Comments on: Decline and Fall

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:05:44 +0000

I’d have to ask my wife about the French thing. She’s a French teacher. I think you may be right, however, now that you mention it. Yet when we were in Paris, the only things I noticed people drinking in the morning was strong, bitter coffee they called perhaps ironically café americain. Maybe in the country they drink chocolate in the mornings. I do know my wife has told me instead of cups, they drink their coffee from little bowls like cereal bowls. She has one she bought when she lived in Cherbourg, but she uses it for cereal.

By: Bronwen

Bronwen — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:01:17 +0000

Well I have to say being a connoisseur of fine choclate I did try the Chantico as soon as it came out. I believe its a french thing actually, I mean as well as the Aztec thing. Don’t they drink thick drinking chocolate for breakfast? The Chantico was a bit too much for me though, and trust me there is a reason they only serve it in cups that small. It is extremely rich and sickeningly sweet. Good, but only for about three mouthfuls before it becomes too much.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:51:41 +0000

It sounds like the chocolate drink could be used as an ingrediant for a cake or pie — that I would consider, but not to drink it.

I hope your back pain does not effect your trip. I am looking forward to reading your entries about it.

By: Mel B.

Mel B. — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:41:22 +0000

I wish you hadn’t mentioned the cup of drinking chocolate, because I would be the sucker who would order something like that. I don’t like coffee, though I’ve been known to make an exception for sugar-laden iced coffee, especially if it has whipped cream on top.
But I’m glad you pointed out the fat aspect… I’ll try to not order it. Or at least order it once for curiosity, and then leave it alone.
I always order hot chocolate, though. People ask me how I drink it during the summer and I ask how they drink coffee.

I’m sorry about the back pain. I know how that is. I suffer from it pretty much constantly, wake up, and almost never feel like my back has gotten any better just by lying down during the night. I feel like part of it is weight related, but I didn’t always weigh this much, and it started several years ago, when I was 23. In my case, it’s my spine, and degenerative, so I can look forward to this for the rest of my life.
But I always have in the back of my mind, if I lost weight, it’d at least make it better. I’m working on counteracting the laziness.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:29:37 +0000

I did wonder if maybe the Aztecs drank chocolate. I had never heard of such a thing before, however. I also wonder if anyone actually orders the Chantico chocolate. Maybe it’s just me, but I would feel so guilty and bad drinking a cup of chocolate. I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it, because I’d be thinking about how I am getting fatter with every sip. Yeah, I know a pint of Ben and Jerry’s is probably just as high in calories. But a cup of liquid chocolate…it’s just too much.