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Sal De Gusto Mar 4, 2025

I am 60, I am #Vegan, and I just learned how to make chocolate from scratch.

This has been kept from us. It is eye-blinkingly easy. The effort : reward ratio is beyond what you can imagine, because everything you can imagine starts and ends with chocolate.

Nestlé, Hershey, Mars you motherfuckers, now I know Kung Fu.

Edit: Adding the recipe I started with. Sorry I didn’t put it here in the first place, we learn. https://www.asaucykitchen.com/homemade-chocolate-with-cocoa-butter/#mv-create-recipe

Homemade Chocolate with Cocoa Butter

Learn how easy it is to make homemade chocolate with only 3 ingredients needed: cocoa butter, cocoa powder and a sweetener of your choice.

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LisPi Mar 5, 2025

@goodthinking @alice Is it cheaper too? (Not like it'd surprise anyone if corpos took a ridiculous margin on top.)

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Sal De Gusto Mar 5, 2025

@lispi314 @alice You come out ahead. Not that much, but some. And you have to work, hence my “reward” comment. BUT

For me, at least: It’s way cleaner — a hundred fewer touchpoints between me, the farmers, and the served food — cleaner. That’s the value, for me, and I hope you find what works for you, too!

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LisPi Mar 5, 2025

@goodthinking @alice Less contamination sources involved in the entire chain is definitely a desirable aspect.

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Sal De Gusto

@lispi314 @alice It seems kind of obvious. If I pick up a potato and turn it over, I can usually tell if it’s okay. If I pick up a bag of Tater Tots and turn it over, I can read about how it was processed and what ingredients were necessary to preserve it on its way to the shelf and so on. But hey, Ore-Ida put salt on these for me, so I will buy them.