Carolyn in Ohio Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Week 1, day 3 with dd11 and ds 14 and we are taste testing Hershey's and European chocolates - Thanks SWB! Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Wise Bauer Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Now that is an EXCELLENT supplemental activity.:001_smile: SWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wondering why I haven't had dd get started yet :confused:. Nothing like chocolate for motivation!:drool5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Haha, I thought you were gonna so it was so stressful you were DRIVEN to eat chocolate! :lol: Well fun for you! Problem for us is that chocolate makes dd tired with the caffeine. (a common reversal in some kids) So if SWB put that in there and has all the kids wanting to eat it that shouldn't, then that's a pain in the patootee for us. Maybe put *white* or *caramels* as alternates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn in Ohio Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 The selection for outlining/summarizing is about Milton Hershey coming up with a new process for making milk chocolate. There are no actual instructions in WWS to EAT chocolate. I thought of eating the chocolate all on my own:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dina in Oklahoma Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Oh the cleverness of you. Eating chocolate is always a sign of brilliance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Oh the cleverness of you. Eating chocolate is always a sign of brilliance! :iagree: So which is better, the Hershey's, or European? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I was wondering why I just heard my son mumble "I never knew chocolate could be so interesting." Then he started comparing and contrasting Hershey and the guy who vulcanized rubber and Edison. He did this comparison with enthusiasm and !volume! 7th graders crack me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn in Ohio Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) The European was definitely better. Apparently there is a sour and gritty taste to Hershey's that Europeans "find offensive, if not downright inedible." European chocolate is definitely creamier. Try it for yourself :001_smile: Carolyn Edited September 5, 2012 by Carolyn in Ohio typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Where did you find European chocolate? That sounds like a very good idea! We started Week 3 Day 1 today. I wondered if others were using it and if there is a place to discuss student writing, like there is with WWS1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 The European was definitely better. :iagree: I think Hershey's chocolate is yucky. We only buy "snooty chocolate" as dh calls it. :001_smile: Great idea to go with your lesson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dina in Oklahoma Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I best domestic I've found so far, is Chocolove. We purchase it at Whole Foods. The dark chocolate with orange peel is incredible! http://www.chocolove.com/orange_peel.htm Dina :001_smile: (we need a chocolate eating smile!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We just did that lesson today and it reminded my dd11 of the chocolate taste testing we did a few weeks back when a chocolatier friend of mine came to stay. Nothing like a blind taste testing of 10 different kinds of chocolate to get you ready for this assignment! I am just loving the excerpts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Same for beer. I've always hated beer. Then went I went to Prague and Germany, I realized it's just cheep American beer I didn't like!!! I'm sure there are pricier American beer I might like but when you're early 20s, all people have is cheap beer. :lol: Luckily, I don't drink beer. now chocolate on the other hand..... I can't wait to get to this lesson! Ha Ha Ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Now that is an EXCELLENT supplemental activity.:001_smile: SWB And this activity is written in the Instructor Text, right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalphs Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Haha, I thought you were gonna so it was so stressful you were DRIVEN to eat chocolate! :lol: I thought the same thing too! :D Dd is doing a unit study on chocolate which a friend of mine wrote called "Gulliver's Guide to Chocolate." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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