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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wait, are chocolate oranges just chocolate formed to look like orange slices? All this time I thought it was oranges dipped in chocolate, which has always disgusted me.

    And in my defense, I’ve always heard it was a British thing. And British food is infamous for being terrible apart from fish & chips

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    • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep, it’s break-apart slices of chocolate. You knock it on a table and they separate. I used to like them, and either I can’t find the brand I used to get or my tastes have changed, because the ones I have tried in the past few years just aren’t good.

      (I do like orange + chocolate still, in a chocolate bar!)

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      • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I remember the ones that you had to break apart from when I was a kid. The modern ones are all cast so that there's nothing to break apart; you just grab a little slice of the sphere.

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      • CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There used to be two main brands. But you can only seen to find Terry’s now. They were not the good brand. It’s sad really

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      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        or my tastes have changed, because the ones I have tried in the past few years just aren’t good.

        chances are that as you get older, your taste changes. i liked lots of sweets when i was younger and now i just can’t stand them anymore.

        also yeah, recipes have changed as well. factories want to make their food “healthier” so it appeals to the consumer who tries to watch their diet and as a consequence they often use less artificial flavors (i actually don’t have a data source on that, it’s just my personal impression/observation). like everything used to be chock-full of artificial flavors in the mid 20th century, and now they’re not so much anymore.

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    • TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      British candy fucks, though.

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      • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It had fucking better.

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    • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It's also an American thing. Historically, one would give oranges (citrus, which is ripe late in the year) and chocolate. Somehow that turned into this.

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    • untorquer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes and i used to get these every year growing up in the US.

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That is exactly what I thought, I’m so confused.

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    • fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oof that last part. So racist.

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      • ranzispa@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        British food Is not a race, just terrible food nobody should have ever come up with.

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      • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        British isn’t a race, it’s a rationality. And as a Brit, British food is horrible, including fish and chips.

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I said it’s infamous for being terrible, i.e. a factual statement about its reputation. I never said that it is terrible because I haven’t really had any.

        Also, you’re trying to be holier-than-thou over a comment about an Empire that opressed half the world up until around 70 years ago? One that continues to idolize “the good old days”? Learn to pick your battles.

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    • FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve never known it for being british, used to get these in my christmas stocking every year as a kid

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    • eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also flavored.

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    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      where i live we have both chocolated fruits and nuts (like nuts dipped into chocolate, which is delicious btw) and animal-shaped chocolate (mostly chocolate bunnies for some reason)

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  • X@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    wtf is sandy talking about have people never heard of alchemy lol

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    • KoloradoKoolAid75@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He was the level designer for the original Doom duology, he should’ve known better.

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  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can turn an orange into a chocolatey thing in less than a day. And other things too.

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  • Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Golden

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, you are.

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      • Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Image

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Discworld science right here.

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  • happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can’t look at something like a Terry’s Chocolate Orange and see “natural processes”. This was the divine work of Willy Wonka.

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    • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Trust a hexbear to fetishize great men and ignore marginalized African labor. So communist, thanks.

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      • FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah yes, we should be livid about OP’s post and despise all confections because of the system we live in. How dare anyone ever enjoy chocolate?!

        Touch grass.

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  • Gleddified@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is that actually Sandy Petersen? Please say yes

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  • FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I love chocolate oranges so much, definitely one of the coolest candies up there with cotton candy and pop rocks.

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  • theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Going to chose to believe this from now in and never look into it because it brings me pleasure.

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  • borth@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    More like Chocolie

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  • lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just gotta make sure you’re eating it correctly.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVMpz4fxvYU

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  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Drugs’re bad, mmkayyy?

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