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Old Apr 23, 2007, 02:56 AM
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I hadn't heard of that, either, DSF, but thanks for the info. I'm always skeptical of these kinds of diets--not that they don't help one lose weight, get healthier, etc., but that they're any better than simply eating healthy in general (except, perhaps, individually, if they result in balancing something a person might have unbalanced).

On the cocoa part, chocolate is actually used in many dishes, not just sweet ones. There's an authentic Mexican restaurant in Atlantic City, where my boyfriend has had a dish they have made with a chocolate sauce, but it's not sweet or anything. Personally, I'm not a big fan of it, because I do prefer my chocolate sweet. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't like it in other dishes; my experience is limited to this one dish, and I only had a bite of it from my bf's dish.

I like my foods colorful, so I prefer a variety.

I didn't know you could eat squid ink. But I've seen a lot of cultures eat and drink stuff I consider "weird." I say that, not in a negative way, but meaning that it's something that I'd not heard of, never would have considered eating before (and may not now, LOL!), or seems unusual to me. And some things, admittedly, sound disgusting. There are a lot of things I'll try, though.
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