I'm actually very fond of the US but the chocolate is absolute filth, sorry lads. I was so excited to try Hershey's and holy moly was it an earth shattering disappointment.

[–] kayakdaddy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Born and bred in America and won’t eat American chocolate - literally tastes like vomit. And I do mean literally - Hershey’s chocolate goes through a process called lipolysis that breaks down their milk some and introduces butyric acid, which gives Parmesan, sour cream and other pungent dairy foods (and vomit) their smells.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Right.... Well that's some insight. Thank you . I heard a rumour that it was down to it being popular during a war where cocoa was in short supply but that makes sense too.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When they perfected the process so it didn't happen anymore, people stopped buying their chocolate as it 'tasted funny' now and they started adding it artificially

Literally stockholm syndromed into enjoying the flavor of vomit...

No wonder our country is fucked, it was founded by morons

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's more American chocolate than just Hersey. This is like saying american burgers are filth because McDonalds exists.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is. That's fair, and some of it was decent and that's not to say that all American chocolate is bad because that would be stupid of course, as you say. And I'm sure there's top notch American chocolate. Of course there is.

But, the dominant chocolate, the one that foreigners associate with the US, was shite IMO. That's all.

And tbh I do like an oul' mackers. I wouldn't call McDonald's the Hershey's of burgers.

This is all subjective and I'm not being a cunt. I just was expecting sparkles in my mouth and I got.... Hershey's.

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair, fair. And I may not agree with your take on Micky Dees, but goddamn I respect it!

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

High five from the far side of the Atlantic at 1:36am and not entirely sober ✋

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Cheers mate 🤚

[–] Havoc8154@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's exactly what they're talking about, did you not read the rest of that post?