THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE Many people believe that chocolate originally came from Europe. However‚ chocolate‚ called the “food of the gods‚” was first made in the Americas. The first chocolate was very different from contemporary chocolate. Wild chocolate trees can grow easily in the humid Amazon rainforest. Clusters of flowers growing on these trees turn to seeds. About 20 to 60 cacao beans can be found in the seeds. Cacao beans are the ingredient needed to create sweet‚ soothing
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to produce sweet chocolate as a coating for his caramels. Located in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ the new enterprise was named the Hershey Chocolate Company. In 1900‚ the company began producing milk chocolate in bars‚ wafers and other shapes. With mass production‚ Hershey was able to lower the per-unit cost and make milk chocolate‚ once a luxury item for the wealthy‚ affordable to all. A company on the move. The immediate success of Hershey’s low-cost‚ high-quality milk chocolate soon caused the company’s
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How to Make Hot Chocolate Hot chocolate can be a delicious and comforting beverage‚ especially during cold winter months. If chilled‚ however‚ you’ll have a refreshing drink or possibly a dessert depending on how you dress it up. Hot chocolate should not to be confused with hot cocoa. The former is made with actual chocolate and is a richer‚ much more substantial beverage. The latter is produced from cocoa powder or from a manufactured product containing cocoa powder such as hot cocoa mixes
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artist‚ started Cowgirl Chocolates to provide some funding support for a yearly published arts magazine‚ High Ground‚ which she and her husband‚ Ross Coates‚ started in 1995. Her love of chocolates and hot and spicy foods spurred the idea of making hot and spicy chocolates to be sold in creative‚ artistic tins and packaging‚ which she labeled Cowgirl Chocolates. Her small business‚ begun in 1997‚ won a number of awards in fiery food competitions. While Cowgirl Chocolates grew steadily over its four
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to your depths. Boredom while in most cases makes people become blobs of thoughts that are not to be of use. But some people use boredom as a time to draft‚ to create. Whenever I am bored I think about wholesome books I should write on the side‚ what the plots and the twists should be. Others may think about that essay that’s due and think of a time to work on it‚ whereas others would be blobs of zen‚ sitting down and relaxing. “Once you start down the dark path‚ forever it will dominate your destiny
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250AD – 1000AD The earliest record of chocolate consumption dates from the Classic period of the Ancient Maya of Mexico and Central America. The Maya and their ancestors made chocolate into a spicy drink (cacao paste mixed with chili peppers‚ vanilla and other ingredients) that they used in ceremonies. 14th – 16th century The Aztec‚ between the 14th and 16th centuries‚ were among those who had to trade for cacao and often required that citizens and conquered peoples pay their tribute in cacao seeds—a
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Harvesting Cacao is Hard Work We tend to think of chocolate making as an assembly-line process. Most people picture automated presses plopping out candies onto conveyor belts at speeds unmatched by humans. But before cacao reaches the machinery of a chocolate factory‚ it must first pass through the hands of a farmer. Making chocolate takes years of manual labor. Like most agricultural crops‚ cacao must be closely monitored by farmers. They regularly walk their fields and check for pests‚
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The Chocolate War Why would a person decide to betray the beliefs they had fought so hard for? In Robert Cormiers novel The Chocolate War‚ the character of Jerry Renault changes drastically from a rebel to a follower in the end. The school gang known as the vigils and his moral beliefs motivates Jerry’s actions. He feels he must take a stand against evil. Jerry can be considered a hero because of his beliefs. In the end however he gives in to the things he fought against and becomes a follower
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down to every little detail. I chose the regular chocolate cake because that was one of my grandmas most popular dessert she made. I can remember it like I was there with her right now helping her bake it. First we would go off to the grocery store and pick up the ingredients. You will need: two eggs‚ ½ cup of vegetable oil or butter‚ cake mix‚ cake tester such as a toothpick(optional)‚chocolate icing(you can choose what kind you like best) chocolate chips‚ and walnuts(optional). The grocery store
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start by talking about history of chocolate. Then‚ introduction about Patchi and then Godiva followed by a primary research. Finally‚ the conclusion and recommendation. Microsoft Excel was used to calculate to results of questionnaire. ➢ History of Chocolate The earliest record of chocolate was over two thousand years ago in the Central American rain forests. [1] The ancient cultures of Mexico and Central America were the first people made chocolate. They mixed ground cacao seeds with
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