Chocolate
A Couple of My Favorite Chocolate Concoctions
This first one was not my invention; I picked it up while working on a fish boat during Herring season a few years ago. The cook had come back from grocery shopping and I was watching him and a deckhand stowing the grub. I noticed that he had a half dozen cans of chocolate icing. You know the pre-made stuff you put on instant cakes. I said “great we’re going to have chocolate cake for desert”. He said “no, this is for snacks”. I told him that I didn’t think anyone would want to scoop chocolate icing out of a can for a snack. He explained that you use it as a sandwich spread!
The next day saw Danny, one of the deckhands whipping up a sandwich. I made one for myself and it was not bad but I didn’t think I would have another one. Later that day I was thinking about it and decided I would try another one, only this time I added peanut butter. Now that was a sandwich! It was terrific. I told everyone about it and we ran out of peanut butter!
We also started to use the stuff on pancakes! Warm it up a little in the microwave, stirring as it heats. You need to be able to pour it on. Not to bad! The nice thing about this stuff is it is quick and of course if you don’t like chocolate there are lots of other flavors.
The next shopping trip we had to get a dozen cans of chocolate, and included a couple of my favorite – dark chocolate. We also decided to pick up a few other flavors to play with. It is a good thing Herring season is only about a month long, any longer and we would have all gained about 10 pounds. Wait until I tell you about our pancakes…
I am a self appointed chocolate connaisseur. I have worked in the fishing industry and am now a Baker in a major hotel. Cooking chocolate deserts is my passion. The fishing was a great way to see the coast of British Columbia and Alaska during the summer and spring. I got paid for my Alaska cruises! On our cruises we went slower, stopped in all the interesting places and stayed until we felt like leaving. While we where at it we caught a few fish too. |
Jens Malbergson
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