Post by: smurfboy on April 07, 2005, 03:54:10 pm
I don't think anything could put me off chocolate for life - but have any of you ever had an experience that came close?
When I was 13 on a school trip to France we were given packed lunches every day. The French are not known for their skill at catering for vegetarians, and one day Monsieur Chef decided he was fed up with giving me cheese baguettes every day, came up with something new - chocolate baguettes. No, not chocolate-flavoured bread, or chocolate spread filled baguettes, but buttered baguettes with stick of dark chocolate as the filling.
It sounds like it could almost be nice in sweet/savoury contrast way, but trust me, it wasn't. 
I managed to eat it the first day, but then I was given it again for the journey home and it turned my stomach. Even though I was starving I ended up throwing half of it away. Suffice to say, I have stuck to chocolate in bars and cakes from then on! 
Post by: oldspice on April 07, 2005, 05:36:34 pm
Post by: loulou on April 07, 2005, 07:51:23 pm
Post by: on April 07, 2005, 08:35:49 pm
Had a very heavy cold pre-teens, ate a 54321 and ralphed, chucked and spewed violently after.
Could never, never eat one again after that.
Post by: on April 07, 2005, 08:51:09 pm
I once missed a Black Stork in Suffolk by five minutes because my mate stopped for a packet of Minstrels at Fakenham. 
Post by: goldencup on April 07, 2005, 09:57:12 pm
Ah but did it put you off Minstrels?
I don't like admitting this but once upon a time I liked peanuts. A friend of mine and I stuffed ourselves on something called 'sweet peanuts' which were like monkey nuts coated in butterscotch. We went back to her house and were presented with fishfingers, chips and (I'll never forget this) spring greens! Not wishing to be rude, I ate the lot but was violently sick afterwards. Have never liked peanuts since.....
Post by: gbliz on April 07, 2005, 10:00:37 pm
Post by: loulou on April 08, 2005, 01:34:28 am
Post by: oldspice on April 08, 2005, 08:11:19 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 08, 2005, 03:32:01 pm
Had a very heavy cold pre-teens, ate a 54321 and ralphed, chucked and spewed violently after.
Could never, never eat one again after that.
I had a similar experience (although I don't know what 'ralphed' means) with a Mr Kipling French Fancy cake when I was little at my next door neighbour's birthday party. I was never invited to her parties again after that, and I still feel sick just looking at one of those types of cake! 
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 08, 2005, 03:34:00 pm
The French are not known for their skill at catering for vegetarians
I know, why does everybody assume it's OK to feed vegetarians fish? Not just in France, I've experienced that here too.
Post by: smurfboy on April 08, 2005, 04:22:06 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 08, 2005, 04:50:36 pm
I feel the same way about nut cutlet. Yes I am vegetarian and yes I hate nuts.
Also have you noticed that with the vegetarian meals the pudding is always much less exiting that the normal pudding eg. on aeroplanes and such. Yes I'm vegetarian but I would like the chocolate cake and not the fruit salad please!!!
Post by: sillyyank03 on April 08, 2005, 05:17:34 pm
The funniest experience I've had with people trying to cater to vegetarians was in Poland. Obviously something was lost in translation because they brought out a big slab of meat and when we said we were vegetarians, they said "No sauce - is vegetarian."
Sometimes the dessert is better for the vegetarian meals (not usually, though). I usually get this fruity flapjack dessert when I fly, which is actually really yummy! 
Post by: on April 08, 2005, 05:32:49 pm
I had a similar experience (although I don't know what 'ralphed' means) with a Mr Kipling French Fancy cake when I was little at my next door neighbour's birthday party. I was never invited to her parties again after that, and I still feel sick just looking at one of those types of cake!
I think "ralph" is the one when there is nothing left in your stomach but it keeps on pumping and you are exhausted and go "raallpphh"
Post by: goldencup on April 08, 2005, 07:16:54 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 08, 2005, 07:25:56 pm
Post by: gbliz on April 08, 2005, 11:08:10 pm
Post by: on April 08, 2005, 11:12:02 pm
I dont know if this counts...but I once ate some Terry's Orange Segments a few Christmas's ago, I had a bit of a tummy ache anyway and I was sick. Haven't been able to eat Terry Chocolate Orange since. All I could taste was the orange.
A classic psychological phenomenon, known as the 'Garcia effect'.
Post by: smurfboy on April 11, 2005, 10:28:08 am
I dont know if this counts...but I once ate some Terry's Orange Segments a few Christmas's ago, I had a bit of a tummy ache anyway and I was sick. Haven't been able to eat Terry Chocolate Orange since. All I could taste was the orange.
I was once violently sick after eating a mini Boost (trying to recover from illness too quickly!) It put me off for a while, but I soon rediscovered my love for them.
Post by: chocolate chick on April 11, 2005, 01:02:40 pm