The first Question I found the answers on the website http://www.aphrodite-chocolate.co.uk/chocolate_health_benifits.htmland . I got the second Question on the website http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-493335/chocolate-invented-3-100-years-ago-Aztecs-trying-make-beer.html. Thethird Question I found on the web site http://wiki.answer.com/Q/What_are_the_ingreidients_of_chocolate . I found the fourth Question on a blog with the link is http://news.opodo.co.uk/articles/2009-03-06/19062265-Worlds-biggest.php .
Q: What is the healthiest kind of chocolate?
A: Plain Dark chocolate.
Q: When was chocolate invented?
A: Chocolate was first invented 3,100 years ago, by the Aztecs- but they were trying to make beer.
Q: What ingredients are in milk chocolate?
A: Pure chocolate comes from Cocoa beans... a typical chocolate bar will also have sugar, milk ( if it's milk chocolate, not dark) , cocoa butter, lecithin, flavorings ( like vanilla) , sometimes vegetable oil, and a few minor ingredients for a texture.
Q: If their is a gaint chocolate Waterfall how wide is it and how much chocolate is it made out of plus where is it ?
A: Sweet lovers in Australia are currently being treated to a display of a chocolate waterfall that is reportedly the largest in the world. The waterfall is 4.5 metres wide and is made from 400kg of chocolate that descends from top to bottom in five seconds.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Historie of chocolate
http://www.middleboro.k12.ma.us/Middleboro/CHOC/chocolate.htm#CandyBar
The spread of the cacao tree started during the age of Colonialism, as did the spread of cacao beans, and of chocolate itself.
The tree at the heart of this sublime subject, has grown wild in Central America since prehistoric times. The cocoa tree's scientific name couldn't be more apt; theobroma cacao is Greek for "food of the gods" and the first people to make use of it were the Maya, an ancient people who lived in the Yucatan Peninsula in South America, as long ago as 600 AD.
The spread of the cacao tree started during the age of Colonialism, as did the spread of cacao beans, and of chocolate itself.
The tree at the heart of this sublime subject, has grown wild in Central America since prehistoric times. The cocoa tree's scientific name couldn't be more apt; theobroma cacao is Greek for "food of the gods" and the first people to make use of it were the Maya, an ancient people who lived in the Yucatan Peninsula in South America, as long ago as 600 AD.
Why do we call it chocolate? The word chocolate is said to derive from the Mayan xocolatl which meant bitter water. Cocoa comes from the Aztec cacahuatl. The Mexican Indian word chocolate comes from a combination of the terms choco (foam) and atl (water) because for centuries early chocolate was only consumed as a drink.
The Maya harvested cocoa beans from the rain forest trees then later cleared areas of the forest to make way for the first known cocoa plantations. The Mayan knew a good thing when they saw it and worshiped the cocoa bean as an idol. The merchant god, Ek Chuah, was closely linked with cocoa and the beans were used as currency. Early explorers to the region found that four cocoa beans could get you a pumpkin, 10 a rabbit and 100 would buy you a slave. Cocoa beans also formed the basis of a drink; xocolatl was a rather bitter little potion made from roasted cocoa beans, water and spices. Cocoa's soothing qualities were also discovered early on and it was used for the treatment of coughs, fever and even discomfort during pregnancy.
Maya farmers traded their cocoa beans at market but wealthy merchants traveled further afield, some as far as Mexico, the land of the Aztecs…
The Maya harvested cocoa beans from the rain forest trees then later cleared areas of the forest to make way for the first known cocoa plantations. The Mayan knew a good thing when they saw it and worshiped the cocoa bean as an idol. The merchant god, Ek Chuah, was closely linked with cocoa and the beans were used as currency. Early explorers to the region found that four cocoa beans could get you a pumpkin, 10 a rabbit and 100 would buy you a slave. Cocoa beans also formed the basis of a drink; xocolatl was a rather bitter little potion made from roasted cocoa beans, water and spices. Cocoa's soothing qualities were also discovered early on and it was used for the treatment of coughs, fever and even discomfort during pregnancy.
Maya farmers traded their cocoa beans at market but wealthy merchants traveled further afield, some as far as Mexico, the land of the Aztecs…
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