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conch

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Chocolate thing (noun & verb). --Connel MacKenzie 10:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

Looks OK. Do a Google search for "conch" and "chocolate" and you'll get lots of hits describing the process. --EncycloPetey 10:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)Reply
Oh yes! This is real - I have actually done it (in my youth when I was an industrial chemist for a food company). I shall improve the definitions when I have more time. SemperBlotto 08:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Reply
Neat. I should have stated my question about it better: is it really "chocolate-making jargon" or is it generic use of the word to mean "like a conch-shaped thing" / "using a conch shaped thing". --Connel MacKenzie 16:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Reply


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Basic information to add to this entry: the etymology of the term referring to the chocolate-making process (that is, what, if anything, does this process have to do with a marine mollusk/shell? 173.88.246.138 23:07, 22 May 2021 (UTC)Reply