The Next-Door neighbors (Halloween Candy)

[BlueJazz]

My dear next-door neighbors have to go get their Aunt from the Airport and they have asked me to give out candy to the Trick or Treaters until they get back.

They always buy the expensive Chocolate..(None of that cheap Crap)

I'm going over now to "Watch" the candy...Heh..Heh..
My poor silly, silly, silly innocent Neighbors..Heh..Heh...Heh...Heh

[flvegan]

1. You're going to turn the outside lights off, aren't you...

Sit quietly, in the dark, mmmmmmmm...chocolate...

[Chan790]

2. Is chocolate vegan?

My friend (she's a vegan) insists it isn't, not even the dark stuff. I'm convinced she's wrong, but I'm not going to contradict her. She's turned out to be right about beer and sugar already this month...I don't need this becoming a trend.

[LeftyMom]

4. It certainly can be

If one fusses about shared machinery it's major pain in the ass to find chocolate made on dedicated dairy-free equipment but Tropical Source makes chocolate free of trace dairy.

Beer and sugar can both go either way depending on the fining used in the beer and whether bone char is used to bleach the sugar.

[seemunkee]

7. Home brewers use the seeweed Irish Moss

They other product that is commonly used is polyclar a plastic. Don't usually hear of much else being used. I guess some of the commercial brewerys use isinglass or gelatin.

[flvegan]

9. Dairy was used in the past as well. I should take up home-brewing.

I really should.

[seemunkee]

19. The only way dairy is used that I know of is Lactose sugar in a milk stout

It's a non-fermentable sugar so it is used to sweeten the beer without using malt which would make it higher alcohol

[LeftyMom]

10. I've heard of some sort of mineral fining process in commercial breweries

I didn't pay too much attention to the details because I almost never drink.

[Chan790]

14. Thanks...

I'll keep that in mind. I'm lacto but she's a hardcore organic vegan. I don't mean the hardcore perjoratively against organics or vegans...she actually throws away other people's food because "non-organic kills"; at the same time, she whines about what she misses. Chocolate is a huge one, so you've probably made her week.

[flvegan]

5. Milk chocolate, of course, is not

However many of the darker chocolates are. As LeftyMom already said, if one fusses, then yes, it can be tough.

Beer is usually vegan, ingredients-wise (though many of us won't touch Corona, PBR or Budweiser products) for ethical reasons. Fining process dictates, and if there's honey involved (again, as Miss Smartypants LeftyMom stated). Sugar, ditto LeftyMom.

[LeftyMom]

8. Miss Smartypants?

Fine, I'll take my pants and go home and I'm taking the chocolate with me! (I have rice milk chocolate and since you teased me I won't share!)

Damn it, I need a pouting smilie. :(

[flvegan]

12. .

I'm not telling you where your pants are. They came off of you some time ago.

If you're taking the chocolate home with you, does that mean the LeftyMom fondue has been taken off the menu?

[LeftyMom]

13. Must you embarass me so?

Lets take the perverson to PM before the "Get a Room Part III" thread gets started.

[flvegan]

15. Whaaaaaat?

We went for a swim. You changed into a very respectable bathing suit. But, that was some time ago, ergo, your pants are elsewhere.

As for the "LeftyMom Fondue" it was your recipe, so I thought I'd credit you with it as it's namesake.

Why? What were you thinking?

:evilgrin:

[LeftyMom]

16. What you always make me think

:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

17. !

Threadjacker. I'm telling.

I said "...jacker"

That sounds dirty.

[LeftyMom]

18. Who are you planning to tell?

I suppose you could go get a mod. :rofl:

[DainBramaged]

3. That isn't the Liberal thing to do.

Just leave a note, no one came, and go back home. Tonight is OCC European Vacation night and CSI Miami. Fuck house sitting. Suppose it is a setup. What about they murdered someone and you're going to take the fall. See, see I told ya.

[flvegan]

6. No, no, no...leave a note

Saying SO MANY came, raved about the great chocolate, and then you ran out of it, so you left. Gather your chocolate booty, and head home for the aforementioned tv.

And if it is a setup, there's grounds for there being so many witnesses snacking on those fine chocolate delicacies. Couldn't be blamed. No way. Airtight alibi.

[lumberingbear]

11. I haven't had sweets since Aug 27. I can do without. No Problem!

Oh well. Happy Halloween!