My Time Capsule - Chocolate!

My very old collection of chocolates. It all started in 1985 or 86. (Clickie on photos to enlarge).

This red one is my first ever. I found it in old book, as a bookmark.

Remember that '80 was hard time in Poland, there weren't much things from abroad etc. But I should say that is one very good thing in planned economy, which is above the all free market, market economy

durability of products

Just imagine that You have light bulbs factory. What is better for your business: light bulb which can work for 1000 hours or light bulb which can work for 10.000 hours?

For free market much more rentable is to offering product which have only 3 years warranty, than 30.

In planned economy when You don't have much materials, You have to make things which are working for many many years, even without reperation. My last microvawe I had 16 years, because was made in Poland in '90. It will be good to have this new one for 5 years. And why-we-have-so-many-junk-situation solved.

Ok back to chocolate :)

"Pani Twardowska" - not real chocolate, same as "Bogna", "Iwona" and "Chrupka" - which was not even sweet mass, but wafers in something like chocolate. :) Probably my oldest is ths green one "Malajska" from 1974. "Preludium", "Serenada" and "Etiuda" were very hard to buy, but they were real chocolate with filling. "Marysieńka" (this pink one) was half-sweet chocolate.

In some private shops, were some chocolates from different countries. Mostly from Czechoslovakia. Specially very good "Barila" with peanuts and "Studenska" - milk chocolate. Today Studenska is made by Orion which is part of Nestle and I have Nestle-boycott, so I'm buyng now only Zora or Figaro chocolates.

Hungary. Most famous Africana with cocos, and these little chocolates with letters. I found only A. And I can't have all RA :/.

CCCP - I consider that these 2 are the most beautiful I've ever had. Maybe this isn't very good photo, but details are amazing, colour and texture. Not seen on paper for chocolate.

DDR - Deutsche Demokratische Republik and BDR - Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

DDR - milk chocolates - Treffer, Disko-Snack, Katzenzungen. From BDR most of all Mauritus which I can buy now in Aldi Market - really good chocolate. This one was very popular.

Orginal USA Milky Way and Twix from 1989 and Hersheys :)

And China - really good chocolates.

Of course I have all Europe and part of World in chocolates (all something about 6.000), but these were the most popular :). Should burn all of these ;D

Chocolate Day

Edit: I started to write this post yesterday, but was too tired to end it :) and I was sleeping on a table for 3 hours. ;D

I don't know if this is right date, because some people are talking about September 13th or February 9th and many many more. No matter. Chocolate doesn't need particular day.

About dark chocolate

"chemically speaking, chocolate is the world's perfect food."

Michael Levin - Nutritional researcher

Favourite chocolate :)

Richard Armitage reads The Night Watch for England by Edward Shanks (1942)

Thank You DanielleRCA

BTW: Chocolate Boy licking his fingers this is Matthias Streitwieser.

Is really sad, because he isn't with us. He passed away June 1st 2009. In Memory HERE

Life is like chocolate bitter and sweet.

North & South Book Cover

On C19 was great challenge on cover for North&South Book.

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS 

AND ALL WHO ENTERED!

Here is my entry ;D

One classic

One modern

and One funny :)

Thorntons' record!

October 13, 2011

Thorntons' main site HERE

The largest Chocolate Bar! Almost 6 tones!

"Somercotes, Derbyshire, UK -- Combining the company's centenary and Chocolate Week celebrations, Thorntons has created a giant chocolate bar measuring four meters wide by four meters long and weighing in at a staggering 5,792.5kg (that's almost six tonnes!) - which sets the new world record for the Largest chocolate bar, according to World Records Academy (www.worldrecordsacademy.org)."

More HERE

But I think that I prefer This One Thornton's chocolate voice, than any chocolate on This World ;D

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Kofola Country Welcome To!

This is my blog, this is not blog only about Richard. Sorry Dude! I really like You! But I can't posting only about You. ;D

Today I was on really nice trip to Kofola Country! Czech Republic. Weather was great not so warm, but sunny.

As I was posting in may: "She was alternative in '60 to "imperial" CocaCola and Pepsi. She is made from special Kofo Sirup and honestly IMHO this is the best drink on the World!" This was probably the only reason to go there.

But this time I discovered another great drink. Chocolate water Korunni HERE This water is like chocolate. It is in sale since Feb 1st. 2011. Taste is amazing! IS really rich and not sour at the end.

There were some snacks for Bilbo's Party after killing Smaug. E-free.

And of course there were some sources of fun. But not for me now.

We were on some nice trip through Masarykovy sady this is some kind of garden in Cieszyn.
Who was Masaryk? Well He was like Oliver Cromwell for Britain and like Józef Piłsudski for Poland. HERE on Wikipedia You can read more. On this street are many beautiful buildings, and this is really nice place to seat and rest.
The Parish and Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.




And this is the oldest building in Cesky Tesin

And this is Orginal from UK in Czech. Not to buy in my country in ordinary shop.

Thanks to MrTommy91 for this vid

I saw some Gaskell books in Czech: Cranford (Cranfordské dámy) and Cranford, well I should say this same book. But no North & South.

Chocolate shampoo

Awww!!!! oh!!!! Oh!!!! OH!!!!!

I'm just after shover with my new chocolate shampoo.

I know that most of chocolate shampoos are for dark hair (this is not my color), but on this one I didn't find this kind of information. I'm smelling now like some kind of sweet pudding :) Have a wonderful day! :)

I'm chocolate addicted!

I wouldn't pass Hermann Rorschach's test.

All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!

Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz

And above all... Think Chocolate!

Betty Crocker

Caramels are only a fad. Chocolate is a permanent thing

Milton Snavely Hershey

Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food.
Michael Levine

Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don't need an appointment.
Catherine Aitken

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Unknown

Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.

I am a serious chocoholic. For the serious chocoholic, chocolate is better than sex. If you believe that, you really need to meet that special someone who can change your mind. If you have met that special someone and still believe that, I really need to know where you get your chocolate!!!

I could give up chocolate but I'm not a quitter.

I don't understand why so many "so called" chocolate lovers complain about the calories in chocolate, when all true chocoholics know that it is avegetable. It comes from the cocoa bean, beans are veggies, 'nuff said.

I have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging process.... It may not be true, but do I dare take the chance?

Man cannot live on chocolate alone; but woman sure can.

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles.

There’s more to life than chocolate, but not right now.

Seen recently on a tee shirt ~ EMERGENCY ALERT: If wearer of this shirt is found vacant, listless, or depressed, ADMINISTER CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY.

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Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power. it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.

Baron Justus von Liebig

Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant. And it always feels good.

Lora Brody

Giving chocolate to others is an intimate form of communication, a sharing of deep, dark secrets

Milton Zelma

I never met a chocolate I didn't like.

Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation

It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let's face it, far more reliable than a man.

Miranda Ingram

Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.

Forrest Gump in the movie "Forrest Gump"

Make a list of important things to do today. At the top of your list, put "eat chocolate." Now, you'll get at least one thing done today.

Gina Hades

Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies.

John Q. Tullius

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

Judith Viorst

The 12-step chocoholics program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!

Terry Moore

There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE.

Linda Grayson

These 2 are my absolute fav!

Goplana Milk chocolate in violet wrapper. Delicate, subtelle, and rich!

Terravita Pytania (Questions) Milk chocolate in carton - OMG!

Hey guys can I work in Your factory?