Monday, February 03, 2003


chinese new year

today is the first day of the chinese black ram year in the u.s.a., according to one of my favorite fun sites, and also marks the start of spring. sadly, this day has no traditional connection to chocolate. this must be changed!

i suggest you avid chocoholics use the comment link below to offer new ways we can incorporate chocolate into chinese new year celebrations. . .(the actual new year holiday was last saturday, which for obvious heart-rending reasons, was not a day to celebrate here. so i am picking up the idea today.)

traditionally, you should eat long noodles for good luck and long life. perhaps we could make add cocoa to noodle dough to create chocolate noodles? or cut long strips out of chocolate spread thin on wax paper to create chocolate "tagliatelle?"

let your imagination run wild. the new year is also a time for gift-giving, so i suppose we could give each other gifts of chocolate -- especially if it's wrapped in red foil, red being a lucky and prosperous color. perhaps red foil-wrapped chocolate coins would an excellent present in the spirit of the chinese new year.

this year should be a little more peaceful than last year, since the ruling elements this year are less contentious than those that governed previously. you may also be interested to know that in general the south-east and east are unlucky directions this year. so store your chocolate elsewhere for best keeping!

personally, i am apparently a yen water tiger, born on a water snake day, with a lucky element of metal. thus my luck this year will flow anytime water or metal governs a month. how about you?

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