{"id":3065,"date":"2011-03-14T17:25:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2012-05-29T21:46:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:46:30","slug":"what-is-it-about-women-and-chocolate-want-some-read-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2011\/03\/what-is-it-about-women-and-chocolate-want-some-read-on\/","title":{"rendered":"What is it about chocolate and women?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Nothing like wrapping your gums round some frankly spectacular chocolate.
\nI buy it to ignore.
\nI hide it high in my cupboard.
\nBut I know it\u2019s there.
\nI sit in my studio, I talk nonsense, get paid, leave the studio but still in the back of my brain is a niggling little \u2018there is chocolate within easy reach, Alison and you know you want it\u2019
\nAfter chewing on a few dry bits of old Ryvita I relent. I always do.
\nOne small bite? Nope. I just horse the lot.<\/p>\n

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Too much chocolate is bad for dogs....WOWEE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Latest temptation was a small but perfectly formed selection of mini chocolate eggs I received from Hotel Chocolat<\/a>. Now when I say mini I mean about quail\u2019s eggs size. Each one was different.<\/p>\n

Determined not to just gorge I made myself a lovely hot cup of Rooibos tea<\/a> \u2013 incidentally how do you pronounce that? Is it Redbush? \u2013 I tried that but every time I thought about it my screwed up brain launched into the first three lines of Nutbush(Redbush) City Limits\u2026Church House, Hen house\u2026see what I mean\u2026so I have started calling it Rooibos which maybe pretentious. If it is. Tough. It\u2019s better than being thrown out of the house for trying to sound like Tina Turner at 8am on a Monday morning. Oops sorry digressing again.
\nBack now.
\n\"\"<\/a>So cup of tea in hand I flipped open this delightful mini egg feast and \u2013 pop \u2013 selected one at random, it sat on my tongue for 1 -2 seconds before I gurumphed it down and boy what a delight it was.
\nAs I lay back enjoying the whole chocolate is a substitute for sex feeling Teenwolf my enthusiastic eating offspring came loping in. \u2018Hi Mum WOW they look good\u2019 he blurted as his arm lunged towards the box.
\n\u2018Stop<\/em>\u2019 I commanded from my prone position \u2018you can have one but only if you describe it for me<\/em>\u2019 Accustomed as he is to many strange requests he didn\u2019t bat an eyelid, instead he nodded sagely, selected one and popped it in his mouth.
\nThese are his words not mine
\nThe Strawberry one \u2018very delightful, seemingly sweeps across the tongue blissfully\u2019<\/p>\n

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Bad photo - great eggs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Are you taking the mickey<\/em>?\u2019
\n\u2018Maybe\u2019 he said \u2018but it was good.\u2019
\n\u2018Ok have another<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

The Whisky one was next.\u00a0 \u2018Not my cup of tea, however the strong whisky taste comes through all guns blazing, it certainly zaps the senses\u2019. Relieved he hadn’t developed an instant love of whisky he eyed up the remaining eggs. Living with a writer has rubbed off on him, I suspected as he then said \u2013 The Chocolate Brownie one. \u2018It tastes as it sounds, creamy, decadent, full of loveliness. A childhood favourite place in a chocolate shell, could life be any better?<\/strong>\u2019
\nBy now I was laughing so much I must have burned off loads of calories so\u00a0 after locking him out of the room I ate the rest myself. They were a delight.<\/p>\n

No here’s the good but, if you like the idea of these sumptuous oval eggy delights then I have a box to give away! I do. Just answer this question. What is it about chocolate and women? Nah that’s a bit tricky….OK how about an anagram.<\/p>\n

Rearrange these letters to find something delicious and seasonal:<\/p>\n

The coolest sage grace<\/h3>\n

Send your answer to alison@wordpress-729356-2435400.cloudwaysapps.com and\u00a0 I’ll announce the winner next Monday.\u00a0 Good Luck!<\/p>\n

Yum. Oh and just to drive your famiy as mad as I do mine, here’s Tina doing what she does best. Singing about tea with pizzazz!
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