Julie Bove wrote:

>> I'm afraid there are some things where I just have to have the real
>> deal. I would much prefer to have a small serve of real ice cream
>> and chocolate bars than a larger serve of something "that's not
>> quite right" IMO of course, lol.
>
> Me too.

I think ice cream made at home with heavy cream is much "realer" than the
stuff in stores, though.

Regarding chocolate, I guess it is partly that I have about 100 lbs of
high-quality chocolate of various types around at any given time. For me,
that chocolate HAS to be strictly off limits. So I occasionally allow myself
the TJ's bar. I think it's called Simple Dreams, or something like that. It
is certainly better than Hershey's, so I guess it qualifies as "real."