Imagine if someone have a cup before you, that what looked like mud instead set, dark brown and thick and oily. Be polite, take a sip. It is bitter - and spicy from the chili peppers they put into trying to make it taste better. They would wonder why this drink has been served with such ceremony-Why is it so valuable?
This was the beginning of the history of chocolate. And if you drink the cup, you would find that you feel better, would almost immediately raise your mood, andShe must feel like having sex.
But the taste ...
Then, the Aztecs have to seize this book. They added vanilla bean and honey instead of the chili peppers. It was considered so precious that only royalty was allowed to drink it. Aztec legend says that a god, the sky was kicked out that drinking this precious mortals.
Montezuma's court drank more than 2000 cups per day. Montezuma himself said to drink 50 cups a day to themselves, and always drink a cup beforeVisit to his harem.
Then got possession of the Spanish. The effects of this not so great tasting drink was so amazing, they felt, to keep it for themselves - and they did - for 100 years.
But then, Chocoholic Queen Anne of Austria (formerly Princess Anne of Spain), married Louis XIII of France. Until that time, chocolate was so hard to produce, and so in demand that only royalty can afford it. Slaves were to increase the production ofthe plantations, and as you can imagine, it was not a pleasant work environment. Working for the supply of drug addicts can be quite hard. Addicts should be quite irritated when their supply of drugs is in danger. But the chocolate addiction would be civilized.
Chocolate gradually spread through Italy, England, Switzerland, and Holland. Each country is working diligently to make this magic elixir tastes better. The Dutch invented the process that makes the chocolate less bitter.The Swiss made the chocolate creamier and lighter. The Swiss and the U.S. found ways to mass produce, so we can all enjoy it. Puh. Finally! It only took about 1500 years ago.
Here are a few more chocolate facts - Casanova drank chocolate to improve his love for decisions. M & Ms invented so that soldiers could carry chocolate with him. It was issued as nutrition. Toll House Cookies were invented by accident. The owner of the Toll House Inn is a made Dessert, when she found that she had run out of Baker's chocolate. All they had was a Nestle chocolate bar. She broke it into small pieces and mixed them in their dough. But to her dismay, the chocolate has not completely melted. Fortunately, everyone has the new cookies. Nestle gave her a lifetime supply of chocolate for the exclusive rights to the recipe. I wonder, what was it worth it?
Although the chocolate today hardly resembles the> Chocolate from earlier times, they are finding that there are still good for your heart and your mood. What a sweet addiction!
