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khiemtranA neighbour gave us a block of Nestle Club (mint flavoured) after we pet-sat her bird. Last night, after dinner, I was feeling a bit hungry, so I decided to try a piece. Step one: without really applying enough thought to the matter, I attempted to break off a corner piece without unwrapping it fully. Unfortunately, I didn't notice until it was too late that the "chocolate" block actually consisted of large blisters of chocolate filled with mint cream. Blister number one shattered during my attempt to break it off without looking, leaving me with a mess of green goo and chocolate pieces. Blister number two was also slightly damaged, and was now leaking goo at a slow rate.
Okay, so, since blister number two was already punctured, I decided to be smart and break off an entire row. The chocolate shell was actually pretty flimsy and there wasn't much holding it all together. Whoops! The first row broke off, but also tore away the edge of the second row, meaning there were now three more blisters on the remaining block bleeding away their green goo. Well, that won't do.
Thinking ahead this time, I get a knife from the drawer, put the remaining block on a flat surface and attempt to surgically excise the green bleeding portion from the rest of the block. Chomp. Now the second row is off, but the third row is leaking goo everywhere. At this point, I start thinking ahead a bit further and take off more of the foil wrapper. There are droplets of coagulating goo leaking from all over the remaining block. It's not so much a chocolate block as a goo block cleverly held in place by a wafer-thin chocolate shell. The only way I'm going to be able to remove a piece and not leave the rest leaking is by eating the whole thing, which I decided, on balance, was not quite a practical solution to the problem at hand.
At this point, I conceded defeat and left the bleeding chocolate block and assorted goo-covered shrapnel in a covered bowl. Until next time...
Okay, so, since blister number two was already punctured, I decided to be smart and break off an entire row. The chocolate shell was actually pretty flimsy and there wasn't much holding it all together. Whoops! The first row broke off, but also tore away the edge of the second row, meaning there were now three more blisters on the remaining block bleeding away their green goo. Well, that won't do.
Thinking ahead this time, I get a knife from the drawer, put the remaining block on a flat surface and attempt to surgically excise the green bleeding portion from the rest of the block. Chomp. Now the second row is off, but the third row is leaking goo everywhere. At this point, I start thinking ahead a bit further and take off more of the foil wrapper. There are droplets of coagulating goo leaking from all over the remaining block. It's not so much a chocolate block as a goo block cleverly held in place by a wafer-thin chocolate shell. The only way I'm going to be able to remove a piece and not leave the rest leaking is by eating the whole thing, which I decided, on balance, was not quite a practical solution to the problem at hand.
At this point, I conceded defeat and left the bleeding chocolate block and assorted goo-covered shrapnel in a covered bowl. Until next time...
