chocolate and other traditional sins (was So what unhealthy things do you still eat?)

[Guest guest]

frankly, i am shocked at all of you coffee-guzzlin', chocolate-gorgin',

microwavin' sinners! <g>

actually, after your confessions, i am feeling better about the hushpuppies i

have decided to have 1x a month.

and i am amazed. if i have even the slightest bit of coffee or chocolate, i feel

as though a runaway train were speeding through my body and that i'm about to

die. i guess that it's the phenylethalamine in the chocolate --i dunno-- but i

never want to experience that feeling again. (fortunately, my last chocolate was

a scharffen berger, so, at least i would die happy <g>.)

as far as chocolate's being a " traditional food " , however....

although chocolate was consumed in a " traditional " society, it most definitely

was not in its present-day form. nor was it a common, everyday beverage: it was

reserved for the nobility and elite and was served at special occasions or

feasts. and, among the aztecs, warriors consumed " chocolate " on their way to or

in battle; among the maya, it --the bean-- was such a luxury item that it was

used as currency.

coffee and tobacco likewise were often reserved for ritual or special occasions

in traditional societies.

allene, feeling a little bit holier-than-thou LOL