Drugs Hershey Highway
posted by on September 24 at 13:32 PM
As David Schmader notes in this week’s Back to School primer on drugs, “college is when you’re practically required to try them.” So tonight Science on Tap kicks off preseason drug education – two days before classes – with the substance that hooked us first: chocolate. (Only later did we realize Hershey bars taste like crap.)
“Botany of Chocolate,” presented by Alfredo Gomez-Beloz of the University of Washington’s Department of Epidemiology, will presumably touch on humans’ role in the evolution of cacao and its molecular treasures—caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline. There are even rumors of samples. Science on Tap, which strives to make sciencey stuff less boring, is held in a pub atmosphere, so I presume you can chug beer for extra credit. (7 p.m., Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. NE, (206) 525-2347, all ages, free.)
I might have to walk over to Neuhaus now. THANKS!
It's Hershey's Special Dark that blows. Well, then again, so do Mr. Good Bar and Krackel.
Just went to this event. Thanks for posting it, got to discover a nice little pub that I never would have noticed otherwise. The talk was brief, but well-prepared and nicely presented. The place was JAMMED. Beaucoup samples, as promised. I even learned a factoid or two. This pub runs this science-cafe event monthly, see the link in Domenic's posting. They should consider going to twice-monthly.
Oh yeah, Hershey's ANYTHING sucks. Go for Lindt (available in most supermarkets) 70% or 85% Cocoa content. You won't be sorry.
BLtC - Indeed. The white wrapper is enough to get the glands a-waterin.
I call it Hershey's Milk Chalkolate.
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