The Sin of States (the Chocolate and Cinnamon endless gluttony thread)(there's two nearly identical chocolate conversations going on)

[Dave]

How sinful is your state?

[Kevin]

so what? are we good or bad in Indiana?

[Dave]

According to the map, you seem a little prideful, but why I'll never know.

[Dave]

I'm kidding of course. I'm sure Indiana is great. Vonnegut's from there. You should be proud of that.

[Sarah]

CA is greedy.

[Kevin]

what a dilemma. if i am proud of not being prideful i actually hurt us more than i help

[Cosmic Sher]

OR seems pretty well-rounded, our worst thing is Envy... I guess that's why we're green. (ba-dum-bum!)

[RandomAnthony]

Hm. I would take pride in our performance, but that would be wrong and possibly tilt the color of the map...

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Shouldn't Texas be more wrathful?

[Heidi]

HA!

THAT was a trip... I didn't expect the results I saw - Little Rock, Arkansas scored low-average on everything except for LUST!??

Little Rock scores fairly high on the lust scale.

Weird.

[Félix]

How do you go about measuring that Heidi?

[Heidi]

Looking at the maps in the slideshow - SEVEN DEADLY SINS NATIONWIDE at Dave's link... right side of the article, middle of the webpage... The avg/mean score is color coded & keyed on each map. You can blow it up to fullscreen PPT.

[Cosmic Sher]

Hey... Who here knows about/ lives in or near Wilmington, Delaware? Jared may has an interview there, and we have absolutely no idea about the place.

What are good, average cost of living, low crime, good school neighborhoods to live in? Someone mentioned South Philly? What kind of environment is it/what are the people like? PM me if you have info longer than what you want to post.

Thanks! :)

[Félix]

I don't think you want South Phila., Sherrie. I've never lived there, but I've spent some time around there. There are suburban areas around Wilmington in PA, and across the river in New Jersey. Lots of choices, all fairly close together. Remember -- it's east coast, and congestion is everywhere.

Good luck!

[Cosmic Sher]

Thanks Larry. Isn't the public transportation around there really good? We're also trying to figure out alternate possibilities with this.

[Sarah]

I've played a show or two in Wilmington - there are some cute areas. David Bromberg and his wife, the amazing artist Nancy Josephson live there and have done a lot of work on the arts community.
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It's not far from Baltimore - we'd be neighbors.

[Cosmic Sher]

Well cool! Those images are gorgeous, I love the colors & all the mosaic texture.

I don't know if this is a job that will pan out or not, but we're doing our homework nonetheless. :D

[Kevin]

i am blaming my sinful nature on Indiana

[Cosmic Sher]

Hmmmmmm.... Belgium dark chocolate. That is da bomb!

[Cosmic Sher]

Kevin, you can blame your sinful nature on anything you like, as long as you don't change it. ;)

My Mom told me a funny Bible quote (she's a cool Bible scholar chick) that talked about the 'superfluidity of naughtiness'. I love it!

[Heidi]

White chocolate's worse than milk chocolate.

[Sarah]

Blame it on the rain.

[Kevin]

chocolate racist

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

*snort*

[Kevin]

correctness is never an issue here (obviously)

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I have no problems admitting to be a chocolate snob, if not a chocolate purist. Dark chocolate all the way, baby!
The darker, the better...

[Sarah]

White chocolate isn't even real chocolate. It's sugar and cocoa butter with a marketing plan.

[Cosmic Sher]

"chocolate purist" ... yes Jackie, I like that phrase.
For me it doesn't matter what flavour (although rarely have I found a white chocolate that fits the bill), but the quality and richness of the ingredients & combination thereof.

It must cause euphoria on my tastebuds. If it doesn't, it's crap.

[Sally, la reina]

Cinnamon - I agree. Milk chocolate is gross in excess. It's too sweet.

[Sarah]

Dark dark chocolate for me. Yum.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Cinnamon wrote: "I just buy white chocolate chips at Publix and melt them down in my microwave. They cost the same as regular chocolate chips."

Is the classic chip shape that unpleasing to you, that you must melt them down before consumption? Interesting aversion... ;)

[Sarah]

Mmm. I'll take that one, Cinnamon.

[Sarah]

I've read that you can put two peeps in the microwave with toothpicks, and they'll joust.

[Kevin]

i am singing Chocolate Rain while reading this

[Kevin]

i had a sore throat that day btw

[Sally, la reina]

I had a dream about someone putting himself in the microwave last night, no kidding.

[Kevin]

Hamthrax

[Sally, la reina]

Something like 2 minutes. It's creeping me out to remember, now that I think about it!

[Kevin]

isn't there a pre-set for that?

[Heidi]

White chocolate has an exception!!! It's superbly delicious mixed with peppermint candy to make peppermint bark. It also mixes well with fresh blueberries and cranberries.

Milk chocolate - I like it with nuts. That's it.

Dark chocolate - my faaaaave - the more purity, the better (higher cacao concentrate)! It makes everything better!

[Sally, la reina]

CSU is now taking Hamthrax prevention maneuvers, I've noticed. There are handy little dispensers of PUREX or whatever EVERYWHERE. We just got an English dept. email: "Please use the hand sanitizers, and use the wipes to clean computers in the labs. Please tell your students to do the same."

Thank you.

[Heidi]

CIMMNAMMMIIIIMNAMMMHHH!!!

I am totally a cinnamon fiend when it comes to choosing a dessert dish. I will always choose the item on the menu that has cinnamon, if there are any. If not, I tend to pass on dessert. My childhood (and current) faves were my great grandmother's homemade snickerdoodles and also her sock-it-to-me cake.

[Kevin]

hamthrax update - instead of shaking hands at church sunday we just winked at each other. it went ok but i guess the comment cards from the visitors were interesting

[Kevin]

"Cake is not a lie."

i think i like this cinnamon...

[Heidi]

Cinnamon cake(ish) recipe:

SOCK-IT-TO-ME CAKE

I should modify my response to add that I've always had a preference for desserts that involve cinnamon and nuts. My great-grandmother's snickerdoodles were made from scratch - melt in your mouth buttery goodness. I've gently asked my grandmother for the recipe for years, and still don't have it. The bakery ones don't come close to the goodness that she made. My faves were the ones she made when she'd crush pecans up until they were almost pecan dust/grains... and add to the snickerdoodle cookies - they were like homemade cinnamon-coated pecan sandies, except she still called them "snickerdoodles."

[Cosmic Sher]

"hamthrax update - instead of shaking hands at church sunday we just winked at each other. it went ok but i guess the comment cards from the visitors were interesting"

Thanks Kev. That was a gut-buster. Now there is diet Mt Dew all over my monitor. :D

I adore cinnamon and almonds together. I just found my new fav ice cream (and ice cream is just not my thing): Mission to Marzipan - sweet cream ice cream with cinnamon & almond cookie bits and swirls of marzipan. Oh my, orgasmic.

[Sally, la reina]

I nearly killed myself with cinnamon liquor as a freshman at CU. But I like it sparingly (real cinnamon) on baked goods. Fake cinnamon makes me vomit.

[Heidi]

Sally wrote: "I nearly killed myself with cinnamon liquor as a freshman at CU. But I like it sparingly (real cinnamon) on baked goods. Fake cinnamon makes me vomit. "

You mean like Hot Damn or Goldschlager, Sally? Oh, the thought of that makes me miserable!

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Most "cinnamon" gums are fake cinnamon. Trident cinnamon gum disappeared a couple of years ago, don't know why, but I'm missing it a lot.

[Heidi]

At Christmastime, I like to make sugar cookies with pieces of crushed candy cane mixed into the dough - YUM!

I like cookies okay (clearly).