What is the anti-chocolate?

Chicken liver!

Chicken livers......sickening!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crap?

We should just let chocolate take over the world. Cuz brussels taste horrible.

chick peas

Lima beans!

I think anti-chocolate is anything bitter.

Brussel sprouts, most definitely.

No wait! Liver and onions is even worse.

Chocolate in its purest form is very bitter.

acid reflux

White chocolate - Ugh! I hate that stuff!

That's what I get after eating too much chocolate! So, you're right!!

Brussels Sprouts, just to be different.

durian fruit

This survey is so familiar to me...

i was thinking more along the lines of a fruity candy........ like skittles(ick)..... as the anti chocolate!!

hhhhmmmmmm, i like brussel sprouts and chick peas and just plain chicks for that matter!

hhhhmmmmmm, i like brussel sprouts and chick peas and just plain chicks for that matter!

I was forced to cut way back on chocolate because of acid reflux.

vanilla, of course

I like Brussels Sprouts. But I hate chick peas and anything chick pea related. It is the blandest of bland foodstuffs - hence me nominating it anti-chocolate.

Well, at least we have the same taste in SOME things!

I don't know what the question means. If I'm thinking correctly, it would be Spinach. Everyone loves chocolate. Everyone hates spinach.

Not only bland, but they have the most disgusting texture!!

Psst...hey...I like spinach!

Gum!

That's really sad if you're a chocolate lover!

ummm... i don't get it.... what is an anti-chocolate?

yes you just have to give most of it up.

Hey! Ever try Malox? You can cheat if you keep a bottle of that stuff!

BRUSSELS!!!!!!!!!!!!
*runs screaming from the survey*

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I love spinach, though not at the same time as chocolate.

Have you ever had spinach pizza? There's a place near here that makes a fabulous one. It's best with white sauce instead of tomato sauce. Yum!!

I may have asked you before about spinach pizza, but can't remember... have you ever had it? Spinach and feta cheese. Mmmmm....

yeah! spinach and feta is very tasty

we have a wood-fired pizza oven in our new kitchen... we've tried it once so far... it's a bit of a pain, takes a long time to get hot enough but it's very yummy you'll have to come visit and check it out some time!

I would love that! And I don't mean just for the pizza. Really.

I finally got a pizza stone. It's nice to have, but it's way too small. Your oven sounds awesome!

I take a perscription drug protonix and the dr. said I can take an over the counter anti acid once in a while not often, I ve tried other anti acids but not Maloxx, I will try it. I like the idea of getting to cheat once in a while.

My favorite combo is spinach, roasted red peppers, roasted garlic and feta (and formerly chicken) Mmmmmmm. I've been a spinach fiend lately. Looking forward to my weekly fancy brunch, with spicy eggs in spinach cups! It's the cutest, tastiest little meal.

I'm taking Rabeprazole for my acid/ulcer problem. I think my sister uses the same thing you do for her acid reflux.

Calamari or any seafood, in my opinion...

My husband has that problem too. He takes Prevacid. I don't think it works to well for him though. He tries not to eat much because it hurts and bothers him so much.

A gaping wound, oozing pus.

I had a pizza last night with spinach, artichokes and capicollo!

My nephew is 8 yrs old and was born with acid reflux hes on generic reglen and previcid. He lives on strawberry Boost and pear juice, on rare ocasions we can get him to eat 1 or 2 bites of strawberry yogurt, or vanilla pudding or mac & cheese or veal baby food. But hes never really eaten any solid food but the Boost has enough vitamens in it to keep him healthy.

Rabeprazole is one I havent heard of.

The food they serve in schools.

And romkey- Most people like spinach when it's not cooked because it doesn't taste like anything. But when you cook it, that's when it goes bad for most people...

Mmmmmmmm... that sounds good. Oh my God, I love roasted garlic!! What a great idea to put it on pizza. Eggs and spinach sounds good together, too. Reminds me of quiche. Do you make the spinach cups, or do you go somewhere for your brunch?

Judging by the smile, I guess you enjoyed it? I had to look up capicollo -- I'd never heard of it before. Is it spicy like pepperoni?

i like cooked spinach with manonaise

I like it cooked. Japanese ocrapashi is wonderful. You just need to not boil it till it's grey...

Yes, it is spicy ham. Often, it is hotter than the pepperoni. It seems to be available at most pizza restaurants around here...

Oh... Now I'm feeling very sorry for you if you're at the point where doctors are prescribing medication for your problem. That's bad! The worst I ever suffered from acid reflux was when I was pregnant for our son. By the end of the 8th month, I was in tears whenever I ingested anything! Once, stupidly, I ate ginger snaps - to this day, I can't eat them for fear of the pain!!
It's a real problem, I know. My friend has had problems with digestion for almost as long as I've known him (24 years) and his wife swears that Maloxx cured him. It's true that he doesn't suffer from acid reflux anymore but I don't know that Maloxx actually cured him. It's worth a try!!
Back in '96, when not too many people where "surfing", an acquaintance of mine told me of his bleeding ulcers and how he almost died from internal bleeding at 25 yrs of age. He said that he suffered from bleeding ulcers fro most of his life. I had seen (ten years prior) a documentary about an Australian doctor that prescribed antibiotics and bismuth to ulcer sufferers and cured them. He believed that ulcers were caused by a bacterium. At that time, no one believed that anything could live in such an acid environment as a stomach. He believe in his cure so much that he cultured the bacteria he found, ingested it, created his own ulcers and then cured himself with his treatment. It worked. I told him about it and researched as much as was available, at the time, on the net, for him to bring to his doctor. Surprisingly enough, his doctor had not heard of this cure and was willing to try it - my friend was cured. If this cure for ulcers was available - why was it not advertised before? Too much money involved! Since then, the word has been out and the makers of ulcer relief products have not been raking "it" in anymore! They would have preferred that the Australian doctor's cure be hushed up longer... $$$

Actually, I much prefer it cooked to raw! Sorry to disprove your theory

Ahh, the spinach cups! So easy to make, so here's the recipe:
6 ounces fresh spinach, sauteed drained, chopped and squeezed dry
4 large eggs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 Salsa, fresh or store-bought
1/4 grated Monterey jack cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Divide spinach equally among 4 buttered or sprayed custard cups. Press the spinach into the cups and make an indentation into the center of each. Break an egg into each indentation. Season with salt and pepper. Top each egg with one tablespoon salsa and 1 tablespoon cheese. Place custard cups in a baking dish and fill dish with hot water one third of the way up the sides of the cups. Bake until whites are set and the yolks are firm, about 30 minutes.
Taa-daa! If you make them, I hope you enjoy!

Here is a short page on what I take, and the one you take is listed there too. The brand name for mine is actually Aciphex.

http://www.medicinenet.com/rabeprazole/article.htm

is this supposed to be something you could never eat chocolate on?
hmm.....
I think lima beans is a good answer....
can I have my chocolate back now?

Wow thats a facinateing about your friend. I have to take medicne from the dr because the acid comes up it effects my breathing it feels like something caught in your throat and it feels similar to an asthma attack if you stay calm it will go away you try not to throw up because the acid really burns, but some times you just have to so you can breath, I havent had that problem only when I get the stomich flue since I been on medicne from the dr.and Im causious about what I eat. My nephew is worce he was born with it lives mainly on Boost, but his weight is normal for his height.

Thanks for the info.

I used to take malox when I was little for my stomach. it's like eating chalk but there are much worse things in the world.

And romkey, pandora
My theory is actually proved, since I said MOST people, and so far only three have told me they like it! Anyway...

Spinach pizza, anyone? That's my favorite pizza at CiCi's. It's great!

Well, now I wanna try it! If I come visit you, can we go out for pizza?

Thanks for the recipe!! I will definitely try those! Think it'd work okay with frozen spinach, or would the fresh stuff be much better?

Wow! Those are among the worst cases of acid reflux. It must be awful living that day to day - I just had to suffer it for a few months during my pregnancies and when the baby was born, I was OK. That was bad enough but I got relief... Poor you!

I bet that frozen would work, I just find fresh much easier, since you'd probably have to squeeze tons of water out of the frozen, and your poor hands would get too cold!

I feel sorry for my nephew. But we both do alright as long as we stay on the medicne and I dont eat much of what can set it off, my nephew mainly is on a liquid diet hes had tounge surgery when he was a baby and the acid reflux he cant stand any food that has texture or spice and he hates chocclate, I know why he hates it.

well, chocolate has over a thousand chemicals in it. You'd have to pretty much come up with another thousand chmicals that have the exact polar oppiste effect of each other. That means all the stimulants and depresants, and all of that. Not to mention the cominbed effect has to match, and who knows what combinations of chemicals can do what.

It aint lemon, just because sweet and sour arent nessarily opposites. Not to mention, not all cholcolates are sweet. Its not coffee or tea, duh, because they're in fact similar. In fact so similar that the anti-coffee pretty much can pass for an anti-chocolate.

Allthough whatever that is, I am not sharing!!!

no, I ate bitter cholate before.

Yeah, that's true--there's that really dark chocolate that has a bitter tang to it.

Aw... Poor kid! Chocolate is part of growing up - if he hates if then it must cause him terrible discomfort. Is your reflux as bad as his? What is your medicine? How does it work?

Oh yeah, brrrr! Maybe I could put it in my cat's bed and she could knead the water out of it for me.

That's an interesting mental image! Yum!

I say it's definitely religious fundamentalism. Chocolate acts as an aphrodesiac, what is the complete opposite?

Haven't you ever had hummus? It's not bland at all, plus it comes in various flavors. Goes great with pita bread. http://www.athenos.com/ProductInfo/hummus.asp

See my comment to Dino about the chick peas

Mine isnt as bad as his. my medicne is protonix . It works good as long as I be careful what I eat and I dont get the stomich flue. It reduces stomich acid. My nephews is quite a bit worce Im shure he hates chocolate because it bothers him and he lives mainly on a liquid diet. If he dont get his medicine he gets constant dry heaves,when he was a baby he had nurses takeing care of him and this one nurses wasnt giveing him his medicne and he was he was throwing up hard when he tried to eat and he had constant dry heaves, we took him to the hospital and the dr. told us the nurse wasnt giveing his medicne. My sister fired that nurse. He had 24 hr nurseing because he was a high risk for SIDS, when he got older he didnt need a nurse. Hes on medicade because hes mentaly handicaped from fragialX syndrome. Medicade decited he should be on a cheaper medicne zanax it didnt work for 2 weeks he was on that medicne couldnt keep anything down and had the dry heaves. the pharmisist was calling everyone he can think of and so was his dr hear in town and then his dr. got so mad that he got ahold of the head of Missouri medicade, and they changed his medicne back to previcid. Medicade at first was going to have him scoped every 6 months just to see that his stomich isnt going to get better. It would have cost medicade several thousand dollars more and cause my nephew unessary suffering from the scope. his dr. said hes old enough that hes not going to out grow it.

I think you might have meant my reply for SueBee, since I love chickpeas! Homemade hummus, chickpea burgers, yummy yummy!

Poor kid! I can't imagine living on a liquid diet - even just living with the restrictions that you have... What's FragialX Syndrome? I bet all his problems has made him a pretty tough kid!!

you're right!!! Though I've never had chickpea burgers, do you have a recipe???

Sure. Actually though, I'm not truly that wild about them, although they were good. My black bean burgers, on the other hand! If you want either recipe, I'll be glad to hand 'em over to you.

Yeah, on second thought, I don't like cat hair in my spinach!

Black bean burgers sound yummy!! I love black beans!

Sure, I've only had Morningstar BB Burgers, & those are good, so I can only imagine domade

I tried hummus once and didn't care much for the texture of that either. I didn't make a very good vegetarian.

I like those Morningstar burgers! The ones I've had were mostly soy though.

they even have corn dogs too, and regular hot dogs, and chik patties. YUM!!!!

I haven't tried any of those. I think they've come out with more products since I stopped eating that stuff regularly.

Alright! Could you do me a favor and reply to me again so I can get the recipes to you tomorrow? I'm about to go to bed, and I don't want to forget!

Black beans are good, but I think they're kind of stinky!

You mean a little while after you eat them?

My nephew is a tough kid he fought for his life when he was born, and in the year 2000 he fought cancer and won. Fragial X syndrome is a genetic 2 of my sisters and I were found to be carriers we can pass it on to boys but not likely to girls. It usualy eather causes autisim or hyperactivity depending on where the X cronisome is broken and how many are broken depends on how bad and how it will effect the person. My son has autisim. The nephew that has acid reflux was born with Pieare Robin Syndrome thats where the jaw is set back too far it cuts off breathing so he had a treak for 2 years fortunitly his jaw grew out on its own which was very painful. Had it not grew out on its own they would have attached metal bars on the outside of both sides of his jaw and slowly turn the screw in the bar and force the jaw out. It would have been more painfull. His little brother had some traits of autisim he died from a seziure in 2000 he was 4 years old. She has 2 other boys who are normal. My other sister has 2 boys that have it theyre hyper. The older one has life threatening seziures but hes 5 yrs old when he turns 6 the seziures wont threaten his life the way I understand it, he has a lot of behavior problems. I have 1 more sister she had 1 girl who doesnt have it but her and her daughter are most likely carriers.

No problem

It is the snack food of Beelzebub!

That's a bit rough for all of you; to know that your children are in pain and may possibly die until they grow strong enough to outgrow their disabilities. Is it possible and/or affordable to have the girls tested for the chromosome? Anyway, what difference would it make if they're found to be carriers - when a woman wants a child; nothing will stop her and she will take the chance.
You say your nephew had cancer too? He is one, tough cookie!! What a brave little boy...

Well, that too!

Swedish Bitters

If youre a carrier then you know you have a 50% chance of giveing the child fragial X and the choice is yours. We would have had our kids anyway I think if we had known we were carriers before we had our children, I cant speek for my sisters but I would have had my son anyway. girls can be tested to see if theyre carriers if they want to know. Girls have an advantage over boys when it comes to fragial X because they have 2 x cronesomes(not shure thats spelled right) they usualy turn out to be carriers, but if theres too many x broken then they can get it.
My nephew had a fast growing cancer rabnocarsenoma in his ear hes deaf in that ear but a small price to pay for ones life.

stress

Is that anything like Angostura bitters? *shudder*

Of course!

...and that should be: "When I next come visit you..."

Wow! He sounds like a great kid, a real survivor. Some adults could take lessons from children like him...