OT: Re: Speaking of chocolate

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Speaking of chocolate, this is OT, but creepy as hell. A hedge fund manager in Londonjust bought up the entire European intended cocoa bean crop. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/business/global/25chocolate.html?ref=global-homeLONDON — To some, he is a real-life Willy Wonka. To others, he is a Bond-style villain bent on taking over the world’s supply of chocolate.In a stroke, a hedge fund manager here named Ward has all but cornered the market in cocoa. By one estimate, he has bought enough to make more than five billion chocolate bars...The fear is that Mr. Ward will become the go-to source until the annual cocoa harvest, which starts in October. With candy makers starting to stock up for the holiday season, they may be forced to pay him ever-higher prices — and cocoa has already jumped 150 percent since 2008.“The squeeze was really timed perfectly,” said Eugen Weinberg, an analyst at Commerzbank in furt.****Good thing that chocolatealchemy's cocoa butter comes from S. America - not Africa - because that will help keep the price lower. MaraThat sounds so good! Someday when I'm symptom free, I'm going to remain SCD with the exception of using chocolate. I miss chocolate chip cookies!HollyCrohn'sSCD 12/01/08i cannot find one i love and need suggestions. my favorite ready baked cookies are the JJ Butter Cookies from digestive wellness, they remind me of oatmeal rasin cookies without the raisins and have a great chewiness/mouth feel. most cookies i bake are bland, crumbly, and just taste like plain baked almond flour------------------------------------