# Chocolate or cheese? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783 "2010-07-15T15:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/21 "2010-07-15T16:02:59Z")
I’m with all you cheesy people. I like chocolate but there are really only a very few variations on the basic food while cheese has almost infinite variety. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/22 "2010-07-15T16:12:35Z")
You’d have to be a Weeny to give up Chocolate AND Cheese! ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/23 "2010-07-15T16:12:56Z")
I’ve already voluntarily pretty much given up chocolate (although I’ll have a bit once a month or so) as I’ve stopped eating anything but minute amounts of sugar infrequently. Cheese is one of my favorite foods. So, chocolate of course. I wouldn’t miss it that much if I never had it again. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/24 "2010-07-15T16:17:03Z")
Behold the power of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/25 "2010-07-15T16:28:00Z")
I have not had chocolate since 2007 (and I was chocolate-free before that for 9 years), so that’s a no-brainer for me. OTOH, I once tried to give up cheese, and I lasted maybe 48 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/26 "2010-07-15T16:30:02Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I have to be honest. My feelings about cheese border on the spiritual. Every time I eat it, I believe in God a little bit. > > Chocolate is pretty good, but I could easily give it up for life for a cool $10k. That is simple blasphemy. Quetzalcoatl gave us chocolate because he knew not all of us would fine true love. Yeah, that’s right, I’m worshipping giant snakes this week. What of it? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/27 "2010-07-15T16:43:00Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > My sister pointed out that cheese is basically butter (ok, a LITTLE more protein) and that you’d never think of eating a butter enchilada, however delicious it was. You’d never eat a steak that was 75% fat. That helped a lot. Can you stick a wick in it and burn it? Then it’s **really** good. 😃 > [@MandaJo](#): > > Again, I still like cheese, but I really have come to feel that in most contexts, what it brings is less than it costs: a cheeseburger has 20% more calories than a hamburger (250 vs 300), and while it’s better, it really isn’t 20% better. OH YES IT IS. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/28 "2010-07-15T16:46:46Z")
Love cheese. Chocolate I can do without. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/29 "2010-07-15T16:58:26Z")
Saag paneer, macaroni and cheese, halloumi, cheese toasties, Stinking Bishop, stilton with cranberries…there is no chocolate worth giving up all that! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/30 "2010-07-15T17:20:01Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > That is simple blasphemy. Quetzalcoatl gave us chocolate because he knew not all of us would fine true love. > > Yeah, that’s right, I’m worshipping giant snakes this week. What of it? Feather-face can take his chocolate and stick it. Gimme my cheeeese! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/31 "2010-07-15T17:23:38Z")
I loathe cheese. Take it off my hands, please! Ten thousand a year for not eating cheese is pure gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/32 "2010-07-15T17:24:36Z")
I thought at first it would be what do you like better. And I LOVE me some chocolate. But GIVE UP? I can’t give up cheese on my burgers! Or caesar salads. Or macaroni and cheese. Or pizza. Or cheese on my sandwiches–sandwiches are sandwiches without cheese! This is evil! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/33 "2010-07-15T17:51:24Z")
The only way I’m giving up chocolate is if I get diabetes. But cheese? Sure, why not. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/34 "2010-07-15T18:33:02Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Feather-face can take his chocolate and stick it. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/35 "2010-07-15T18:49:22Z")
Ten grand a year? I mean, that ain’t nothin’, but tell Mr. Billionaire to actually _try_ to convince me next time. And it doesn’t even sound like it’s inflation adjusted down the line! Square in the nads. I would definitely choose to give up chocolate before cheese, but I don’t think I’d even start thinking about it until we got up the $25k range. It might even have to be a little bit higher. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/36 "2010-07-15T18:54:08Z")
I’ll give up cheese when they pry it from my cold dead fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/37 "2010-07-15T18:57:28Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > You’d have to be a Weeny to give up Chocolate AND Cheese! Does that mean that all vegans are Weenies? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/38 "2010-07-15T19:00:27Z")
Chocolate. I pick up chocolate if it’s there, if it’s not I don’t miss it. I go searching for cheese. The hardest part would be random grazing, because people leave chocolate out for random grazing. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/39 "2010-07-15T19:03:41Z")
Chocolate. I’d take him for all he’s worth, then kick him in the nads. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783/40 "2010-07-15T19:09:53Z")
I’d give up chocolate. I eat it maybe once a year anyhow. I couldn’t go a week without cheese. This would be a fun one for my wife. She’s mildly lactose intolerant and dislikes chocolate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783.md?page=3)