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Best thing about Easter Sunday: having a huuuuuge-ass brunch, and ending it with a chocolate egg dipped in hot coffee. (Shut up, I'm weird about how I eat my chocolate.) I love my mum for bringing over proper Belgian easter eggs for me. (On the plane. In checked-in luggage And they somehow survived. Wow.)

Though I do feel a bit homesick and lonely now, because normally said brunch would be at my parents. Sigh.

(Best thing about living in the UK, though? The ability to buy painkillers on a Sunday. Fuckin' ow.)

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[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Easter Eggs! It's actually my mother's b'day today, so Easter's kind of moved to the background. Not that we usually have any Easter eggs. My grandmother passed on some hard-boiled eggs, though, and really, a bar of chocolate doesn't taste any different from the eggs.

Did your parents come over for Easter? Or did I just misunderstand that?

And, more importantly, is British chocolate really less good than Belgian one? ;)

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really, a bar of chocolate doesn't taste any different from the eggs.

It does to me! Then again, I think easter eggs taste different from Sinterklaas figurines, too, so. I'm kinda weird that way.

Did your parents come over for Easter? Or did I just misunderstand that?

Nope, mum came over two weeks ago (helped me move) and brought the chocolate then. I'm alone now, hence the homesickness and stuff. :/

And, more importantly, is British chocolate really less good than Belgian one? ;)

Yes. Galaxy's about the only one that I can really enjoy, which, let me tell you, makes PMSing a bitch over here. Even "Belgian chocolate" sold over here is kinda meh. But it's still better than US chocolate.

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

It does to me! Then again, I think easter eggs taste different from Sinterklaas figurines, too, so. I'm kinda weird that way.

That's rather cute. :-) Might be why Belgian chocolate would taste different in the UK, too. :-) Although, I seem to recall some article or something saying they adjust beer to whatever country they're exporting to. o_O But I would not really see the point of altering the chocolate, since the high level of cocoa is why Belgian chocolate is so popular, in the first place.

I love dark chocolate, which may be why I'm not necessarily crazy about Easter eggs. Not that I mind them, but the chocolate bars, at least, are filled with praliné. *g*

Nope, mum came over two weeks ago (helped me move) and brought the chocolate then. I'm alone now, hence the homesickness and stuff. :/

Aw. *hugs* Surely there are some Brits to celebrate Easter with?

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But I would not really see the point of altering the chocolate, since the high level of cocoa is why Belgian chocolate is so popular, in the first place.

*nod* But the "Belgian chocolate" you can get here is of the overpriced "special" variety, and I've always preferred a plain bar of, say, Meurisse to the Leonidas brand chocolates.

Aw. *hugs* Surely there are some Brits to celebrate Easter with?

Eh, elance and wibbble wen to his mum for Easter, and there's not really anyone else I hang out with on a regular enough basis to hang out with them today. Also, it's just missing my family a bit, I think, cause this is normally one of those Family Holidays where we get together for brunch and I lounge about at my parents for the day.

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I've never even tasted 'Meurisse'. (Nor am I sure what the difference is?) My grandmother always buys Leonidas chocolates for Christmas, and it's the only time I actually like white chocolate.

Also, it's just missing my family a bit, I think, cause this is normally one of those Family Holidays where we get together for brunch and I lounge about at my parents for the day.

I'm sorry you had to miss your family. We barely celebrate Easter, so I wouldn't know. But it makes looking forward to seeing your family for the next holiday all the sweeter, no?

[carelessmemory.livejournal.com]

Coffee/Chocolate! *hearts* I love throwing a big chunk of some really good, very dark, chocolate in my coffee. Never tried just dipping it. :)

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I'm afraid I've never even tasted 'Meurisse'. (Nor am I sure what the difference is?)

There's some difference in concentration of cacao vs sugar vs milk/cream in milk chocolate recipes. The Cote d'Or one, for example, is a bit too pure for me, but Meurisse and the Delhaize "witte producten" one are my favourites. :)

But it makes looking forward to seeing your family for the next holiday all the sweeter, no?

Well, yes and no. Yes, because when they come over in August it'll be the first time in six months I'll have seen my dad and my brothers. No, because they're coming over with a rented mobile home and we're going to camp in the highlands for two weeks, and this'll be our first family holiday in about six years, and I really don't know hiw well we'll all take that. :D

Well, probably, anyway. I might hop over to Belgium in June, when my parents are throwing a family get-together for their anniversary (which was the first of this month, actually, but summer is better for outdoors parties).

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I really love pouring myself a steaming hot mug of coffee and then dipping chocolate in it until it melts, scraping off the melted bits with my teeth, dipping again, ... Mmmm. Sogood. Two great tastes that taste great together!