For Valentine's day one year, my dad bought each of us a package of chocolate covered strawberries from a chocolatier downtown. Each package contained six strawberries and man, those strawberries were delicious. Because I love to make things last and I try to savor all treats, I saved my strawberries for about a week (allowing myself to eat just one a day). This is normal for a girl who used to put all of her Halloween candy bars in a beauty case under her bed every year in order to enjoy them throughout the following months.On the fifth or sixth day, my strawberries started to have a fizzy kind of taste. Like someone had added carbonation to them. Turns out, fresh chocolate covered strawberries should be eaten within three days or else they start to ferment.
Lesson learned: during this month of chocolate covered goodness, eat those strawberries within three days but save those chocolates for later.
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7 comments:
I COMPLETELY remember your candy stash...I tried to follow your example once - I think it lasted a couple days...and the candy was gone;)
I remember this chocolate-covered-strawberry conundrum. I also remember your dissappointment. Wasn't there a trip made to aquire another batch? I hope so. You deserved it.
I also love my chocolate covered strawberries and am a candy hoarder (although I haven't ever hoarded chocolate covered strawberries). Adam always gets mad at me because I stash my candy and eat it for days and his is gone in hours. lol
i've also heard you can pour Coke onto a slice of watermelon for a similar affect. those strawberries wouldn't have lasted 6 hours for me. hmmm. now i feel like a treat. do we have any chocolate covered anything in the house? yes, chocolate covered raisins from stock exchange. ding!
Yum! That's all I can say.
Now, that is a sad story. So much wasted deliciousness. I think I will make dome chocolate covered strawberries for V day. Yum!
i really think it is funny that you are reading women are from venus...
just such an unlikely pick for you. :)
and ps, i think getting a box of chocolate covered strawberries is the perfect gift for valentines day. plus i really don't care for boxes of chocolates, and especially not the cheesy heart shaped boxes. i love strawberries... and they sound so good right now. so if you talk to ben in the next, O say 5 days... feel free to pass that along. :)
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