All You Want to Know about Chocoate

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All You Want to Know About Chocolate Introduction The reason I decided to do my research paper on chocolate was so that I could learn more about this delicious treat. Chocolate is a combination of ground cocoa and sugar bits in a rich cocoa butter. This fatty delicious cocoa butter melts at exactly 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, which is exactly the same as our body temperature. That is the reason why when you bite into a solid piece of chocolate it melts in your mouth within a few seconds. But before chocolate does not start off as that delicious treat we all love. Tobecome the delicious treat we love chocolate has to go through a process. All chocolate starts off as seed on the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. The seeds of the cacao tree do not taste like the treat we are used to eating. They are actually very bitter and have to be fermented to bring out the taste of chocolate. To ferment chocolate the bean and pulp have to be scooped out of the pod and either place on banana leaves and covered with more banana leaves or placed on wooden boxes and covered. The scooped out material now has to be allowed to sit in the hot sun so that it can ferment. The beans and pulp are purple and in fermentation they tum brown. After they beans are fermented they have to be dried. The drying process takes from 10-20 days. Etymology The meaning of the word chocolate came from the Spanish language. It is unknown how the word entered the Spanish language but there seem to be many assumptions about how the word came about. Many sources that date to the time of the Spanish conquest find that "cacahuatl" is the original word for the bitter cold beverage drunken by the Aztecs. Sophie and Michael Coe (chocolate experts) of the time suggested ... ... middle of paper ... ...ch a cupboard or pantry, but it should be wrapped in foil paper. Milk chocolate can be kept without spoiling for about six months, but dark chocolate can be kept for years. Conclusion I enjoyed my research on chocolate because I learned a-lot about my favorite treat. It was interesting to learn how chocolate starts out as a seed and the process that it goes through before a consumer can buy it. The part I enjoyed the most was finding out about the history of chocolate. I am happy that chocolate is not only for the elite anymore and that everyone can enjoy this delicious treat. Bibliography Electronic Source: http: //enwikipedia.org/wiki/chocolate Electronic Source: http: //abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/food Jones, Carol (2003) From Farm to You: Chocolate Dineen, Jacqueline (1991) Chocolate Buckley, Jim (2013) Who Was Milton Hershey? Who Was Series

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