For the foods that seem so familiar, most of us know very little about the true origin and history of chocolate. Until recently, when I picked up a book called "The Real History of Chocolate," Sophie Coe and Michael Coy, I was counted myself. It was published in 1996 and has 268 pages of meticulous research, fascinating facts and "guess" about the origin and development of what we call chocolate.
I want to know how many of us will recognize cocoa pods if someone happens to be on our heads? Of course, such incidents are very illegal and no one happens to be in very few places in certain parts of the world. Cocoa trees simply refuse to grow outside of very narrow latitudes and weather conditions. Another key factor in the successful planting of trees is the fact that ensuring that the correct insects are pollinating around the flowers is unknown at an early attempt to transplant trees.
As the author mentioned, if you hold the cocoa pod in one hand and a piece of chocolate in the other, you will never doubt that it is just the chocolate on the other hand. In fact, in nine out of ten years of its long history, chocolate was drunk and didn't eat. The consumption of solid chocolate by the masses is a relatively new development. So how did chocolate start in the forests of Central America, where it began as a drink for the Maya Palace in Yucatan and a food store in the form of Hershey Bar? It seems like a long trip, isn't it? Also, why is chocolate considered a Swiss product? How did the Swiss successfully dominate the chocolate world? Can you think of two more environments than the Yucatan Peninsula and the Swiss Alps?
This story is more fascinating than you think, involving Columbus, the Conqueror, the downfall of the Aztec empire, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, and last but not least, Milton Snavilly Hull. hope.
When it was first introduced to Europe, chocolate was used only by nobility, and eventually its nutritional and medicinal value was debated. In fact, due to the dominance of the Catholic Church, it has long been debated whether chocolate is really a food, and whether it was violated at that time was a violation of the fast rules of the time.
The first general meeting between Europeans and cocoa beans took place in 1502, when Columbus was anchored on Guanaha Island, north of Honduras. This is his fourth voyage, and he unfortunately passed away without having tasted chocolate.
This was followed by Spain's request for Central America and the return of cocoa to Europe, where it did not actually receive rave reviews. But the story is very long. To get all the details, please pick up a copy of the book. This is a wonderful story, a great history lesson, and may allow you to not only taste the good time bar, but also taste some other "exotic" chocolate products.
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Orignal From: The true history of chocolate: Part 1
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