Worms Shopping

This is one of the typical stories, only life can write…. Some time ago, I saw a documentation about Worms, which also showed local producers of finest quality delicious home made and home grown specialities. At the end of this documentation, a group of young local people, sitting at a table loaden with delicatessen, that I was about to jump into the TV to taste. It was cheese, chocolate, herbs and spices and wine. Those days I thought, I must go there one day and try this all out.

Now, April 1 2007 (no, that’s real, no Fools Day joke :-)) I went to my beloved Palatine again, wanted to stroll through Worms, and found it packed with people. Then I realised that it was one of the open Sundays, but all was more of a trade fair, with motto “Worms is blossoming out” (Worms blüht auf). The first booth I stumbled over was one with all kinds of chocolate, and choco bunnies of course as well. As I wanted to stroll around in town, and as it was a sunny day, I thought it would be not that good of an idea to buy, but…… how can I pass such a booth without at least trying something. So I bought two packs of truffles, one with ginger and one with chili. The moment, the girl, who sold me the chocolate spoke to me, I recognised her as one of the people in that TV documentation. So we talked and she told me where to find her shop.

Of course I did stop on my way back as well, and… ahh how difficult to choose ! I ended up with thin sliced pinapples and amarena cherries, covered with dark chocolate, another pack of each ginger and chili truffles, and high coacao containing chocolate, called Sao Tome (70%) and Santo Domingo (67%). Oh, and a pack of Dom Trüffel (Cathedral truffles) as well.

They are a family owned company, 3rd generation, and all chocolate is produced with the highest quality possible. Plus, they only work with local producers of food and only selected suppliers.

The best of all – they offer seminars, or better culinary experiences, called “wine and chocolate”, where local wineries and them are offering wine tasting and selected chocolates.
The next one is on May 17 (2007), and of course I will go !

Homemade chocolate is not cheap of course (otherwise go to China and buy there, but don’t expect quality..).
My whole bag full of delicious creations was 35 Euro, which was nearly 1 kg in total. Ginger and chili truffles, and the choco covered pinapple and cherries (100 g each) are 3,95 € each; the Domtrüffel (350 g) were 12,95 € and the high cacao ones (150 g each) were 1,50 €. (all: photo 2)

Oh, and they also have special chocolate for people with allergies.

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