Chocolate

Chocolate

A creamy textured foodstuff produced primarily from cocoa solids and cocoa butter.  A comfort food, that is a popular gift, treat and snack.  Believed by some to possess mood elevating properties.

We had the best of intentions to ration all Easter supplies this year.  However whatever resolve we had was quickly eroded by unbridled enthusiasm when the boys woke on Sunday morning.  Ten minutes later we were all in our bed  and covered.  It was mostly Patrick’s fault.

Following this healthiest of breakfasts, we then steeled ourselves for a variety of social engagements -brunch with friends, Church, lunch with Claire’s parents, and then dinner with mine.  What could go wrong?

Chocolate (Smallprint)

An illicit substance that stimulates the central nervous system. Usually taken orally in its naturally occurring solid state, thought it can be added to other foodstuffs, taken as a hot or cold drink,  and in particularly depraved instances can be melted and sucked off fingers. Physical indicators of use include a change in eating and sleeping patterns, general frenzy, a manic stare, a disinterest in normal activities, as well as a brown pigmentation developing around the lips and cheeks.

I realised we were on a very slippery slope when I discovered that Sunday Schools now peddle this foul vice.  Mr Alex marched out very proudly, slowly melting his next foil wrapped hit in his hand – a Cadbury’s Cream Egg – a chocolate based confection which encases a fondant ‘upper’ that has the double effect of intensifying and prolonging the high.

Truly evil.