(1045) Surprise TV episode coming up ready for elevenses. (1052)
15. End of choc as we know it?
14. Moo corner
13. Nick Shirley
12. More on Epsom
… including three of Steve’s in the mix in no particular order:
11. Epsom
Saturday [11 to 15]
unherdable cats
this is blog hq for nourishing obscurity and unherdable cats
15. Saw a video the other day on the best and worst chocolate sold in France. In no particular order the worst were: Milka, Kinder, Poulain, Lindt and Côte d’Or and Nestle cooking chocolate. Lindt 85% dark chocolate contained something like 1.3% cadmium which is over 50% of the legal limit. The others were guilty of either not having the required amount of cocoa solids to call it milk chocolate – has to be at least 35% or substituting cheap oils such as vegetable oils or palm oil for cocoa butter. The best chocolate were Valrhona, as recommended by pastry chefs, Cluizel, (my particular fave), Parlus, Bonnat and Weiss. All those used pure chocolate and included no fillers. I have noted of late that some brands, including those labeled “ organic” are substituting oil seed rape lecithin (colza) for soy lecithin. Of the two, soy is the least offensive. Can’t find the video now, I did take notes though.😉
Correction – cadmium in Lindt 85% dark chocolate is more than 50% over the legal limit. It is also the most expensive.