Thread: Question re: chocolate baking squares

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go bad"
> or loose it's strength?

Baker's can't "go bad". It was made bad to start with.

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go bad"
> or loose it's strength?

Baker's can't "go bad". It was made bad to start with.

<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what I'm
| doing today)
| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on the
| chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they have
| to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found nothing
| about expiration dates.
| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go bad"
| or loose it's strength?
|
| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
| "Where's the chocolate?"
|
| TIA for any ideas.

It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its strength.
One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the chocolate
bars are still good. Fear not.

pavane

<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what I'm
| doing today)
| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on the
| chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they have
| to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found nothing
| about expiration dates.
| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go bad"
| or loose it's strength?
|
| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
| "Where's the chocolate?"
|
| TIA for any ideas.

It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its strength.
One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the chocolate
bars are still good. Fear not.

pavane

"pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:481e5666$0$7072$[email protected]:

>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>| I'm doing today)
>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>| nothing about expiration dates.
>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>|
>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>|
>| TIA for any ideas.
>
> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>
> pavane
>
>
>

the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
chocolate turns white-ish.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

A man in line at the bank kept falling over...when he got to a teller he
asked for his balance.

"pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:481e5666$0$7072$[email protected]:

>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>| I'm doing today)
>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>| nothing about expiration dates.
>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>|
>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>|
>| TIA for any ideas.
>
> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>
> pavane
>
>
>

the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
chocolate turns white-ish.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

A man in line at the bank kept falling over...when he got to a teller he
asked for his balance.

On Sun 04 May 2008 05:44:46p, hahabogus told us...

> "pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:481e5666$0$7072$[email protected]:
>
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>>| I'm doing today)
>>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>>| nothing about expiration dates.
>>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>>|
>>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>>|
>>| TIA for any ideas.
>>
>> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
>> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
>> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>>
>> pavane
>>
>>
>>
>
> the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
> chocolate turns white-ish.
>

That's not usually mold, just a result of temperature and humidity, in
which it is harmless.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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3wks 6hrs 10mins
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On Sun 04 May 2008 05:44:46p, hahabogus told us...

> "pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:481e5666$0$7072$[email protected]:
>
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>>| I'm doing today)
>>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>>| nothing about expiration dates.
>>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>>|
>>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>>|
>>| TIA for any ideas.
>>
>> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
>> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
>> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>>
>> pavane
>>
>>
>>
>
> the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
> chocolate turns white-ish.
>

That's not usually mold, just a result of temperature and humidity, in
which it is harmless.

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Sunday, 05(V)/04(IV)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
Countdown till Memorial Day
3wks 6hrs 10mins
-------------------------------------------
Never drive a car when you're dead.
(Tom Waits)
-------------------------------------------

On Sun, 4 May 2008 20:35:53 -0400, "pavane" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
><[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what I'm
>| doing today)
>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on the
>| chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they have
>| to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found nothing
>| about expiration dates.
>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go bad"
>| or loose it's strength?
>|
>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>|
>| TIA for any ideas.
>
>It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its strength.
>One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the chocolate
>bars are still good. Fear not.
>
>pavane
>
Thank you pavane.

koko
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"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

On Sun, 4 May 2008 20:35:53 -0400, "pavane" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
><[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what I'm
>| doing today)
>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on the
>| chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they have
>| to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found nothing
>| about expiration dates.
>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go bad"
>| or loose it's strength?
>|
>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>|
>| TIA for any ideas.
>
>It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its strength.
>One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the chocolate
>bars are still good. Fear not.
>
>pavane
>
Thank you pavane.

koko
---
http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 5/04
"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

On Mon, 05 May 2008 00:44:46 GMT, hahabogus <[email protected]> wrote:

>"pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:481e5666$0$7072$[email protected]:
>
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>>| I'm doing today)
>>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>>| nothing about expiration dates.
>>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>>|
>>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>>|
>>| TIA for any ideas.
>>
>> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
>> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
>> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>>
>> pavane
>>
>>
>>
>
>the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
>chocolate turns white-ish.

None of that, thank you.

koko
---
http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 5/04
"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

On Mon, 05 May 2008 00:44:46 GMT, hahabogus <[email protected]> wrote:

>"pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:481e5666$0$7072$[email protected]:
>
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>>| I'm doing today)
>>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>>| nothing about expiration dates.
>>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>>|
>>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>>|
>>| TIA for any ideas.
>>
>> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
>> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
>> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>>
>> pavane
>>
>>
>>
>
>the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
>chocolate turns white-ish.

None of that, thank you.

koko
---
http://www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 5/04
"There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
George Bernard Shaw

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> That's not usually mold, just a result of temperature and humidity,
> in which it is harmless.

Known in the business as fat bloom.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> That's not usually mold, just a result of temperature and humidity,
> in which it is harmless.

Known in the business as fat bloom.

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
> squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what I'm
> doing today)
> I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on the
> chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they have
> to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found nothing
> about expiration dates.
> Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity?

Chocolate has no integrity.

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
> squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what I'm
> doing today)
> I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on the
> chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they have
> to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found nothing
> about expiration dates.
> Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity?

Chocolate has no integrity.

<[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email protected]..
>>"pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>>>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>>>| I'm doing today)
>>>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>>>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>>>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>>>| nothing about expiration dates.
>>>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>>>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>>>|
>>>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>>>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>>>|
>>>| TIA for any ideas.
>>>
>>> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
>>> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
>>> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>>>
>>> pavane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
>>chocolate turns white-ish.
>
> None of that, thank you.
>
> koko

But bloom means absolutely nothing when cooking with chocolate. It's
unattractive on eating chocolate, but reintegrates when it's cooked. In
days past people ate delicious things that spent a year on a ship, months in
a warehouse and possibly more months in a wagon to get to them. That
mattered for oysters, but for things like chocolate and whole grains, it was
OK.

<[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email protected]..
>>"pavane" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>|I have some Bakers brand unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate
>>>| squares that have been in the back of the cupboard, (you know what
>>>| I'm doing today)
>>>| I can't find an expiration or use by date on the box. The paper on
>>>| the chocolate and the chocolate look as good as new but I know they
>>>| have to be a few years old. I checked the Bakers web site and found
>>>| nothing about expiration dates.
>>>| Could the chocolate have lost some of it's intergity? Does it "go
>>>| bad" or loose it's strength?
>>>|
>>>| I'm getting ready to make the Texas Doodle Pie and don't want to ask
>>>| "Where's the chocolate?"
>>>|
>>>| TIA for any ideas.
>>>
>>> It neither goes bad nor looses its integrity. It does not loose its
>>> strength. One of the constants of world war II C-Rations is that the
>>> chocolate bars are still good. Fear not.
>>>
>>> pavane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
>>chocolate turns white-ish.
>
> None of that, thank you.
>
> koko

But bloom means absolutely nothing when cooking with chocolate. It's
unattractive on eating chocolate, but reintegrates when it's cooked. In
days past people ate delicious things that spent a year on a ship, months in
a warehouse and possibly more months in a wagon to get to them. That
mattered for oysters, but for things like chocolate and whole grains, it was
OK.

In article <[email protected]>,
hahabogus <[email protected]> wrote:

> the only worry is chocolate mold...that's when the
> chocolate turns white-ish.

It's called "bloom." It's not mold and it's not about safety.
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