYBERSNARK


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Originally posted by yinyang:
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Thank god we know that scientists are working on the things that really matter.


My sentiments exactly - at least, assuming this is sarcasm.

Actually, if more scientists worked on stuff like this instead of building bombs, guns, and war machines, think how much better the world would be.

When you think about it, sufficient chocolate could bring about world peace.

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Saturday, August 12, 2006 3:06 PM

TRAVELER


Chocolate. Just roles off my tongue. Chocolate covered donuts with Bavarian Creme filling.

I eat it so fast it ain't got time to melt.

Knew this was one damn nice site when I signed on. And now you proved it.

Should be a rule. All threads must contain the word chocolate in their description.

Traveler

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Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:32 PM

AGENTRUSCO


hmmm... reminds me of a movie. with johnny depp... wait! TWO movies with johnny depp. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Chocolat. Willy Wonka can surely make chocolate that doesn't melt...

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Friday, August 25, 2006 7:12 AM

LOSTDOG


Speaking of chocolate, whoever invented Reeses peanut butter cups is a genius.

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Friday, August 25, 2006 7:13 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


non-melty chocloate? BLASPHEMER!


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Friday, August 25, 2006 7:31 AM

MRT


Melted chocolate should be mixed with a little cream and then poured over ice-cream....

I firmly believe that chocolate is food for the soul

great thread! - its got me drooling....



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Friday, August 25, 2006 7:32 AM

ESTHER


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Originally posted by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown:
strawberries I'll give you, but the last time I ate melted chocolate with a spoon it was solid again by the third spoonful, so: not worth the trouble



Try his recepy (dessert for a BBQ):
Make a cut into an unpealed banana (all length), stick two or three pieces of chockolate in the cut and set the banana onto the embers. After a while, the skin of the Banana will be black, the chocolate melted and the banana all mushy. You eat is with a spoon directly out of the skin.

And about non-melting chockolat: we have that already. It's called m&m! So all the taxmoney wasted ...

Esther


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Friday, August 25, 2006 7:39 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


technically it is the candy coating that doesn't melt, the chocolate still does. I have tested this theory. I have held m&M's in my hand, closed whilst standing in the alabama heat.

It is not an experiment I recommend


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Friday, August 25, 2006 7:39 AM

FREDGIBLET


The Army is researching this for a simple reason, chocolate (and other candies) have very high energy density (sugar high).

This is an advantage because it allows a little bit of food to go a long way, so soldiers don't have to spend as long eating or have as much in their stomachs if they get gut-shot, and they can carry relatively little weight for the same energy. They need non-melty chocolate because melty chocolate takes longer to eat, gets stuck on things (try to throw a grenade with sticky fingers), and generally causes problems in the field.

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Friday, August 25, 2006 7:42 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


oooh oooh

ok so we try my experiment, but with live explosives! YAY!


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Friday, August 25, 2006 8:12 AM

FREDGIBLET


FMF, is that a self-portrait in you sig?

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Friday, August 25, 2006 8:14 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION


Quote:

Originally posted by fredgiblet:
FMF, is that a self-portrait in you sig?



...and if I say yes? No. But it suits me I think :)


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Friday, August 25, 2006 8:18 AM

FREDGIBLET


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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Quote:

Originally posted by fredgiblet:
FMF, is that a self-portrait in you sig?



...and if I say yes? No. But it suits me I think :)



If you say yes, I invite you over to my house and tell you to ignore the hidden cameras

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Friday, August 25, 2006 8:24 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION





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Friday, August 25, 2006 8:41 AM

ESTHER


Quote:

The Army is researching this for a simple reason, chocolate (and other candies) have very high energy density (sugar high).



So why don't they give them some bottles of mudders milk? Makes 'em happy on top of that!

But I remember a soldier in a play saying, that's how you dstinguish young from old soldiers: the young carry bullets in their pockets, the old ones chocolate.

Esther


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Friday, August 25, 2006 9:00 AM

FREDGIBLET


Quote:

Originally posted by Esther:
Quote:

The Army is researching this for a simple reason, chocolate (and other candies) have very high energy density (sugar high).



So why don't they give them some bottles of mudders milk? Makes 'em happy on top of that!



Because it apparently tastes bad, and if I remember correctly is alcoholic. Drunk, bored people with guns and explosives...pay-per-view?

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Friday, August 25, 2006 4:57 PM

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN


sounds like a saturday night in Vegas, not that I've ever been to Vegas, mind you.

End of line.

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