> >> > People say that - but some report an increase in
> >> > bronchial congestion from chocolate.
> >> I think I would have been to mean to give the kids chocolate when they
> > were ill
> >> Lol... more for me (grin)
> > Heh heh.
> Umm.. better for the children's teeth to avoid it? :) :)

Oh, how selfless of you. Much better!
 
> > Which syrup - the canonic Fox's U-Bet? Not so long
> Yes, the original.

Have you tried the vanilla or strawberry syrup?
 
> > ago I tasted that after not having had it for a long
> > time, and, guess what, I didn't think it was as good
> > as fond memories would have it.
> Hmm, we both thought it was great.  Then again as I mentioned to Sean
Dennis in
> the FidoGazette echo, when Ron makes egg creams he really uses quite a bit of
> U-Bet chocolate syrup.. maybe that's the difference?

I do recall my last having been thin and pathetic, but 
that was at a restaurant. Maybe at Wegmans today I'll 
get the fixings and experiment with double syrup. 

> >> > Title: Chocolate Pizza
> >> > Categories: not Italian, Pizza
> >> Wow.. who'd'a' thunk it :)
> > Not I, actually.
> I'd be afraid to make it... so unhealthy, you know. (g)

I'm not so sure about that, especially as Nancy and
I shared a pint of fatty trimmings and off-cuts from
a pulled pork shoulder yesterday. Don't believe it?
You should have been here to witness.
 
> >> ===Devil's Food Cake Cockaigne from Joy of Cooking===
> >> Still one of my favote cakes.
> > I've had a version of it - that was a good cake.
> > The below, however, makes the top chocolate cake
> > in my experience and in my (former) repertoire.
> > This was one of my sister's favorite desserts; I
> > posted it to Dale and Gail on her 40th birthday.
> > Lora Brody's Bete Noire, revised

After that one needs something like this -

Hauser Broth
categories: detox, vegan, soup
yield: 1 batch

1 c finely shredded celery, leaves and all
1 c finely shredded carrots
1/2 c shredded spinach
1 Tb shredded parsley
1 qt water
1 c tomato juice
1 ts vegetable salt
Brown sugar or honey

Put all the shredded vegetables into 1 qt water, 
cover and cook slowly for about 25 min; then add 
the tomato juice, vegetable salt and a pinch of 
brown sugar or honey. Let cook a few more minutes. 
Strain and serve.

nytimes.com, after Gayelord Hauser