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Getting Bombed on Chocolate
Central Americans were drinking chocolate 3,000 years ago, new evidence scraped from ancient pottery has found. But those first chocolate beverages were a lot more potent than the hot cocoa we drink today. As seen in The Week, back in 1100 B.C. the cacao seed pods were pounded to pulp and fermented to make a strong, bitter cocoa beer, with not even a hint of sweetness. “It was beer with a high kick,” study author Rosemary Joyce tells National Geographic News.
“It would not have tasted anything like the chocolate we have today.” Chocolate beer was apparently highly prized, with Olmecs making special pitchers and drinking cups with which to serve it at celebrations of weddings and births. It wasn’t until about 300 years later that the ancient Hondurans started making cocoa without alcohol. In the 16th century, Spanish explorers brought non-alcoholic chocolate beverages back to Europe. Cheers, may we all be blessed with good health.
“It would not have tasted anything like the chocolate we have today.” Chocolate beer was apparently highly prized, with Olmecs making special pitchers and drinking cups with which to serve it at celebrations of weddings and births. It wasn’t until about 300 years later that the ancient Hondurans started making cocoa without alcohol. In the 16th century, Spanish explorers brought non-alcoholic chocolate beverages back to Europe. Cheers, may we all be blessed with good health.
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Dr. Derrick DeSilva is on the Attending Staff at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, N.J., and on the teaching faculty at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J.
He has lectured on various topics in medicine --nationally and internationally-- and has his own talk show called Ask the Doctor which airs on WCTC in New Jersey (1450 AM) as well as his own television show, "To Your ...
He has lectured on various topics in medicine --nationally and internationally-- and has his own talk show called Ask the Doctor which airs on WCTC in New Jersey (1450 AM) as well as his own television show, "To Your ...
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