I never needed the date for my dark dark chocolate consumption, as having been a very low sugar consumer for quite some time, I appreciate the natural sweetness of even good 100% cacao chocolate. The offerings from Holy Cacao, which you used in the video, are amazing, and have received gold medals in international competitions. But I agree that dates are an amazing sweetener, which I use extensively in nutrition-packed smoothies to feed my family tasty yet nutrient rich goodness.
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"I am allergic to chocolate but I gave my husband a mejadool date with 85% chocolate and he was amazed at how the two were delicious together and so very satisfying. I loved your comments about fully experiencing the reality of life, both the sweet and the bitter to become strong and as my husband said, they are actually delicious when combined.
We have a “bitter” experience right now. We moved recently and bought a house that seemed to only need some few repairs. The kitchen turned out to have a leak below the sink that had soaked the wall behind the lower cabinets and promoted the growth of black mold that was making us sick. All the lower cabinets are now torn out and we had to set up a camp stove in the dining room and bring in any water to cook or wash dishes from one of the bathrooms. The second bathroom had a clog from a pack rat nest and we could not use it. Most of my dishes and cooking materials were packed away by the people who came in to tear out the cabinets and then treat the mold and they left a loud fan and dehumidifier to run 24/7 for 10 days to dry everything. The fan put out a lot of heat and the weather has been unseasonably hot.
We are active seniors and all this hauling water and not being able to find anything because we are not even unpacked in the house has been exhausting.
BUT every morning we wake up just before sunrise to experience the beauty of the sun coming up over the mountains we view from our house. We look out from our patio on to an area with no neighbors behind us where quail and dove families appear to search for food as other birds fly and talk to each other. We have friendly kind neighbors and we were surprised that there is a “secret” garden/park two blocks away that I cannot even describe in its combination of desert and mountain trees, cactus, shrubs, flowers, and amazing gathering areas with varied artistic expression by the volunteers that created and maintain it.
Our life is truly a Date with that chocolate inside and these contrasts are making us stronger in our confidence in how much HaShem has guided us to this place for His own reasons."
I never needed the date for my dark dark chocolate consumption, as having been a very low sugar consumer for quite some time, I appreciate the natural sweetness of even good 100% cacao chocolate. The offerings from Holy Cacao, which you used in the video, are amazing, and have received gold medals in international competitions. But I agree that dates are an amazing sweetener, which I use extensively in nutrition-packed smoothies to feed my family tasty yet nutrient rich goodness.
Wow, sounds delicious! And good for you that you eat 100% straight.
This is what one reader replied to this post by email:
"I am allergic to chocolate but I gave my husband a mejadool date with 85% chocolate and he was amazed at how the two were delicious together and so very satisfying. I loved your comments about fully experiencing the reality of life, both the sweet and the bitter to become strong and as my husband said, they are actually delicious when combined.
We have a “bitter” experience right now. We moved recently and bought a house that seemed to only need some few repairs. The kitchen turned out to have a leak below the sink that had soaked the wall behind the lower cabinets and promoted the growth of black mold that was making us sick. All the lower cabinets are now torn out and we had to set up a camp stove in the dining room and bring in any water to cook or wash dishes from one of the bathrooms. The second bathroom had a clog from a pack rat nest and we could not use it. Most of my dishes and cooking materials were packed away by the people who came in to tear out the cabinets and then treat the mold and they left a loud fan and dehumidifier to run 24/7 for 10 days to dry everything. The fan put out a lot of heat and the weather has been unseasonably hot.
We are active seniors and all this hauling water and not being able to find anything because we are not even unpacked in the house has been exhausting.
BUT every morning we wake up just before sunrise to experience the beauty of the sun coming up over the mountains we view from our house. We look out from our patio on to an area with no neighbors behind us where quail and dove families appear to search for food as other birds fly and talk to each other. We have friendly kind neighbors and we were surprised that there is a “secret” garden/park two blocks away that I cannot even describe in its combination of desert and mountain trees, cactus, shrubs, flowers, and amazing gathering areas with varied artistic expression by the volunteers that created and maintain it.
Our life is truly a Date with that chocolate inside and these contrasts are making us stronger in our confidence in how much HaShem has guided us to this place for His own reasons."