Chocolate tasted different as a child

TheScribbler

dochara wrote: »

I do! I loved that bar - was it made by Urney?

The squares were quite small with a wide flat piece between them.

Yes it was made by Urney. I loved them too. Goodness I am suddenly hungry

CUCINA

When I was kid, my mother worked in Rowntree's in Inchicore. The staff were allowed to eat the chocolate on the premises all day if they wanted but they were not allowed to bring it home. But of course, the women used to smuggle it out in their handbags.
Sometimes the manufacturing process resulted in "faulty" items such as Aero bars with no bubbles, and Kit-Kat with no biscuits etc. So we never knew what kind of treats were going to come outof that hand-bag! On occassion, the chocolate would be "flavoured" with my mother's make-up but that didn't stop us from eating it!
The odd time I would be despatched to collect my mother's wages if she was out sick or whatever. I can still smell the hot chocolate as I walked through the factory to the foreman's office!

Bajingo

TheScribbler wrote: »

I had a cup of hot cocoa the other night. I haven't had that for years. Those of us with long memories will recall how no matter how vigorously you stirred it before drinking, a quarter of the cocoa always congealed in the cup by the time the last drop was drunk. Much of the remainder was lodged around your teeth! Funny that.

It was an interesting consumption but I suddenly remembered why I preferred drinking chocolate. No matter what you do to cocoa it still tastes bitter. Brilliant in cakes though.

Thats because you'd always put two more spoonfuls into the milk than container told you to.:D