Some nostalgia & stress relief music for those recovering after excessive indulgence in holiday feasting or those still reeling after an over rambunctious Black Friday chasing after shopping bargains
Prophetability~ Bucks Fall Willy~Nilly~ And that’s just not right~ West Africa needs more TLC
Opera Vivaldi readers with laudable self~control when it comes to chocolate consumption habits~
Hear Ye~ Here’s a media bite from The Washington Post ~ Kansas City
Dave Kaup with Culturin commentary
Chocolate giant: Earth is running out of chocolate
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chocolate-giant-earth-is-running-out-of-chocolate/ar-BBdUsYL
“There’s no easy way to say this: You’re eating too much chocolate, all of you. And it’s getting so out of hand that the world could be headed towards a potentially disastrous (if you love chocolate) scenario if it doesn’t stop.”
“Those are Mars, Inc. and Barry Callebaut’s words, very roughly speaking. And there’s a bit of data to back them up…………………..
The problem is, for one, a supply issue. Dry weather in West Africa (specifically in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, where more than 70 percent of the world’s cocoa is produced) has greatly decreased production in the region. A nasty fungal disease known as frosty pod hasn’t helped either. The International Cocoa Organization estimates it has wiped out between 30 percent and 40 percent of global coca production. Because of all this, cocoa farming has proven a particularly tough business, and many farmers have shifted to more profitable crops, like corn, as a result.
Then there’s the world’s insatiable appetite for chocolate. China’s growing love for the stuff is of particular concern………………………………………………Still, they only consume per capita about 5 percent of what the average Western European eats.”
Milk chocolate in particular~ that’s my guess~
“It’s unclear anyone will mind a milder flavor if it keeps prices down. And the industry certainly won’t mind, so long as it keeps the potential for a gargantuan shortage at bay.”
Minding some waste~line~
Five days ago returning from groc shopping and Genealogy Society lecture on topic~
Gone With the Wind
I happened to see stuck atop a near~full municipal trash receptacle~
The largest Russell Stover BonBons box I ever did see in my life
So I shot it with my Olympus and took it home with me~
Santa’s Elves have a special use for a giant empty bonbon box ~ I just know it!
And I don’t even have a chimney at my pad~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
