willywhit Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Give her what she really wants http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vr2GGE7M520&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMG73VLgpmY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 I agree. And it's organic, which is also a very important thing to me knowing that I am not promoting chocolate slave labor in Africa. Organic Chocolate uses only fair trade chocolate, or grown in the US under non-child labor laws......for lack of a better way to say it. Point of clarification. Organic refers to it being chemical and pesticide free. Fair trade refers to the practice of not exploiting workers. Organic does not necessarily implie fair trade. That said Dagoba is both and an excellent chocolate to boot. try the dark chocolate with chile its really good and not exactly what you would expect. Green and Blacks is another excellent choice:biggthump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Green and Blacks makes goooooooood Coco. I discovered a source for cacao nibs which when put in a pepper grinder makes for a great Cappuccino condiment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Green and Blacks makes goooooooood Coco. I discovered a source for cacao nibs which when put in a pepper grinder makes for a great Cappuccino condiment... I like the nibs alone they have a funny nutty taste. they are even better when mixed with Goji (wolf) berries. You can get them dried and a handful of the berries and one of the nibs is a great pick me up! they are also good in trail mix. bake the nibs into brownies and cookies mmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Point of clarification.Organic refers to it being chemical and pesticide free. Fair trade refers to the practice of not exploiting workers. Organic does not necessarily implie fair trade. That said Dagoba is both and an excellent chocolate to boot. try the dark chocolate with chile its really good and not exactly what you would expect. Green and Blacks is another excellent choice:biggthump True. However, all the organic brands I know also practice Fair Trade, at least in coffee and chocolate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 True. However, all the organic brands I know also practice Fair Trade, at least in coffee and chocolate. They seem to be closely aligned subjects all right. I made the distinction only because the organic thing is going mainstream with more and more products in the regular grocery stores. When the market starts shifting that way I guarantee that some companies truth in labeling will slip a little. There is a lot of implied goodness in the new labeling laws that has no bearing on reality. So just a reminder to read and ask questions when you choose your products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 You are correct. A lot of things can be labeled "organic" and not be what we like to think of as organic (free of pesticides, etc).It's been a big hype in a lot of my veg head magazines about the truth in the labeling. Buyer beware! It's best to know a bit about the companies that you purchase from, instead of the organic label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 if you do organic and it's important to you getting your fresh produce through a CSA program is the way to go the laws for labeling here are so weak that all you really have to do to sell anything you want is say that the origional product was unavailable so the packing company can substitute anything they want in there the really fun part about this is that unavailable can just mean that organic ingridients were slightly more expensive. I'm no stickler about organic although I try to make sure my staples are from a good source. To me local foods are just as important as organic, maybe even more important depends on how I feel that day I guess. I'd like to see a push for fair trade within the US, US farmers get ****ed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I'm just reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and I have to say I'm shocked at what they can call organic. What was the phrase they used - "everything eventually morphs into the way the world is"?. Good ideas bump up against reality, and guess who wins. It's made me think, though, that I might start buying meat from the farmers market, and resurrect my vege garden. Some of the stuff I'm reading is way too scary. Like, 52% of my diet started life as a corn plant??? Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Allee! I'm with you on that, corn is so bad in so many ways and in north america it is in places that it should not be, not to mention it's bad for the animals too, it hardens the fat in beef. Most domestic corn here in the US is GM too, not sure about Cananda but I know that Canada does have pretty easy laws to skirt depending on how you do it. Ugh, I really need a paying job working in the area of doing work promoting sustainable agriculture, I care about it too much! ****, if I got payed minimum wage I'd probably continue to do it, I can't really afford to do the volunteer thing anymore though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavechaser Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Man this thread has taken some turns in its lifetime!! Is there an internet record for thread length?? Can the thread itself be considered "organic"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Now you're on to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 In terms of having a life of its own, Absolutely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisling Posted December 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 happy new year everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave ESPI Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 I LOVE BOOBIES ! BOOBIES BOOOOOOBBBBIIEESSSSS ! LOOK AT MY BOOBIES ! http://www.koppelquests.net/IMAGES/April_22/images/IMGP5393.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavechaser Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 i'm tired of dating a$$holes. you guys are all such sweethearts where can i meet a nice guy for once? LOL:rolleyes: So Aisling...after a year and a half and 1,871 replies and 50,572 views...did you find him?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulk Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 happy new year everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year Aisling:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyYT316 Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Happy New Year! I'm stuck at work today, but hopefully I'll get off early and go to Park City after work. Hope everyone's having a good first day of the new year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavechaser Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Bad end/start for me...ran over my neighbor's (they also plow my driveway) favorite cat as my final act of 2006...never even saw it at 40mph until too late - and I LOVE cats. All the new snow we got two days ago has been hammered by rain and sleet today, supposed to be 40-45 degrees and rain later this week - all my races have been cancelled again for the coming weekend (7 so far this season). I'm not feeling to good today. :( At least it's all got me thinking creatively about either trying to find a temp crash pad in the Rockies so I can at least ride/race for the next two months and still pay my rent back here...or ditching it all and going to Florida with the same plan to race kayaks and get a jump on the competiton next spring - probably won't do either but it's nice to imagine the possibilities. Thinking of seeing if I can find a kitten for my neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman0177 Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Come to Australia. Fight massive bushfires. Swelter in 40+ degree heat. Have a snowfight on Christmas Day. All within 48 hours, all at one our most frequented ski resorts! http://www.theage.com.au/frontpage/2006/12/26/frontpage.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Anyone know where I can get a cheap rate on a room in Vegas? I want to stay at the Luxor but the rates are outrageous. I've checked all my usual sites with no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinecure Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Anyone know where I can get a cheap rate on a room in Vegas? I want to stay at the Luxor but the rates are outrageous. I've checked all my usual sites with no luck. Have you tried hotels.com? Also hoteldiscount.com. I've used those in the past in Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 michelle, my cousin lives in vegas. A local to another local -- are you interested? and when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Bad end/start for me...ran over my neighbor's (they also plow my driveway) favorite cat as my final act of 2006...never even saw it at 40mph until too late - and I LOVE cats.Thinking of seeing if I can find a kitten for my neighbors. Dude, that's really harsh. I would feel TERRIBLE. Is it kitten season? How about a nice pre-owned cat from the shelter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavechaser Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Thanks Allee - I still feel sick about it two days later. It's never happened to me before with someone's pet. I'm going to the shelter in Montpelier tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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