• mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Wait, are chocolate oranges just chocolate formed to look like orange slices? All this time I thought it was oranges dipped in chocolate, which has always disgusted me.

    And in my defense, I’ve always heard it was a British thing. And British food is infamous for being terrible apart from fish & chips

    • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      1 day ago

      Yep, it’s break-apart slices of chocolate. You knock it on a table and they separate. I used to like them, and either I can’t find the brand I used to get or my tastes have changed, because the ones I have tried in the past few years just aren’t good.

      (I do like orange + chocolate still, in a chocolate bar!)

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        9 hours ago

        There used to be two main brands. But you can only seen to find Terry’s now. They were not the good brand. It’s sad really

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        1 day ago

        I remember the ones that you had to break apart from when I was a kid. The modern ones are all cast so that there’s nothing to break apart; you just grab a little slice of the sphere.

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          15 hours ago

          The modern ones are cast, but last time I checked still require some force to break the slices off their central sprue / core. What were the older ones you’re referring to if they weren’t cast like that? Now I am curious lol.

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      1 day ago

      It’s also an American thing. Historically, one would give oranges (citrus, which is ripe late in the year) and chocolate. Somehow that turned into this.

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        20 hours ago

        British food Is not a race, just terrible food nobody should have ever come up with.

      • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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        21 hours ago

        British isn’t a race, it’s a rationality. And as a Brit, British food is horrible, including fish and chips.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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        16 hours ago

        I said it’s infamous for being terrible, i.e. a factual statement about its reputation. I never said that it is terrible because I haven’t really had any.

        Also, you’re trying to be holier-than-thou over a comment about an Empire that opressed half the world up until around 70 years ago? One that continues to idolize “the good old days”? Learn to pick your battles.

      • Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com
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        18 hours ago

        As a Brit I often joke “if you can communicate cleanly with the people making the food, you’re ordering food from the wrong place”