Title: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Obvious Li on October 13, 2013, 11:41:31 PM
Post by: Obvious Li on October 13, 2013, 11:41:31 PM
The world will officially run out on October 2, 2020.
Industry experts met in London last week to discuss the impending meltdown.
Confectionery giants revealed there are just not enough cocoa plantations across the globe to feed the demand.
They warned we would need the equivalent of another planet Earth to fill the gap needed to keep the chocolate industry going.
Prices are set to soar over the next few years as chocolate becomes harder to get hold of.
As a result many big-name companies are expected to fill bars that are smaller in size with more nuts and fruit because they are cheaper to produce.
Chocolate taster and expert Angus Kennedy said: "There will be a chocolate shortage and there isn't a solution to the problem. Seven years is what we think we have left.
"Experts have worked out we need 2.3 globes to accommodate man's needs for chocolate in terms of forestry and space.
"We need another Earth basically if we carry on at this rate. We are destroying the whole thing.
"The problem we've got is that much of the space that was used for cocoa plantations is no longer there.
"The Chinese love their cars and they have found that rubber makes more money than cocoa and at a much quicker pace.
"Cocoa farms are being chopped down and turned into rubber plantations because they get a better yield.
"There will be smaller bars, more biscuits, more raisins, more nuts because they are cheaper to fill space with"
Angus Kennedy
"If you plant a cocoa plant you get cocoa beans in four years, which means the farmers are waiting four years for a profit so obviously they think 'What is the point?'"
Manufacturers from all over the world including Iran, Belgium, Lebanon, Germany and Switzerland met at the British Library last week for the annual Chocolate Industry Network Conference where they heard the worrying news.
Mr Kennedy said: "There is a small amount of growth projected for cocoa consumption in Europe and America but in China and Asia it is set to go sky high.
"Also cocoa is being used in everything from bakeries to body creams to sprinkles for coffee. It is a very popular product.
"Unless more trees are planted this will happen.
"What we will see is a higher price for cocoa powder and, in turn, chocolate. The price for bars will go up over the next few years. You will see less chocolate in the bars.
"There will be smaller bars, more biscuits, more raisins, more nuts because they are cheaper to fill space with.
"Bars will probably be filled with a lot more sugar as well because it is the cheapest ingredient to bulk out the cocoa."
He added: "It is going to be very different from the chocolate we know and love today."
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: cc on October 14, 2013, 12:39:10 AM
Post by: cc on October 14, 2013, 12:39:10 AM
Damn!! And it took me a year's effort to be certain I had tricked my mate into believing that I couldn't "do it" without serious dark chocolate as a preliminary
I won't sleep tonight ... thanks a lot guy
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Obvious Li on October 14, 2013, 06:51:11 AM
Post by: Obvious Li on October 14, 2013, 06:51:11 AM
Now THAT is serious shit. America's $123 Trillion In Unfunded Liabilities is nothing compared to chocolate being all gone.Quote from: "cc li tarte"
Damn!! And it took me a year's effort to be certain I had tricked my mate into believing that I couldn't "do it" without serious dark chocolate as a preliminary
I won't sleep tonight ... thanks a lot guy
i assume you buy those "extra big" chocolate bars and glance lovingly at them as they are consumed......hehe :mrgreen:
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Post by: Renee on October 14, 2013, 10:21:55 AM
Post by: Renee on October 14, 2013, 10:21:55 AM
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Post by: Odinson on October 14, 2013, 11:02:21 AM
Post by: Odinson on October 14, 2013, 11:02:21 AM
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Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2013, 01:43:28 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 14, 2013, 01:43:28 PM
:(
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Annie on October 15, 2013, 07:51:54 PM
Post by: Annie on October 15, 2013, 07:51:54 PM
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2013, 07:54:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2013, 07:54:17 PM
Oh nooo! Please nooo! My daughter and I HAVE to have chocolate. We just couldn't function without it. It will be total anarchy if this happens. I'm going to have many, many horrible nightmares now :-(Quote from: "Annie"
I wonder if chocolate hoarding will become rampant in the future?
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Annie on October 15, 2013, 08:28:24 PM
Post by: Annie on October 15, 2013, 08:28:24 PM
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2013, 08:29:19 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2013, 08:29:19 PM
If chocolate didn't go stale and turn all white and crumbly, I'd be hoarding like crazy!Quote from: "Annie"
Do you prefer milk or dark chocolate? I prefer the darker stuff myself.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Annie on October 15, 2013, 11:36:54 PM
Post by: Annie on October 15, 2013, 11:36:54 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2013, 11:40:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 15, 2013, 11:40:08 PM
I love the dark best too :-DQuote from: "Annie"
I make all of my own chocolate at Christmas time Ms. Annie.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Annie on October 16, 2013, 07:34:46 PM
Post by: Annie on October 16, 2013, 07:34:46 PM
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2013, 09:11:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2013, 09:11:35 PM
I make home made chocolate too but I make chocolate pops and chocolate flowers for cupcakes and stuff. The kind you buy as coin size in bags, melt them in a clay pot and pour into molds. The left over stuff in the bags usually are eaten up by my daughter LoLQuote from: "Annie"
I have Santa, bell and angel molds that I make for Christmas season..
I give them out as gifts to co-workers, neighbours and friends.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 06:18:38 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 06:18:38 PM
I make home made chocolate too but I make chocolate pops and chocolate flowers for cupcakes and stuff. The kind you buy as coin size in bags, melt them in a clay pot and pour into molds. The left over stuff in the bags usually are eaten up by my daughter LoLQuote from: "Annie"
I have Santa, bell and angel molds that I make for Christmas season..
I give them out as gifts to co-workers, neighbours and friends.
It sounds like a lot of work and not cheap either. Am I right?
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Annie on October 20, 2013, 08:21:42 PM
Post by: Annie on October 20, 2013, 08:21:42 PM
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 08:27:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 08:27:59 PM
It's actually not too bad Shen Li, I buy them at Walmart or hobby stores and I have a box of molds and I buy the sticks and little baggies with gold twist ties as a kit. I did a chocolate making party for my daughter and her friends for her birthday a few times. They loved it! Also great for making and giving out to her friends at Christmas, Valentine's. You's be surprised how much a bag of chocolate coins can make! Just have to look around for the best deals, but it's a lot of fun!Quote from: "Annie"
That's what I do too Annie..
I also buy green and red boxes to out them before giving them as gifts..
In a little over a month it will be time for me to start my Christmas chocolate making.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Annie on October 20, 2013, 08:30:05 PM
Post by: Annie on October 20, 2013, 08:30:05 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 08:33:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 08:33:59 PM
I made these cupcakes and the chocolate decorations for my daughter's class one year.Quote from: "Annie"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://i43.tinypic.com/2cpqby8.jpg%22%3Ehttp://i43.tinypic.com/2cpqby8.jpg%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
They look exquisite Ms. Annie.
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Post by: Annie on October 20, 2013, 09:32:04 PM
Post by: Annie on October 20, 2013, 09:32:04 PM
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 09:36:03 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 20, 2013, 09:36:03 PM
Thanks Fash, the kids gobbled them right up!Quote from: "Annie"
You can't blame them for that Ms. Annie.
:)
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Big Wave Dave on October 21, 2013, 02:43:31 AM
Post by: Big Wave Dave on October 21, 2013, 02:43:31 AM
I made these cupcakes and the chocolate decorations for my daughter's class one year.Quote from: "Annie"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://i43.tinypic.com/2cpqby8.jpg%22%3Ehttp://i43.tinypic.com/2cpqby8.jpg%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
They are bakery front window picture perfect Annie.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2013, 08:06:19 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2013, 08:06:19 AM
I made these cupcakes and the chocolate decorations for my daughter's class one year.Quote from: "Annie"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://i43.tinypic.com/2cpqby8.jpg%22%3Ehttp://i43.tinypic.com/2cpqby8.jpg%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
They are bakery front window picture perfect Annie.
They are very pretty Mr. Big Wave Dave.
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Post by: Odinson on October 21, 2013, 03:43:52 PM
Post by: Odinson on October 21, 2013, 03:43:52 PM
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Annie on October 21, 2013, 04:58:56 PM
Post by: Annie on October 21, 2013, 04:58:56 PM
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2013, 06:39:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2013, 06:39:57 PM
I wish I knew more about icing. I'm sure my presentation could of been a little better :-) I'm making cupcakes tonight for a youth group. I was going to make orange icing but I checked and realized I'm out of red food color :-( So I guess I'll just use Halloween cupcake liners, ice with cream cheese icing and put a small size chocolate bar on top :-)Quote from: "Annie"
I saw some really cool looking Halloween ones at a Save On Foods bakery. Some people are very creative. Black, orange and white are compulsory colours.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2013, 11:29:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2013, 11:29:08 PM
I wish I knew more about icing. I'm sure my presentation could of been a little better :-) I'm making cupcakes tonight for a youth group. I was going to make orange icing but I checked and realized I'm out of red food color :-( So I guess I'll just use Halloween cupcake liners, ice with cream cheese icing and put a small size chocolate bar on top :-)Quote from: "Annie"
I like the look of cupcakes, but they are not my husband and children's favourite..
They prefer fudge with nuts or peanut brittle, but they are less appealing to the eyes Ms. Annie.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Obvious Li on October 24, 2013, 06:49:42 AM
Post by: Obvious Li on October 24, 2013, 06:49:42 AM
A chocolate shortage I can live with. If there was a soju or vodka shortage then I would really be getting nervous.Quote from: "seoulbro"
now your talking.....i miss soju (tent bars) soooo much.......especially in the winter time in Seoul (Apgujong)
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 24, 2013, 08:18:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 24, 2013, 08:18:30 PM
A chocolate shortage I can live with. If there was a soju or vodka shortage then I would really be getting nervous.Quote from: "seoulbro"
now your talking.....i miss soju (tent bars) soooo much.......especially in the winter time in Seoul (Apgujong)
But Korea has cold winters Mr. Obvious Li.
Do the tents have wood burning fireplaces?
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Obvious Li on October 24, 2013, 08:27:19 PM
Post by: Obvious Li on October 24, 2013, 08:27:19 PM
A chocolate shortage I can live with. If there was a soju or vodka shortage then I would really be getting nervous.Quote from: "seoulbro"
now your talking.....i miss soju (tent bars) soooo much.......especially in the winter time in Seoul (Apgujong)
But Korea has cold winters Mr. Obvious Li.Do the tents have wood burning fireplaces?
not really...pretty much every table has a meal cooking on one of those portable stoves and after two or three bottles of Soju the cold doesn't matter.....just good fun, companionship, food and lots of pretty Korean girls.....it really doesn't get any better........my favorite is JuJu's in Apgujong.....in the summer they are pretty much open air..however, in the winter they put up the tent walls and enclose the place.....lots of fun
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 24, 2013, 09:51:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 24, 2013, 09:51:21 PM
A chocolate shortage I can live with. If there was a soju or vodka shortage then I would really be getting nervous.Quote from: "seoulbro"
now your talking.....i miss soju (tent bars) soooo much.......especially in the winter time in Seoul (Apgujong)
I remember seeing them in Korea. I never went in one, but they looked like fun.
Title: Re: Now this is really serious shit....
Post by: Anonymous on October 25, 2013, 05:59:11 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 25, 2013, 05:59:11 AM
now your talking.....i miss soju (tent bars) soooo much.......especially in the winter time in Seoul (Apgujong)
But Korea has cold winters Mr. Obvious Li.Do the tents have wood burning fireplaces?
not really...pretty much every table has a meal cooking on one of those portable stoves and after two or three bottles of Soju the cold doesn't matter.....just good fun, companionship, food and lots of pretty Korean girls.....it really doesn't get any better........my favorite is JuJu's in Apgujong.....in the summer they are pretty much open air..however, in the winter they put up the tent walls and enclose the place.....lots of fun
I've had more fun in those places than in some upscale hofs or Western bars in Korea. There isn't an equivalent to that here in Canada. If there was I think they would be successful.