Still Waters Posted August 3, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time they have found ancient chocolate residue on a plate rather than a cup, suggesting it may have been used as a condiment or sauce with solid food. Experts have long thought cacao beans and pods were mainly used in pre-Hispanic cultures as a beverage, made either by crushing the beans and mixing them with liquids or fermenting the pulp that surrounds the beans in the pod. Such a drink was believed to have been reserved for the elite. But the discovery announced this week by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History expands the envelope of how chocolate may have been used in ancient Mexico. http://www.telegraph...-chocolate.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhantomFlanFlinger Posted August 3, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My heavens...if it lasted 2 and a half minutes in our house,it would have done well..! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted August 3, 2012 #3 Share Posted August 3, 2012 It probably would not have been as sweet as today's chocolate... Would it have been more like the kind that is used by bakers and cooks? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted August 3, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I'm going to guess by the way the article reads it's more likely a cooking or unsweetened chocolate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzieboo Posted August 3, 2012 #5 Share Posted August 3, 2012 It was Europeans--either the Swiss or the Belgians, I believe (or was it the Dutch?) who came up with the idea of putting sugar in chocolate. You're correct in stating that it was unsweetened in its use in ancient Central America and Mexico. Whichever of the three countries came up with sweetened chocolate, God bless them. Abundantly and eternally. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted August 4, 2012 #6 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Om nom nom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted August 4, 2012 #7 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I tried raw cacao bean one time, it was nasty. Upset my stomach, too. I love dark chocolate, but that was a bit too dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted August 4, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Maybe the archaeologist was munching on a stale Hershey's bar whilst digging. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paracelse Posted August 4, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 4, 2012 mmmmnumm chocolate... wonder if they made any marquise au chocolat back then which is a chocolate cake filled with chocolate mouse (or moose) (even mousse) and covered with a ganache (chocolate frosting made with dark chocolate cream and butter) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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