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Salo in chocolate is a Ukrainian dish, created as a joke or experiment and produced since the late 1990s.
The recipe is thought to have originated in an
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Salo in chocolate is a Ukrainian dish, created as a joke or experiment and produced since the late 1990s.
The recipe is thought to have originated in an ethnic joke
An ethnic joke is a remark aiming at humor relating to an ethnic, racial or cultural group, often referring to an ethnic stereotype of the group in question for its punchline.
Perceptions of ethnic jokes are ambivalent. Christie Davies gives ex ...
about the Ukrainians' cult-like attitude towards salo Salo or Salò may refer to:
Places Finland
*Salo, Finland, a town in Western Finland
**Salo sub-region, a subdivision of Finland Proper and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009
*An old name of Saloinen, a former municipality in Ostroboth ...
, similar to the Italians' attitude towards spaghetti.
In the late 1990s, Odesa
Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...
Confectionery Factory started production of candies .BBC News - ''Pork choc on the menu in Ukraine'' - 21 June 2004/ref>">К 1 апреля украинцы сметают с полок магазинов "сало в шоколаде"
/ref> The chocolate candies were invented as an
April Fool's Day
April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (rarely called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom on the 1st of April consisting of practical jokes, hoaxes, and pranks. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fool " at the recipient. Mas ...
joke. They were not actually ''salo''; they contain a regular caramel
Caramel ( or ) is a range of food ingredients made by heating sugars to high temperatures. It is used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons or candy bars, as a topping for ice cream and custard, and as a colorant ...
filling with a small amount of rendered fat added as a salty flavouring. Since then, the dish is available in shops and restaurants in various Ukrainian cities.
"Chocolate salo" is one of popular desserts in the restaurant of the Museum of Salo in Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
.
A BBC reporter called it "one of the unhealthiest snacks in the world".
See also
* Chocolate-covered bacon *Snickers salad
Snickers salad is a dessert salad consisting of a mix of Snickers bars, Granny Smith apples, Cool Whip or whipped topping, marshmallows, and often pudding served in a bowl. It is a potluck staple in the Midwestern United States. It is sometimes ...
*List of chocolate-covered foods
This is a list of chocolate-covered foods. Chocolate is a typically sweet, food preparation of ''Theobroma cacao'' seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste or in a block or used as a fl ...
References
{{Chocolate desserts Ukrainian cuisine Chocolate-covered foods