Bits and Bobs

I reminded myself today that I don't actually like Toblerones. I was in Waitrose and couldn't figure out what kind of chocolate I actually wanted, so I ended up getting a Toblerone because they were half price. It was a relatively small one, so I didn't gouge chunks out of the roof of my mouth trying to eat it (which I remember as a general Toblerone problem, from the last one I had about ten years ago). It just didn't taste very nice.

I still ate it, though.

This recipe, incidentally, does taste very nice indeed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/whitechocolateandmin_87593.shtml

It's like soft, creamy polo mints: although if you are using posh mint flavouring from Waitrose you need a half teaspoon rather than a quarter. And you need to avoid white chocolate with vanilla seeds in it, as otherwise it looks grubby. It makes more than the recipe says it does, too: I reckon it would have done about 9 70ml shot glasses. If you are really and truly only feeding 6 (or fewer) it would probably be better to use a medium sized egg, and cut the quantities to 200g chocolate/ 200 ml cream. That way you don't have a spare 150g of chocolate to somehow get rid of, either.

I'm actually thinking about trying to give up chocolate again. Part of the problem with Lent is that it doesn't mean anything to me, apart from the fact that the husband tends to behave a bit oddly. The Take That tour, however, is definitely a religious experience... and it starts next week.