Haigh's SUPER Chocolate Frog
Look what A. got today. :-) Ok, so it was a present from me to thank him for singing some gorgeous songs by Vaughan-Williams (which made me cry) during my schoolfriend's wedding on Sunday. Sure, I could have bought him flowers, but he's always out at work or rehearsal and wouldn't get a chance to enjoy them at home. And yes, I could have bought him wine, but as a singer taking care of his voice, I'd be the one who drank it. Great for me, but not such a present for him.
So, I bought him dark chocolate. That's one of the things that is good for singers' throats! Specifically anything ove 70%, which this isn't, but still.....it's a giant chocolate frog people! Wouldn't you kill to have one yourself?? This baby is nearly half a kilo of thick as guts dark chocolate - see the hastily arranged blue clothes peg for a size comparison.
I've wanted one for years, but never really had good enough reason to do it. So I thoroughly enjoyed the little expedition to the Haigh's shop on Swanston St on my day off on Monday, presenting it to him on his lunchbreak. Being a good Adelaide boy, A. is a big fan of Haigh's (we even visited the factory in July), and an even bigger fan of their dark chocolate. Yes, it's "only" 51%, not 70%, but who's nitpicking here? Giant dark chocolate frog, people!
This thing is seriously thick. Tooth breakingly thick, and I was intrigued as to how he'd go about getting stuck into it. Would he use a knife? Would he soften it slightly in the microwave? Would he just risk dental costs and attack it with his teeth? So, I interrogated him via email. His reply:
Subject: Re: interested to know
Bit off with my teeth. Ate about 2/5 of it, then felt sick so stopped.
Tastes so yummy! :-)
No wonder! 2/5 is giving it a fair whack. I bet he suffered all afternoon with an Augustus Gloop-sized tummy ache! :-)
Tagged with: Chocolate + Food & Drink
posted by Niki at
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
6 Comments:
Augustus Gloop never has a tummy ache! Just a deep-seated glow of nodding chocolate-smeared happiness.
I loved that you emailed him about how he ate it! I would've done the same thing. We picked up a 1.2kg solid block of chocolate from the Cadbury factory in Birmingham and you had to gnaw on giant shards you snapped off!
What a selfless soul you are though. I would've presented it at home so I could subtly break off a piece as well - lol.
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Helen (AugustusGloop), at 10/06/2005 12:26:00 am
YUM! Dark. Chocolate. Frog.
I keep promising myself I'll get one for xmas.
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Anonymous, at 10/06/2005 04:42:00 pm
Half a kilo? Sure it isn't a cane toad?
Incidentally - surprise, surprise - I never heard back from the Haigh's customer information lady after I tolde her that she'd not actually read my message about Fair Trade sourcing before sending me her stock reply about slave labour in Ghanaian cocoa plantations.
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Anonymous, at 10/06/2005 10:55:00 pm
Dark chocolate is love :)
And that is one big chocolate frog.
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pseudo chef, at 10/08/2005 01:24:00 am
yeah, they never tell me if it's fairtrade either!
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