Chocolate! Here is some things you may not have know about your favorite food.  |
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 In a Quick Poll tooken recently, 69% of those who responded said that they love chocolate and that anything with chocolate is their all time favorite types of candy. Chocolate has a long and interesting history on the continent of America. The Olmec civilization of Central America are the first group known to have discovered chocolate, followed by the Maya and the Aztecs. By the late 1500s, chocolate had become a hot commodity and by the 1700s had become a popular candy in America. In fact, the chocolate chip cookie was invented right here in the U.S. Some other interesting facts about chocolate follow:
Chocolate from the Maya and Aztec, was used as a basic component in a variety of sauces and beverages they made. The cocoa beans were ground and mixed with water to make a variety of beverages, both sweet and bitter, which were only made for the highest noblemen and clerics of the Mesoamerican world. Chocolate is made from the fermented, roasted, and ground beans taken from the pod of the tropical cacao tree, Theobroma cacao, which was native to Central America and Mexico, but is now cultivated throughout the tropics. The beans have an intensely flavoured bitter taste. The resulting products are known as "chocolate" or, in some parts of the world, cocoa
* Chocolate and cocoa have more antioxidants than red wine or green tea.
* 70% of the world's cocoa beans are produced in Africa.
* The average American consumes approximately 11.7 pounds of chocolate each year. Now thats waverage so if your a chocolate lover at heart add a few more pounds...
* The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacao, which means "Food of the Gods."
* The melting point of cocoa butter is just below the human body temperature -- which is why it literally melts in your mouth.
* Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover chocolate.
* The precious Cocoa Beans were used as a currency and as a unit of calculation in the Mayan and Aztec Cultures
Richard Simmons the diet guru said he would wrestle Mother Theresa for a M&M and eats them regularly.
And they found the dark chocolate is health friendly, the darker the chocolate the better for you. For all you health concious people, You don't have to give up choclate anymore because it is actually good for you.And it even lowers blood pressure and relieves stress. Nature's own stress releaser.
So have you had your chocolate fix today?
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1.  lightningMD (5537) | 1 year ago |  That was very interesting. Thanks for sharing it. Yes, I have had my chocolate fix today. I made brownies today for snack. The kids love them almost as much as I do.
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 1 year ago | Your welcome,mmm,brownies! gotta love them. thanks for the reply I appreciate it. | |
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 1 year ago | Yea me to, and now I won't have to feel so guilty when I eat it. They do have a sugar free kind that I buy occasionally that is nice. Thanks for the post, I appreciate it winterose.-becca--(<@ | |
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 winterose (12026) | 4 months ago |  thanks sweetie for best response. happy chocolate eating lol.
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| 3. mihimolly (4890) | 1 year ago |  Well i knew all that! LOL!
Not really but I had a good idea something I like so much can't be all bad:)
Sadly there isn't a grain of chocolate in the house today.
I might be forced to walk to the shops and buy some to boost my health.
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| jiffys_frog_woman (2745) | 1 year ago |  I love chocolate but dont have any either but i did not know all that information
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 1 year ago | I didn't know most of it like where it came from and most the other stuff so I thought that maybe others didn't as well and that it mde up some nice interesting facts. I am glad now that everyone is queen and king of their own castle and can get chocolate readily anywhere and it's not just for the the guys in the big house(house)anymore. Walking there and back would burn most the calories you were going to comsume so that be a good thing. I buy sugar free hot chocolate and when I have had a bad day on my diet and make it through without over eating I will relax with a cup of hot chocolate in the evening for a treat. I love hot chocolate and only use it as a reward for myself..stupid maybe but it works for me. I will need it this weekend I have to go to my sisters tomorrow early and be there all weekend to help her baby sit 8 kids while she is running errands and help her get things ready for my nephews b-day party Saturday. I will need that chocolate then for sure..instead of calgon take me away, it will be chocolate take me away..lol well thanks for your post. I appreciate it. | |
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 1 year ago | Hey, Jiffys_frog_woman thanks for the response. I ran out to so I will be going to store tomorrow to get some before babysitting..lol How many different kinds of flavors have you tried in hot chocolate? I have tried the butterfinger hot chocolate and I can say it was not my thing..I have wanted to try others but didn't want to waste alot of money for stuff I found I didn't like. care to share the flavors you have tried?-becca--(<@ | |
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| 4. cher913 (7860) | 1 year ago |  That is so interesting!! Thanks for putting that on...i do love chocolate but it can't be plain...it has to have stuff in it lol
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 1 year ago | Thanks for the response i appreciate it.. mmm. I love all types of chocolate..My granmother playeda joke on us grandkids once she thought it would be funny to feed us chocolate covered bugs..seriously. She ordered them from a specialty shop. chocolate covered grasshoppers and roaches..needless to say we weren't to keen on eating things at granny's nxt time we went. The adults thought it funny. Yea just hilarious...NOT! I would never do that to somebody well if I did it would be somebody I hated above all else.. | |
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 3 months ago | Now that sounds yummy! I would love to have one myself except it is a no no right now because of diet. But thanks for stopping by and leaving a response I appreciate it. | |
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6.  academic2 (4930) | 3 months ago |  This is very well researched information, thanks alot for giving us such great infromation!
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 1 month ago | Your very welcome! thanks for resonding to my discussion I truly appreciate it alot. | |
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| mtdewgurl74 (5137) | 1 month ago | Isn't that great! We can eat without so much guilt..so eat away and enjoy. Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. sorry took so long to get back to you but been busy. | |
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