Monday, November 2, 2009

Intentional Chocolate

After a few days of being lazy and dubious about what to write, I just heard a news snippet that got my blog juices flowing once again. Intentional Chocolate! Yeah. I figure all chocolate is intentional, but no no. This is a new product that has Buddhist chanting embedded into the chocolate. AUMmmm, although, that is probably a Hindu chanting sound.
There was a blind taste test and 67% of the people who ate the Intentional Chocolate felt better than the people who ate the plain old chocolate. Any chocolate in our household makes us feel better because we call it Medicine. When Sonny Boy was little and feeling under the weather and I would ask him what he wanted, he would say "Medicine," in a slow, dragged out voice that told me he was actually on the mend, but in need of a bit of a sweetie.
Chocolate. Kisses, bars, truffles, chocolate covered nuts, raisins, pretzels, coffee beans, ice cream, French Silk pie, tiramisu, chocolate cheesecake. When desperate, chocolate chips out of the bag without the cookie. I love the description from the truffle recipe I use, "a directly intense chocolate experience." Sadly, Hubby thinks it's a sacrilege to add it to his mother's family banana bread recipe. Sonny Boy and I disagree.
So, how would chanting of a religious nature improve chocolate? In my previous experience with eastern metaphysical philosophy, it is said that food takes on the vibes of the person preparing it. In turn, the people eating the food, take those vibes into their bodies. I remember this about 75% of the time I'm making dinner, but during the holidays, I have no idea what I'm thinking and what the vibes I'm putting into the food, except maybe PANIC!
I must go back to my meditation roots and give the food I'm preparing loving, happy vibes. As the Beach Boys said, "I'm picking up good vibrations, she's giving me expectations...ooooooo ah ah ah ah." In the spiritual world, just the bat of an eyelash sends electrical disturbances into the ether. Maybe even in the scientific world, hence the "Butterfly Effect?" Saw the movie. It was like watching a car accident at first, but then got really interesting.
Anyway, back to heavenly vibed chocolate. So, chocolate as prepared with sugar, is smooth and rich and deep and satisfying. With an added Tibetan chant, would it feel as if our mouths became a holy place, a deeply silent temple of unity? Will our auras brighten for those minutes that the chocolate delights our palettes, enters our stomachs, becomes digested, melds its chemicals into our bloodstreams? If we all ate Intentional Chocolate at a party, would we all become giddy and gorgeous and love one another like a Woodstock Reunion? Or would it be more like a church service where we politely nod our heads with our new found chocolaty peace?
Must find Intentional Chocolate. Medicine.

1 comment:

  1. I'm with you, chocolate in most any form is delicious ... though I've become a bit of a chocosnob ~ the darker the better; however, chips out of the bag sans dough suits me just fine in the middle of the night when the craving strikes.

    "Energetics" ~ those good vibes of love we stir into our food. As a chef, it's something I'm conscious of whenever I'm preparing a meal...especially for others. Maybe it's more of my nurturing tendencies to do so, but I believe in the healing properties of energy...can't hurt anyone by believing!

    Loved your words today cuz,

    Kar

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