| Author | Message | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3591 Registered: 5-2003 |
True story: Why was garlic-flavored chocolate invented? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4325 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it invented for medicinal purposes? For the culinary experience? For fun? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3593 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was it invented for medicinal purposes? For the culinary experience? For fun? None of these. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 528 Registered: 9-2008 |
Ick! I have never heard of such a thing. Is the identity of the "inventor" relevant? Is the country where it was invented relevant? Was it invented within the last 100 years? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3595 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the identity of the "inventor" relevant? Not really. Is the country where it was invented relevant? Yes. Was it invented within the last 100 years? Yes. | ||
| La_sparky (La_sparky)
New member Username: La_sparky Post Number: 141 Registered: 10-2008 |
to keep vampires away? only thing I can think of lol | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3596 Registered: 5-2003 |
to keep vampires away? Nope. only thing I can think of lol Sorry. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 205 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was it invented on [LPTF list of continents]? Was it 'invented' by accident? Was it invented with the purpose of selling it to the public, or for some other purpose (scientific? religious?) Was it invented in: 1900 - 1920? 1921-1940? 1941-1945? 1946-1990? 1991-present day? Wars relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3597 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was it invented on [LPTF list of continents]? Europe. Was it 'invented' by accident? No. Was it invented with the purpose of selling it to the public, or for some other purpose This. (scientific? religious? But neither of these.) Was it invented in: 1900 - 1920? 1921-1940? 1941-1945? This. 1946-1990? 1991-present day? Wars relevant? Yes. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 246 Registered: 8-2010 |
Was it invented so that they could use it to play a prank on the enemy? The enemy would eat the chocolate and have bad breath, causing them to be easily differentiated from allies? So was this used in WWII? By the Allies? Britain? Germany? Switzerland? Japan? Russia? Was the chocolate intended for the country's own soldiers? For the opposing country's soldiers? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4335 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it intended to keep the chocolate from melting quickly? BTW that actually sounds pretty delicious on this end. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 207 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was garlic used as some sort of preservative for the chocolate? Was in fact chocolate given to the soldiers? Was garlic? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3598 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was it invented so that they could use it to play a prank on the enemy? I wouldn't call it a prank, but... The enemy would eat the chocolate and have bad breath, causing them to be easily differentiated from allies? No, but you're vaguely OTRT. So was this used in WWII? Yes. By the Allies? This. Britain? This. Germany? Switzerland? Japan? Russia? Was the chocolate intended for the country's own soldiers? For the opposing country's soldiers? Neither. Was it intended to keep the chocolate from melting quickly? No. Was garlic used as some sort of preservative for the chocolate? No. Was in fact chocolate given to the soldiers? Not to soldiers. Was garlic? In the form of garlic-flavored chocolate, yes. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1911 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was it given to the soldiers' wives and girlfriends, so their kisses would taste of aglio e olio (sounds pretty delicious on this end) and they would therefore prefer to go off killing one another, etc? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3601 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was it given to the soldiers' wives and girlfriends, so their kisses would taste of aglio e olio (sounds pretty delicious on this end) and they would therefore prefer to go off killing one another, etc? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4350 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the chocolate given to civilians in the area? Or was it sold instead of normal chocolate? Was the goal to slow the purchase of chocolate? So that more would be available for the soldiers' rations? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3602 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the chocolate given to civilians in the area? Or was it sold instead of normal chocolate? Was the goal to slow the purchase of chocolate? So that more would be available for the soldiers' rations? No to all. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 541 Registered: 9-2008 |
We've danced all around this idea - so let's see if we can nail it down. Is the presence of garlic-breath used to identify someone? Or a certain group? Or perhaps, the absence of garlic-breath? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3605 Registered: 5-2003 |
We've danced all around this idea - so let's see if we can nail it down. Is the presence of garlic-breath used to identify someone? Or a certain group? Thisish, or OTRT. Or perhaps, the absence of garlic-breath? No. | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 855 Registered: 8-2005 |
Are a particular race relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3608 Registered: 5-2003 |
Are a particular race relevant? OTRT. | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 856 Registered: 8-2005 |
French? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3609 Registered: 5-2003 |
French? Yes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4380 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the garlic chocolate only available in France? Was it given away? Sold? Were the French the only ones who ate it? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3611 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the garlic chocolate only available in France? No. Was it given away? No. Sold? No. Were the French the only ones who ate it? FA. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4382 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the chocolate eaten? Was it used as a deterrent? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3614 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the chocolate eaten? Yes. Was it used as a deterrent? No. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 214 Registered: 9-2009 |
POWs relevant? Hiding of allies into enemy-occupied teritory? Was it used only in France? Occupied vs. unoccupied France relevant? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 857 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is it because French cuisine is quite garlicky? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3616 Registered: 5-2003 |
POWs relevant? No. Hiding of allies into enemy-occupied teritory? Yes. Was it used only in France? Yes. Occupied vs. unoccupied France relevant? Assuming you mean Vichy, no. Is it because French cuisine is quite garlicky? Yes. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 215 Registered: 9-2009 |
Could the garlic itself be used, as it is, or the cholate has some relevance here? Hiding of the Jewish population relevant? Was it used by people protecting the allies, so that the latter can ascertain a friend is nearby if he smelled like garlic? Crossing-borders or other checkpoints relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4408 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did they use the garlic chocolate to disguise the British soldiers among the French? Because they would all smell like garlic? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3621 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did they use the garlic chocolate to disguise the British soldiers among the French? Because they would all smell like garlic? Close enough. ************** Smelly Spoiler ************** Garlic-flavored chocolate was invented by a member of the British secret service. The theory was that a spy, after parachuting into occupied France, could eat the chocolate, thus throwing off suspicion by any German who might smell the spy's breath and realize that he didn't smell French. I don't know how well the ruse actually worked... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4446 Registered: 4-2010 |
Am I the only one on the forum who would actually eat that? It sounds delicious. Nice puzzle! | ||
| La_sparky (La_sparky)
New member Username: La_sparky Post Number: 157 Registered: 10-2008 |
I don't know that it sounds delicious per se, but I would definitely like to try it. Chocolate is the basis for any dessert I make and garlic is the basis for about any other food I make, so why not put them together? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 118 Registered: 9-2010 |
If they don't have the stuff in Gilroy, CA during the Garlic Festival, I'd be surprised. They've done garlic flavored ice cream...(never tried it though) |
