On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:38, Aria Nadii wrote: >>Let's nail this once and for all. Very few people like chocolate unless it is mixed with massive >>quantities of modern, processed foods. Chocolate (that is, cocoa) on its own has very little appeal >> >> >I'll have to disagree. I think this more projection of American >and West European cultural preferences than nailing anything >once and for all. No disrespect or offense is intended. I just >know this to be untrue from my own perspective and within >my own cultural experience. > >In the natural diet of many parts of this world, pure cocoa powder > has a great deal of appeal and a multitude of uses without being > mixed with sugar or milk or other processed foods.> > >This seems more like a matter of opinion and personal preference >being presented as an absolute that applies to everyone. I'm sorry >but it's a little bit ironic to me, being someone from what is usually >considered a more "primitive" or "backwards" cultural background >when Western modern tastes are assume to be the measure for >the natural tastes and inclination of *most* people. ;) > > Aria Great post, Aria! I'll admit I made my own contribution from a Western perspective, thinking that i was writing for Western readers. It has saddened me in the past to find that we have no active contributors from non-Western cultural traditions. So, please keep it up - lovely to hear from you; we Westerners should learn a lot from posts such as yours. Keith