Transcript The chocolate

Chocolate
Its history and its several uses
The history
Chocolate is made from cocoa seeds, known and used in the whole world.
The cocoa plant has ancient origins and, as some researches say, we can
presume that it was discovered 6000 years ago in Brazil, on the shores of the
Amazonian river.
But only in the year 1502 chocolate reached Europe. This was possible thanks
to Christopher Columbus, who had just come back to Spain after his famous
voyage.
In the early 1600, chocolate arrived in Italy and in the XVII century it became
the luxury for the Dutch nobles, after Holland had been colonized by the
Spanish.
I think we have to thank them!!
The uses
How they have changed during the years
The chocolate is very used...it is modelled in different
shapes, especially for recurrences and/or holidays.
Moreover, chocolate is an ingredient of several sweets:
ice-creams, cakes, biscuits, puddings and so on.
The Europeans have added other ingredients, such as:
vanilla, sugar, cherries, oranges to correct his natural bitterness.
Anciently, on special occasions, chocolate was used
to honour divinities, offered with incense
and the blood of the same priests.
Besides his holy employment, it was and is used as a drink.
Why is it so famous?
Chocolate is famous for its several interpretations.
In fact a piece of chocolate, can be associated to a different picture or
it has different meanings, like these:
-Mystery
- A toy
-Taste and Flavour
-Seduction
Chocolate was
considered overseas
population as holy
drink offered to men by
“God”. In addition to
being considered
precious as the origin
of wisdom, it was
thought to give you
strength and energy . In
spite of this, the first
impressions among the
Europeans were not
positive:
but we don’t know
why!
The chocolate as a toy
Taste and flavour
A lot of people, when
they eat a piece of
chocolate, are
concentrated on its
taste.
But it changes
according to people.
Some feel it bitter,
some others sweet.
Who is right?
TELL ME HOW MUCH
CHOCOLATE YOU EAT
AND I WILL TELL YOU
HOW MUCH YOU
LOVE..
Seduction
Chocolate was also used as
aphrodisiac and tonic to increase
lovers’ sexual desire during their
intercourses.
What doctors say...
Studies and researches have
confirmed that chocolate
produces good benefits for
your body, especially for
your heart. It is an antidepressant and is not true
that it can be a problem for
your teeth. Furthermore, it
contains a high number of
nutrients but it is not a
component for a diet!
White Chocolate
Milk Chocolate
Plain Chocolate
The white chocolate...
White chocolate is made of cocoa
butter, milk, and sugar. Since white
chocolate contains neither cocoa solids
nor chocolate liquor (cocoa mass), it
does not meet the standard to be
marketed as chocolate in many
countries. But it has not ingredients
that can decrease your
health-problems, studies shows.
Milk chocolate
Milk chocolate is chocolate with milk
powder or condensed milk added.
Milk chocolate is the best-selling
variety of chocolate in the world
today and it is perfect for children.
However the addition of milk to
create milk chocolate may interfere
with the absorption of antioxidants.
Plain chocolate
Plain chocolate without milk as
an additive is also called dark
chocolate.
Dark Chocolate is the healthiest
type of chocolate. Dark
chocolate has ingredients that
lower blood pressure and fight
disease. It is a potent
antioxidant. So if you want to be
as healthy as is possible, than
eat dark chocolate!
Federica, Ivanna and Marika