my boyfriend
moved to the UK for me 3 and a half years ago. He got a job just outside London, supported me through the emotional and financial hell of a PhD, and was generally wonderful. And then, when I got offered a job in the USA, he told me to go, do the job, and he'd wait for me.

He's coming over here in 2 weeks, having spent hours on his visa application, hundreds of pounds on flights/insurance/spending money so he can treat me whilst he's here.

AND, as if it can't get any better, he keeps sending me decent chocolate whilst I'm living in this cadburys free land.
( ascorbate, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 16:59, 12 replies)

cadburys
DECENT?
you on smack?
(little lord muthafuckin fauntleroy, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 17:05, closed)

well
compared to hersheys, it's like ambrosia versus cold vomit.
( ascorbate, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 17:09, closed)

Interesting fact:
You can simulate the taste of Hersheys by puking into a bottle of disenfectant.
( Green Spanner and his magical lack of activity, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 17:12, closed)

I won't argue with that.
Still, there's decent chocolate to be had here. Check out Lake Champlain chocolates sometime. As good as Godiva but without all the pretense and snobbery.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 2 Oct 2008, 17:18, closed)

the reason
hershey bars taste so bad is because they used to be made with sour milk in the days before decent refridgerated milk transportation. But as technology improved and they began to use fresher and fresher milk they discovered that sales were in decline and people prefered the old taste so they decided to simulate the "classic" old mans pyjamas taste of sour hersheys and to this day they still use sour milk and a dash of camel piss in every bar!

Factoid!
(aroe_m0rre, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 12:42, closed)

Aw
Bless him !
( awallafashagba Da da da da da Dah dah, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 17:28, closed)

There's a land
where Cadbury's is unknown? What barbarity!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 2 Oct 2008, 17:54, closed)

We can get it here
but it's not the same, I suspect. It's not as bad as Hershey's, but it's not Lindor either...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 2 Oct 2008, 18:11, closed)

This gets a click
coz American chocolate tastes like cardboard. UK chocolate FTW!
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 20:50, closed)

Chocs...
Oh you poor thing, since moving to Switzerland I've been sending chocs to ppl in need, and you sound like you're in need...
(Marmoset Bored bored bored of cnuting revision..., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 13:13, closed)

Jesus christ
NO Cadburys? Don't they even have Galaxy chocolate there?!

I feel sorry for you, have a click
(TMAce needs to enter another image challenge sometime, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 15:09, closed)

Click
This gets a click from me too, I feel your pain. I moved from the UK to Canada last year, and desperately miss real chocolate. I've always maintained Hershey's tastes like ass, but my boyfriend doesn't get my disdain for it. Similar to your story, my sister sent me a jiffy bag full of packs of Cadbury's Buttons and various other chocolately goodness for my birthday, as well as a pack of Tetley Teabags. I totally see what you mean on this, it's the sending of the little things that make all the difference.
( Trijian, Sun 5 Oct 2008, 0:37, closed)