350-year-old Iced Chocolate Recipe Recently Discovered
A university lecturer has found some notes that had instructions on how to make a 17th century version of what many of us are crazy about these days, the chilled coffee drink, but in this case, it’s chocolate. Health warnings about drinking too much of the brown confection were even attached to it.
Dr. Kate Loveman, an English lecturer at the University of Leicester, said that the recipe instructed the maker to mix chocolate, some “snow” and some salt and “shake the snow together (for) sometime” in what’s supposedly the first sample of its kind.
She said, “It’s not chocolate ice-cream but more like a very solid and very dark version of the iced chocolate drinks you get in coffee shops today.”
Because of the fact that in those times, freezing food was a pain in the neck, this iced dessert would have been a luxury. Dr. Loveman discovered a myriad of other recipes in a note written by one of the country’s earliest chocoholics, the Earl of Sandwich, in 1668. His great, great grandson is allegedly the one who invented the sandwich. Dr. Loveman has now published a paper on the introduction of chocolate into England.
She said the chocolate became famous first in England by 1640 as an exotic drink made out of cocoa beans. During the 1660s, chocolate typically went hand in hand with advice about safe consumption.
There was even this certain doctor during such time that gave warnings about how the composition of hot chocolate could stir up insomnia, excess mucus, or hemorrhoids.
“People worried iced chocolate in particular was ‘unwholesome’ and could damage the stomach, heart, and lungs. She added, “There were ways around this and the Earl thought the best way to ward off the dangers of eating frozen chocolate was drink some hot chocolate about an hour afterwards.”
To cut it all short, the chocoholics of the modern day didn’t just recently surface. Chocoholics have been around for like forever, or at least ever since the treat was discovered.
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Chocolate Pizza
We all know how the rest of the world swears by chocolate. It’s no secret that a lot of us even claim to be die hard chocoholics. Let’s kick our love of chocolate up a notch and put some little twist. Here’s a chocolate pizza recipe you will all love.
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Chocolate-lovers Take the World by Storm
You can be anyone, when you happen to love consuming chocolates. You can eat up to 10 kilos of it per year, like chocolate pages on Facebook, go to an amusement park that has chocolates for a theme, join some chocolate enthusiasts clubs and even opt for a chocolate scented body spray. Chocolates are really a sweet treat and very irresistible. People don’t just happen to eat and consume chocolates, they are very fond of it and sometimes even bordering on being obsessed with it. For them life without chocolates is worse than death itself. Chocolate has become a really large part of life in general as some dictionaries like Merriam-Webster have accepted the term ‘Chocoholic’. It has become an integral part in the American way of life that it has invaded the culture, including some of the most prominent and important American holidays like Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day and yes, Christmas. Now that we are only days away from these occasions, people are now preparing to shop and search for chocolates to include in their presents.
You might be wondering as to what makes chocolates really likable and delectable, is it the taste or the texture or the versatility it brings to the table? If you can only broaden your imagination, lots of things can be made out of it: there could be cakes, ice cream, coffee, milk, puddings, cookies, cereals and shakes to name a few. It comes in various consistency like being soft or hard, white or darker, a filling for a bun, a topping, a certain syrup for some sweet treat and even a fondue during certain occasions. Or maybe the after feeling it brings is the reason behind why people are so in love with it? Experts and scientists have concluded a long time ago that there are certain ‘chocolate triggers’ in the brain that can affect one’s mood.
Considering this ever growing phenomenon, it can be no surprise that chocolate treats are marketed to target almost anyone. Chocolate is virtually everywhere and yet it feels like it is so rare and fashionable. It is able to trigger lots of emotions and feelings may it be good or otherwise.
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A Chocoholics Dream: Guide To Making Chocolate Including Recipes
A Chocoholics Dream: Guide To Making Chocolate Including Recipes
A Chocoholics Dream: Guide To Making Chocolate Including Recipes. 18 lessons in making chocolate and chocolate recipes to die for.
Contents include:
Lesson 1: Only The Sweet Stuff: Guide For Making Chocolate
Lesson 2: A Brief Look At The Past Of Making Chocolate
Lesson 3: The Benefits Of Making Chocolate
Lesson 4: The Different Processes In Making Chocolate
Lesson 5: Tools In Making Chocolate
Lesson 6: The Emotional Effects Of Making Chocolate
Lesson 7: Making Chocolate Starts By Melting It
Lesson 8: Making Chocolate Candy That Lasts
Lesson 9: Making Chocolate Extra Special
Lesson 10: Making Chocolate Using Molds
Lesson 11: Making Chocolate
Lesson 12: Chocolate Cake Recipe
Lesson 13: Chocolate Fudge
Lesson 14: Chocolate Chip Muffins
Lesson 15: Chocolate Peanut Butter
Lesson 16: Hot Chocolate
Lesson 17: Chocolate Bars
Lesson 18: Chocolate Holiday Gift
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From the Bean to the Bar
There is much more to making fine chocolate than picking a cacao bean and cooking it. Going from tree to chocolate bar takes a special touch to achieve the perfection you’re looking for.
Bean selection is the first step in making chocolate. If the bean chosen isn’t of high quality, the end result will be a less than desirable chocolate. Therefore, many fine chocolate makers take time to personally select the best beans.
Once a chocolatier selects the beans they are roasted. The roasting process has a great impact on the finished flavor. After roasting, the beans are put into a grinding process. The pulverized mass is called chocolate liquor and is turned into the actual chocolate.
To create the final chocolate bar from chocolate liquor, sugar and other ingredients are added to the liquor. Then another grinding process called refining is begun. Refining crushes everything and helps ensure that that the chocolate bar doesn’t have a grainy feeling in your mouth. Following the refining process, the mix is cooked and stirred in a process called conching. This step can take place over a few hours or days. It is at this point that chocolate begins to take on the flavor that most chocoholics love.
After conching, cocoa butter can be added to change the flow. Then the chocolate can be put into its final form, liquid or solid. If the final product is in solid form it must be tempered. Then it is packaged and shipped. If it took the form of a chocolate bar, now it’s finally ready for you to purchase and eat. Yum.
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