MaxPC wrote:appleman2006 wrote:Anabaptist chocolate bar with nuts!
Why didn't I think of that one?
apple bar with nuts? - sounds really good.
in Germany, the nuts may be hazelnuts, a sublime addition to chocolate, indeed!
when i was young, we would
occasionally have a treat of these small bites of chocolate from Germany sold individually in gas stations and pharmacies ..
Ice Cubes
http://www.thechocolatestore.com/pd-17- ... z-4-7.aspx
they had a distinct flavor .. i thot it was something about "German" chocolate ..
hazelnuts were not noted on the labels.
decades later, when we visited Switzerland, we realized, in Europe, hazelnuts are
common in chocolate! it was the hazelnuts!
we sampled our first Nutella in Switzerland, served in a little container with breakfast (like jellies are often served in the U.S.) .. hazlenut chocolate spread for breakfast! brilliant!
now, Nutella is sold in most U.S. markets. the recipe has been changed bit.
i suppose, the U.S. peanut market doesn't much care for hazlenuts.
i have wondered where they grow "all those hazelnuts" in Europe.
The Market for Hazelnuts
http://www.badgersett.com/info/hazelnuts/hazel4
Annual world hazelnut production is about 455,000 metric tons, a little more than that of almonds. Turkey produces 65 percent of hazels on the world market, Italy 20 percent, and the US 3 percent. Europe is currently the biggest consumer of hazelnuts.
In the US, 98 percent of commercial production is in or near the Willamette Valley of Oregon,
because that is the only region where the standard European varieties will thrive.
The US produces only about 20% of its present consumption.
i thought about planting some bushes, but so dislike squirrels, decided against it.
i lived an Elmer Fudd-like life with squirrels at one place we lived! they outsmarted+outmaneuvered me at every turn! grrr. i did not want to invite a rematch here.
hazelnuts+chocolate. divine.
