But then Orleans in Quebec is OR-LAY-AN

Better than being American?

Oh, i was referring to something I noticed recently: There seems to be a growing movement asking for “decolonization” of chocolate, to bring more of the profit from chocolate sales into the countries where caco grows.

I think it raises an interesting ethical question when it comes to a product in which the key ingredients don’t all come from the same place.

On the one side, I totally agree that cacao producers have historically been abused by European chocolate companies, and they should rightfully collect more benefits from this incredibly nice product! Some of these countries even started to block export of un-finished cacao products.

However, many types of chocolate cannot be made with cacao alone, and depend on other ingredients coming from other areas of the world. If every area acts the same way, then it becomes impossible to create “assemblage” products like milk chocolate… How should these situations be handles ethically?

Wasn’t “chocolate the product” designed in Europe by mixing cacao from Africa, sugarcane from americas, and milk from Europe? Making chocolate a product of colonialism…

Sure, dark chocolate is mostly cacao, so could be produced where cacao grows… But the most popular chocolate flavor around me in Canada is milk chocolate (less than 40% cacao), mostly sugar and butter. Where should this be produced?

The surgery’s acronym is “Oh! Okay pee.”

Oh! That Merlin modding is such a good idea! I like the sound of the Merlin and can usually shift tunes up or down to play parts on it…

I’ll look into it! Some of my colleagues used to be luthiers.

Never tried their Uke, but seagull makes great acoustic instruments, made in Québec’s eastern townships.

https://seagullguitars.com/product/uke-nylon-sg-burst-eq/

I have their mandolin (love it!) and an “M4” for when kids come over and want to play on something. Somehow, they always prefer to try the crappy neon green Mahalo uke…