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Post by krull68 on Oct 14, 2014 14:34:19 GMT 10
Hi guys and gals, now anyone like myself and wifleberrykins who is addicted to the good ole God given chocolate and cocoa needs to stock up on the stuff quick smart. Due to the ebola spreading, a country in Africa who is the biggest producer of the stuff is shutting down their border to ensure they don't get hit with the nasty beasty. The big problem for that is this: the countries that are currently under ebola are where there workers come from. so prices are going to go up, or stocks are going to be limited.
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Post by Ammo9 on Oct 14, 2014 14:41:03 GMT 10
Interesting, I don't eat a lot of chocolate.. It's not something I really crave like some people. But it's definitely nice occasionally. I've got about 20 single serve packs of M&Ms, a couple bags of fun size snickers bars and a block of cadbury in one of the storage cupboards. That's probably 6months worth of chocolate for me... for my gf that would probably last 72 hours if she knew it was there haha
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Oct 14, 2014 14:45:46 GMT 10
Also the stuff comes from south America. Stock up but make sure it's ethically sourced and does not involve child slave labour.
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Oct 14, 2014 14:49:44 GMT 10
Also I just sent the Mrs a mission to go get 2kg of "Loving Earth" Raw Organic Cacao powder. Thank you for the Tip Krull. However don't everyone go into full panic mode, parts of Asia and south America produce Cocoa, it was discussed in the very early days in one of the main Ebola threads.
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Post by wolfstar on Oct 14, 2014 15:12:01 GMT 10
Fwiw this has been going around along with a coffee shortage for like 3 years now. Lol. But big thumbs up to Daniel for pointing out ethically sourced chocolate!
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Oct 14, 2014 15:18:15 GMT 10
Yes, also Coffee comes from the same places as Cocoa, it's a climate thing and distance from the equator etc.
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Post by wolfstar on Oct 14, 2014 15:26:09 GMT 10
What I meant is that is been going around for s few years now and we aren't paying $20 for a 150g of coffee yet, or $5 for a chocolate bar  I think the original article claiming it was a little over dramatic Lol. Btw Africa is another big producer of both as well there's a vid on yt showing the cocoa producers tasting chocolate for the first time that was pretty interesting. |
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Post by overlord on Oct 14, 2014 15:37:13 GMT 10
Come to the Philippines, in Davao City in the South, we have so much chocolate there krull68. We have an oversupply here  |
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Post by overlord on Oct 14, 2014 15:41:15 GMT 10
Come to the Philippines, in Davao City in the South, we have so much chocolate there krull68. We have an oversupply here |
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Post by wolfstar on Oct 14, 2014 16:00:28 GMT 10
Gotta book me a ticket Milord! XD
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Post by Joey on Oct 14, 2014 16:00:37 GMT 10
Also I just sent the Mrs a mission to go get 2kg of "Loving Earth" Raw Organic Cacaine powder. Thank you for the Tip Krull. However don't everyone go into full panic mode, parts of Asia and south America produce Cocaine, it was discussed in the very early days in one of the main cartel threads. Fixed lol
Chocolate prices won't effect me, since I'm trying my best to give up the sweet succulent chocolaty flavour 
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Post by SM+? on Oct 14, 2014 22:49:06 GMT 10
Stock up on some cooking chocolate or dark chocolate, then just melt it and add milk to make milk chocolate. This also doubles the amount of chocolate too.
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Post by overlord on Oct 15, 2014 15:36:58 GMT 10
Gotta book me a ticket Milord! XD Queen Wolf, you are most welcome here. I can have my cousin meet you in Davao City and give you all the chocolate and Durian you want... |
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Post by wolfstar on Oct 15, 2014 17:14:56 GMT 10
Aawwww XD but I am rather hesitant on the durian Lol. I've heard bad bad things. XD
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Post by krull68 on Oct 15, 2014 21:17:13 GMT 10
Also I just sent the Mrs a mission to go get 2kg of "Loving Earth" Raw Organic Cacaine powder. Thank you for the Tip Krull. However don't everyone go into full panic mode, parts of Asia and south America produce Cocaine, it was discussed in the very early days in one of the main cartel threads. Fixed lol
Chocolate prices won't effect me, since I'm trying my best to give up the sweet succulent chocolaty flavour
Take away me chocolate is fighting words, the world would cease to be safe for all of humanity if I lost my chocolate.  /end joke (little joke just for asio and the afp).
But on a serious note, the wife and I are stocking up on straight cocoa powder, the 70% dark stuff, you use way less, and it goes a long way. plus we are working on rationing as we go, that way if shtf we are already rationing and making things last as long as possible.
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Post by overlord on Oct 16, 2014 11:36:55 GMT 10
Aawwww XD but I am rather hesitant on the durian Lol. I've heard bad bad things. XD Hmmmm.... haven't heard anything bad about it and I have been eating it my whole life. I have smelled it and yes, it does smell horrendous but so does cheese... Like we say here about Durian: "Tastes like Heaven but Smells like Hell!"... The type we have here beats all the other Durian variants worldwide. Ours is the creamy and juicy type. If you take it out of its shell, put it into a plastic bag, seal it, and freeze it. When you take it out, it would be like eating the creamiest ice cream you have ever tasted... Makes me want to fly down to Davao and have a bite hehehe |
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Post by remnantprep on Oct 16, 2014 11:54:04 GMT 10
Aawwww XD but I am rather hesitant on the durian Lol. I've heard bad bad things. XD Hmmmm.... haven't heard anything bad about it and I have been eating it my whole life. I have smelled it and yes, it does smell horrendous but so does cheese... Like we say here about Durian: "Tastes like Heaven but Smells like Hell!"... The type we have here beats all the other Durian variants worldwide. Ours is the creamy and juicy type. If you take it out of its shell, put it into a plastic bag, seal it, and freeze it. When you take it out, it would be like eating the creamiest ice cream you have ever tasted... Makes me want to fly down to Davao and have a bite hehehe Papaya can also have that affect on people! Smells yuck but tastes great! |
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Post by wolfstar on Oct 16, 2014 11:57:34 GMT 10
Yeah I'm not keen on papaya either! You can thank Andrew Zimmern for that. His description was like "rotten onions mixed with dirty socks" that made my stomach churn. Lol I guess I'll never know until I try it for myself lol
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Post by remnantprep on Oct 16, 2014 12:13:30 GMT 10
Do you mean the durian or papaya?
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Post by overlord on Oct 16, 2014 12:52:14 GMT 10
Papaya here smells wonderful so I wonder why it smells bad there. We love Papaya in the house. In the Philippines, we have so many varieties of papaya (from the solo, to the medium, to the big ones).
As to Durian, yes, they stink to the high heavens hehehe
And, of course, our mangoes are to die for... drizzle them with choco syrup served with vanilla ice cream... I think I died and went to heaven haha
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I think the original article claiming it was a little over dramatic Lol. Btw Africa is another big producer of both as well 
/end joke (little joke just for asio and the afp).