January 6

Heated dark chocolate - bitter and sour. Also tasted very acidic. I don't think that there was much effect because it was almost cold by the time it got to me. The room temperature chocolate, that had been allowed to breath,  was still bitter and sour, but not as intense as the heated chocolate. And the chocolate left in the wrapper was still less intense than the other two samples. Again, it is worth mentioning that my results are probably skewed because I don't like dark chocolate.

On the other hand, I do like milk chocolate. The heated milk chocolate was again cold by the time that it got back from me. The milk chocolate had much less taste, overall, than the dark, but was still sweeter. The room temperature milk chocolate, that had been allowed to breath, had more taste than the heated milk chocolate. And finally the chocolate left in the wrapper did not have as much taste as the room temperature, but as much as the heated milk chocolate.

In terms of the cheeses, the ricotta that James and I made was very good. I love salty foods, so this was right up my alley. However, the foe ricotta was not any good at all. I did not like the slimy texture, whereas the real ricotta, held together much better and was a little dryer. Neither of these cheeses I have ever had had before. The neufchatel was was also good and thick. It was a little sour, but fatty tasting. The fresh mozzarella was too slimy for me, but I generally like mozzarella. Overall, it really did not have much taste.

The mascarpone was by far the best out of all the cheeses. It's soft consistency gave it much more flavor than all the rest. When just a little pinch of salt was added, it became even better tasting. it tasted just like mozzarella, I even though it was, until I was told differently. This cheese was even better when spread on chocolate. However, only milk chocolate,. Dark chocolate was not as good of a mix.

Most of the cheeses were good when eaten with milk chocolate, but when eaten with the dark chocolate, the tasted gross, or worse. On the other hand, all of the cheeses were also good, or even better when spread on bread. Overall, the mascarpone (with salt) and the over salted ricotta were my favorites by a large margin.