What makes "German Chocolate" German? - Democratic Underground

arbusto_baboso

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:31 PM
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What makes "German Chocolate" German?

Does the choclate come from Germany? Does it make you Sprechen Sie Deutsch? An hour after you eat it, do you want to conquer Poland? I wanna know, dammit!

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bif

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:35 PM
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1. I think German was a brand name that had the original recipe

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arbusto_baboso

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:36 PM
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2. Well, that's just entirely too sensible to be credible.

I wanna see the German Chocolate's birth certificate! It's not a natural German!

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bif

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:36 PM
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3. Here

http://www.kitchenproject.com/html/Is_German_Chocolate_Cake_Really_German.html

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arbusto_baboso

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:37 PM
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4. It's a forgery.

Why won't the cake release it's REAL birth certificate?

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hedgehog

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Tue Aug-04-09 05:39 PM
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12. Something I figured out only after searching a dozen German cookbooks!

Truth to tell, I like the filling but it's not the best chocolate cake recipe.

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Fire Walk With Me

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:39 PM
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5. Yep, it attempted to annex the Creme Brulee.

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Ikonoklast

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:46 PM
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6. Well, it was called "French Chocolate" before 1940.

"Vichy Chocolate" didn't have the same zing, so it was called "Invading Hun Horde Chocolate" for a while, but that never really caught on much.

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old mark

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:48 PM
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7. I asked my wife a similar question about "Jewish Rye" bread....

what makes it Jewish?

She is Jewish, and had never heard of it....it must be made by Germans, since we live in a largely German area.

Does make great toast, though......

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noamnety

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Tue Aug-04-09 07:16 PM
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16. I just came across an answer to that recently

I have no clue how trustworthy the source it, but it was an interesting story: the jewish delis would use the bread that didn't sell from the delivery trucks as starter for the next sourdough batch - they'd soak the old slices in vinegar to get it going. The process wasn't legal, they weren't supposed to be recycling the old bread, but I think it's better than throwing out perfectly good food.

http://www.reciperascal.com/nyrye.html

Whether that's true or not, I think it's the combination of the rye flour plus the rye sourdough starter that makes it a jewish rye.

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LostInAnomie

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:48 PM
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8. It's ideology that dark chocolate is inferior to white chocolate.

It's also very anti-semitic for a candy.

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arbusto_baboso

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:50 PM
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10. ...

:rofl:

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underpants

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Tue Aug-04-09 04:50 PM
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9. The guy who delivers it has his first name on the windshield of the truck

and he drives in sandals and socks

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cloudbase

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Tue Aug-04-09 05:17 PM
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11. Because you

WILL like it.

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mitchum

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Tue Aug-04-09 05:42 PM
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13. It keeps fucking with the Belgian waffles, French toast, and English muffins

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Orsino

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Tue Aug-04-09 06:22 PM
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14. It's the frosting.

Universal coverage:

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Kali

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Tue Aug-04-09 07:11 PM
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15. In traditional recipes you DON'T cover it all

just the middle and top. crazy

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billyclem

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:43 PM
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17. bif was correct

The name comes from the use of Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate.

ymmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Forkboy

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Wed Aug-05-09 02:57 AM
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18. They play nothing but Kraftwerk while it's being made.

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MissHoneychurch

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Wed Aug-05-09 03:15 AM
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19. With that

Edited on Wed Aug-05-09 03:16 AM by MissHoneychurch

the milk would go sour :P

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