miércoles, 21 de marzo de 2012

MARTA.

Now we will talk about the chocolate and we tell a little history about it.
And we show some recets with chocolate.
First will to talk Andres, then Wanda, then me, and finally Paula.

Cacao

ANDRÉS.
Historians believe the Maya people of Central America first learned to cacao plants around two thousand years ago. The Maya took the cacao trees from the rainforests and grew them in their gardens. They cooked the cacao seeds, then crushed them into a soft paste. They mixed the paste with water and flavorful spices to make an unsweetened chocolate drink. The Maya poured the chocolate drink back and forth between two containers so that the liquid had a layer of bubbles, or foam 
Cacao and chocolate were an important part of Maya culture. There are oftenimages of cacao plants on Maya buildings and art objects. Ruling familiesdrank chocolate at special ceremonies. And, even poorer members of society could enjoy the drink once in a while. Historians believe that cacao seeds were also used in marriage ceremonies as a sign of the union between a husband and wife.  

WANDA.
The Aztec culture in current day Mexico also prized chocolate. But, the cacao plant could not grow in the area where the Aztecs lived. So, theytraded to get cacao. They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay taxes or give as holy offerings to the gods.  

Only the very wealthy people in Aztec societies could afford to drink chocolate because cacao was very important. 
Some experts believe the word for chocolate came from the Aztec word "xocolatl" which in the Nahuatl language means "bitter water."
the explorer Cristóbal Colón  brought cacao seeds to Spain after his trip to Central America in 1502. But it was the Spanish explorer Hernan  Cortes who understood that chocolate could be a valuable investment. In fifteen nineteen, Cortes arrived to Mexico. He believed the chocolate drink would become popular with spanish.
After the Spanish soldiers defeated the Aztec empire, they seized the supplies of cacao and they sent them home. Spain later began planting cacao in its colonies in  America in order to supply the large demand for chocolate
MARTA
The wealthy people of Spain first enjoyed a sweetened version of the chocolate. The English, Dutch and French began to plant cacao trees in their colonies. Chocolate remained a drink that only wealthy people it could afford drink until the eighteenth century. 

Farmers grow cacao trees in many countries in Africa, Central and South America. The trees grow in the shady areas of rainforests near the Earth's equator. But  these trees can be difficult to grow.
The trees require an exact amount of water, warmth, soil and protection. After about five years, cacao trees start producing large fruits called pods, which grow near the trunk of the tree. The seeds inside this pod are harvested to make chocolate.
 FALSE BELIEFS.
Chocolate is one food associated with false beliefs. He has been accused of causing disease, to cure them, to have aphrodisiac power ... In front of these rumors, highlightsthe alleged addictiveness of prolonged consumption. 
While not are extreme situations of people requiring their dose of chocolate is popularlyaccepted that chocolate "hooks". We all know someone that, although doesn't recognize,feels a special passion for chocolate in all its many presentations. 


viernes, 20 de enero de 2012

CHOCOLATE STORY.

PAULA.
A long time ago, there was a little chocolate bar; he was a milk chocolate, Pepo, and he was very friendly bar.
He was born at Nestle with his friend the almont chocolate.
His parents were a Milka chocolate and he had one sister and she was Kinder Maxi.
He liked be with his cousins ,the Nestle red box chocolate.
His childhood was very good, but one day his father went to work but it was very hot and he melted. His family try to revive to taking he to cold places, but it was pointless, he died.
When time passed, everything returned to be great.

 The school was near his home.
At school he loves art, because he was with his friend Jessie.
He was in love with Jessie, because she was beautiful, friendly, careful, generous and she was a very good person; she was a white chocolate and she born in Nestle too.
The was best friends, and he had fear to say that he love she.
One day the students took a trip to candy factory.
There  were a lot of candies.
Jessie and he went together and they had a good day.
In the afternoon she went to Pepo's home and he decided tell that he loves her.

When Pepo tell she that he loves her, her get surprised.
And she said that she was doubtful, because she love him so much but only for friends.
But after some years they were going out, and they had a beautiful baby.

PHOTOS OF CHOCOLATE