Chocolate! And theology!

[tree_and_leaf]

Chocolaty reformed goodness!


"It's not easy to represent theological ideas by using the taste buds," acknowledges Poyet, a master chocolatier from Maison Poyet in Vevey, ... "But the key thing for Calvin is the glory of God, his excellence, his perfection. So we chose a chocolate that we chocolatiers find exceptional, rare and flawless."

I must admit that my usual reaction to a mention of Calvin is not to think of chocolate, but I really do want to try these. Actually, what I really want is a box of theological pralines, where you can chose your own theologian or hero(ine) of the faith... that has potential to be one of the most awesome things ever.

A Luther praline would have to involve a dark ganache with red wine flavouring it, I think.

Or one could have a library of chocolates inspired by favourite books. How would you represent yours?

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Possibly coated in milk chocolate - the coating expressing how God encompasses the world, and milk chocolate, of course, with the milk symbolizing Christ our mother.

Excellent, yes.

For Origen I'm thinking about a chocolate I once had with Pop Rocks in it, which seems to capture his unpredictability and general tendency to fire ideas off in all directions at once ...

I think Irenaeus would probably be a milk chocolate of some kind, but I haven't come up with a filling or flavouring for him yet.

[tree_and_leaf]

Ooh, the Origen works.